| Week | Period | Topics | Reading | Lab |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 3/3-3/7 |
Lecture 1 | Course introduction | 1.1-3 | Lab 1: Instrumentation |
| Lecture 2 | Voltage, current, independent/dependent sources | 1.4, 1.6, 2.2 | ||
| Lecture 3 | Energy, power, passive sign convention | 1.5, 1.7.2 | ||
| 2 3/10-3/14 |
Lecture 1 | Nodes, branches, loops, Kirchhoff's Laws (KVL/KCL) | 2.3-4 | Lab 2: Resistor Circuits |
| Lecture 2 | Applying KVL | |||
| Lecture 3 | Voltage/Current Dividers | 2.5-6 | ||
| 3 3/17-3/21 |
Lecture 1 | Examples | Lab Exam I | |
| Lecture 2 | More Examples | |||
| Lecture 3 | Easter Break | |||
| Easter Break | ||||
| 4 3/31-4/4 |
Lecture 1 | Apply KVL, branch currents, loop equations, meter design | 2.4, 2.8.2 | Lab 3: Meters |
| Lecture 2 | Meter design continued, Wire gauges | |||
| Lecture 3 | Circuit examples, switches, dependent sources | |||
| 5 4/7-4/11 |
Lecture 1 | Simultaneous equations, review | Lab 4: PSPICE | |
| Lecture 2 | Exam I | |||
| Lecture 3 | Exam I post-mortem | |||
| 6 4/14-4/18 |
Lecture 1 | Node voltage method | 3.2-3 | Lab Exam II |
| Lecture 2 | Node voltage cont..., superposition | 4.1-3 | ||
| Lecture 3 | Source transformation and application | 4.4 | ||
| 7 4/21-4/25 |
Lecture 1 | Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits | 4.5-6 | Lab 5: Superposition |
| Lecture 2 | Thevenin/Norton cont... | |||
| Lecture 3 | Maximum power transfer for DC circuits | 4.8 | ||
| 8 4/28-5/2 |
Lecture 1 | Review | Lab 6: Thevenin Equivalent | |
| Lecture 2 | Exam II | |||
| Lecture 3 | Operational amplifiers - ideal op amp | 5.1-3 | ||
| 9 5/5-5/9 |
Lecture 1 | Inverting, non-inverting ap amp circuits | 5.4-5 | Lab Exam III |
| Lecture 2 | Voltage follower | 5.6 | ||
| Lecture 3 | Voltmeter design (with and without voltage follower) | |||
| 10 5/12-5/16 |
Lecture 1 | Summing amplifier, Difference amplifier | 5.7 | Lab 7: Op Amps |
| Lecture 2 | Op amp examples | |||
| Lecture 3 | Review | |||
| 11 5/21 |
Final Exam 2pm, Wednesday, 5/21/2008 | |||
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