Supplementary Materials

Links & software for specific classes or activities or general information not found in the textbook or notes:

• Smith Chart Introduction slides.
  
• How to use Gauss' Law to solve for electric fields.
• Some Calculus Review based on the divergence theorem.
• Prof. Michael's Lectures   (New Numbering System)
• Prof. Michael's Lectures for Lessons 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Old Numbering System)
• Two interesting educational sites: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves a course from Iowa State (click on the topics in the class schedule) and Physlets Java Applets from Webphysics at Davidson (try the Java 1.1 button and then BField4).
• There are several Matlab M-Files used during class (in lessons, homework and projects). These can now be downloaded from an m-file web site, although, in some cases, this is not very convenient.
• Earth's Magnetic Field
  • Magnetic Field Models from NASA.
  • Primer on Gravity and Magnetics by Dick Gibson.
  • The Earth's Magnetic Field from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
  • The Earth's Field from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
  • Views of the Earth's Magnetic Field from NOAA.
• Electroscope Information
  • Electroscope from the Exploratorium
  • Simple Electroscope from the Boston Museum of Science
  • Gold Leaf Electroscope from NIST
  • Electrophorus and Accessories from the University of Rochester.
  • Grounding a Positively-Charged Electroscope from Glenbrook South High School
  • Make an Electroscope from the Girl Scouts.
  • Making an Electroscope from the University of Michigan.
  • Building an Electroscope from Southern Company.
  • Schematic Electroscope from Think Quest.
  • Balloon Electroscope from the University of Virginia.
  • Electroscope (with a movie) from the University of Kentucky.
  • Beer Can Pith Balls from Clemson.
  • Electrostatics from the Kentucky Network.
  • Charging By Inducition from Science Joy Wagon.
• Notes on the Lumped Line used in Class
• MegaConverter -- (I recommend that you use MegaConverter 2) There is lots of conversion stuff here, but maybe the most useful is the one for Wire Resistance.
• Pulses on Transmission Lines Analyzed Using a Lattice Diagram from Georgia Tech.
• Aurora information from Michigan Tech.
• SETI@home -- Help search for extraterestrial intelligence.
• Iridium Flare Information from Heavens Above . A very useful page which tells you how to see the very bright flares from the Iridium satellites. You can select from the thousands of locations to observe the flares or you can input the exact lattitude and longitude of your house or wherever you wish to observe them. To obtain your location to several significant digits go to the Etak Geocoding products and services webpage.
• Examples of Standing Wave Patterns
• Lumped Parameter Transmission Lines -- some notes on the general theory of delay or lumped parameter lines. Note -- parts of this file do not display properly due to font problems. A new version needs to be developed. However, it may still be useful to read as is.
• Finding the inductance of two-wire and parallel plate striplines The text book addresses these configurations somewhat obliquely, so here is a more direct calculation.
• Solving Laplace's Equation Using a Spreadsheet . Please also read the discussion in the classnotes on pages V-27 thru V-33.
• RF Cafe , a collection of RF and microwave engineering material from Waypoint Software.
• Electric and Magnetic Material Properties
• Wire and Cable Information from the Electronic Instrumentation webpage.
• Platonic Solids
• Geodesic Principles
• Coordinates for Platonic Solids
• Platonic Solics
• Supplemental reading on Refrigerator Magnets , and Magnetic Pressure .
• Cable TV Information
• RF Attenuators, Filters, & DC Blockers from HomeTech
• Channel Vision
• CATV Channel Frequencies from the American Radio Relay League.
• Lower TV-CATV Frequencies and Higher TV-CATV Frequencies from QRF
• Impedance Matching Information
  • Interactive Impedance Matching Model from Aglinet (formerly HP). This is terrific!!
  • Impedance Matching from qsl.net
  • Basic Qualifications Course for Hams -- contains much more than matching info.

Studio Information

• Studio Classroom Page

Matlab:

• Matlab Introduction and Tutorial
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• Utah University
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• MIT Site ( Question & Answers on Matlab and More )
• Mathwork Home Page

Previous Semesters:

• Prof. Crowley's Fields and Waves I Webpages
• Profs. Connor and Salon's ELECTRONIC RESERVES

Demos:

• Fields and Waves Studio Java Applets
• WWW Virtual Library:Electrical Engineering

Universities and Research Labs:

• Institut f’r Grundlagen und Theorie der Elektrotechnik (Various animation for F&W)
• DSED Electromagnetics
• Northwestern University Electromagnetics Laboratory (overviews)
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla (Calculate Wave)

Tools:

• EMLIB ( programs that computes F&W relating coefficients)
• Penn State (A very useful reference on resistors, capacitors, inductors)

Companies:

• Messi and Paoloni (an Italian cable company)
• Belden Wire and Cable
• Teldor Wires and Cables
• Information Unlimited
• Radio Design
• FM Antennas
• List of Semicondcutor Manufacturers
• Digi-Key Corporation (on line catalog for electrical parts)
• Southwire (on line publications and on line help)

Technical and Historical Information:

• Techni-Stat Static Dissipative Work Surface
• Magnetic Hysteresis in Line Pipe Steels
• Aluminum Wiring Hazards
• Gallery of Electromagnetic Personalities (A Vignette History of Electromagnetics)

Additional:

• Cornell University Physics Courses Link
• CMU
• University of Guelph
• Search Engine for Physics
• A Continuous Model of Matter Based on AEONS
• Classical Electrodynamics
• Electric and Magnetic Field in a Wave-Guide. (Shows the distribution of the TE y TM modes in a Wave-Guide. You can chage the variation both in X and Y axis. By Fernando Navarro-Rodriguez.)
• Hysteresis simulation in Java (This applet simulates hysteresis in magnetic systems.)
• Introduction to the Electron Beam Ion Trap project at NIST
• NRL Plasma Formulary
• Physics Tutorials from University of Guelph Tutorials on Torque and Rotational Motion, DC circuits, Free-body diagrams, exponential growth and decay, simple harmonic motion, biophysics. Simulations of diffusion, radiation.
• Physics-2000: JAVA Applets and virtual physics
• The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES)
• The VRML Gallery of Electromagnetism (Visualization of the electromagnetic field as vector fields and as differential-form fields in a VRML virtual world. By Rob Salgado (Syracuse).)
• The Revised Spectrum of Electromagnetic Radiation (The generalized quantum analysis of the electromagnetic spectrum suggests that the maximum of the solar electromagnetic radiation could be shifted towards the UV-range in relation to the traditional spectrum.)