The Francis T. Boesch Electronics Laboratory has been established in the Burchard Building, Room 213, by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to serve as a general purpose laboratory with instrumentation and electronics prototyping resources supporting the needs of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty. The Boesch Electronics Laboratory will be operated as an "open laboratory," not associated with any specific courses. One major objective is to provide a facility within which undergraduate seniors can work on the senior design projects. Another important objective has been to provide a facility encouraging students to "play" with electronics.

In addition to the laboratory resources, the ECE Department will be developing supporting technical information related to the equipment available, principles of circuits and systems design, and other information to support users of the Laboratory. Preliminary information has been provided and the other information will be regularly added to this web site.

The Laboratory is intended to provide a means for students to "play" with electronic systems. Such an "open laboratory" represents a partnership between the ECE Department and those needing resources to play with the topics of their interests. We expect that you will abide by the rules of use that have been established for the Laboratory. We also hope that you will work with us to develop the most effective laboratory environment possible.

The link to the "List of Equipment" provides a table of the instruments available with links to web pages where you can find additional information on the particular instrument. In some cases, you will also find technical reports related to the instruments. The links take you to the page where the various instruments within some category (e.g., oscilloscopes) are listed together - allowing you to consider which is best for your needs.

The link to "Information Sources" provides examples of representative web locations where you can obtain detailed information related to a wide range of topics of possible interest.

The Laboratory has been named the Francis T. Boesch Electronics Laboratory in honor of the considerable accomplishments and service of Prof. Boesch to his profession and to Stevens.