EE2050 -- Tentative Schedule

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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