6.131 Power Electronics Laboratory - Fall 2026

Miscellaenous

Lab Equipment

• Getting Started with the Oscilloscope - Our staff's zoom recording walking you through the basics of the scope.
• XYZs of Oscilloscopes - Tektronix's guide to oscilloscopes, including the new digital phosphor scopes in the 6.131 lab.
• Notes on the Agilent MSO's - Some brief comments on exciting features of the Agilent mixed-signal oscilloscopes installed in Spring 2014.
• Agilent InfiniiVision 3000-X Series Manual - Complete manual for the Agilent oscilloscopes in lab, with handy quick reference at the top.

PCB Templates

The following image files are the ones used to create the class layout cards

• Image of the tri-totem PCB (jpg)
• Image of the breadboard PCB (jpg)

Useful Tools

• ExpressPCB 7.8.0 - Schematic drawing and circuit layout software (9 MB)
• ExpressPCB Custom Components for 6.131 - Unzip this file to C:\Program Files\ExpressPCB\SchComponent_Custom
• The powerful Eagle schematic and layout software has a free version available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
• XCircuit - Schematic drawing tools available on Athena (add xcircuit; xcircuit filename.ps &). It produces PostScript output files.
• Circuit_macros - A non-wysiwyg way to draw circuits.

DC Motor Build

The following files are useful for building the laser cut DC motor

• Assembly Instruction Manual (pdf) (doc)
• Bill of Materials (xlsx)
• Files for laser-cutter (dxf) (pdf)