- What am I doing here? At the end of this course, you will be able to analyze the properties and behavior of linear electronic systems. You will understand the difference between DC and AC circuits, as well as the differences between steady-state and transient behaviors. You will be able to develop both analytic solutions and simulations to characterize circuits. You will be exposed to analysis in both time and frequency domains.
The textbook for this class is Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, by G. Rizzoni & J. Mark Kearns (6th edition, Wiley; ISBN 978-0-07-352959-2). You may also use other editions, since assignments will use CAPA.
Do I have to get anything besides the textbook? You will be required to use a free software package called “CircuitMod” to complete some of your assignments. This software lets you draw virtual electric circuits and examine their behavior. You should download it from the maker here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/circuitmod/- How will I be graded? Your grade will be determined by:
- Assignments: 25%
- Quizzes: 10%
- Midterm Exams: 40% (20% each for 2 exams)
- Final Exam: 25%
- 100%
- When are the tests? Here is a tentative schedule of exams. Exams #1 and #2 are currently scheduled as “in class” exams. If the entire class (including Dr. Pogo) agrees, then any exam time, date, or length can be changed (to a two hour evening exam, for example). Such changes will not affect the exam questions itself. In any case, the time limit for exams #1 through #3 will not exceed two hours.
- Exam #1: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Exam #2: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Exam #3: Friday, May 10, 2024 (final exam, noon)
- ECA: Tentative Schedule
- Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- Class 1: Circuit Elements & Terminology
- Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Class 2: Kirkhoff’s Laws; Ohm’s Law
- Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Class 3: Series, Parallel, Delta, “Y”
- Assign #1 Due
- Thursday, February 1, 2024
- Class 4: Matrix Methods
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Class 5: Simplification & Linear Algebra
- Assign #2 Due
- Thursday, February 8, 2024
- Class 6: LEDs; Wheatstone Bridge
- Tuesday, February 13, 2024
- Class 7: Switches, Relays, Diodes
- Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Class 8: Intro to Transistors
- Assign #3 Due
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- Class 9: NPN Transistors
- Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Class 10: Ideal Op-Amps
- Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- No Class: Diversity Summit
- Thursday, March 29, 2024
- Class 11: Op-Amp Applications
- Assign #4 Due
- Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Class 12: Exam #1
- Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Class 13: Photodiodes
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Spring Break
- Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Spring Break
- Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Class 14: Thevenin & Norton Equivalences
- Assign #5 Due
- Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Class 15: Capacitors & Inductors
- Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Class 16: 1st Order Transient Behavior
- Assign #6 Due
- Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Class 17: 2nd Order Transient Behavior
- Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Class 18: Transients, part III
- Assign #7 Due
- Thusday, April 4, 2024
- Class 19: AC Circuits & Phasors
- Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Class 20: Exam #2
- Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Class 21: Phasors & Complex Analysis
- Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Class 22: RLC Filters
- Assign #8 Due
- Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Class 23: Frequency Response
- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Class 24: AC Rectifiers
- Assign #9 Due
- Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Class 25: Gyrators
- Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Class 26: Transformers
- Assign #10 Due
- Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Class 27: Transformers, part II
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Class 28: Review
- Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Assign #11 Due
- Friday, May 10, 2024
- Final Exam (noon)
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- Learning Outcomes:
- At the end of this course, students will:
- · be able to analyze the properties and behavior of linear electronic systems
- · understand the principles of common non-linear electronic elements (relays, diodes, transistors)
- · understand the difference between DC and AC circuits
- · understand the differences between steady-state and transient behaviors
- · be able to develop simulations to characterize electronic circuits.
- · be exposed to analysis in both time and frequency domains.