Spring 2008
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 |
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Lecture 3 |
Voltage/Current Dividers |
2.5-6 |
3 3/17-3/21 |
Lecture 1 |
Examples |
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Lab Exam I |
Lecture 2 |
More Examples |
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Lecture 3 |
Easter Break |
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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 |
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Lecture 3 |
Circuit examples, switches, dependent sources |
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5 4/7-4/11 |
Lecture 1 |
Simultaneous equations, review |
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Lab 4: PSPICE |
Lecture 2 |
Exam I |
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Lecture 3 |
Exam I post-mortem |
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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... |
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Lecture 3 |
Maximum power transfer for DC circuits |
4.8 |
8 4/28-5/2 |
Lecture 1 |
Review |
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Lab 6: Thevenin Equivalent |
Lecture 2 |
Exam II |
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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) |
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10 5/12-5/16 |
Lecture 1 |
Summing amplifier, Difference amplifier |
5.7 |
Lab 7: Op Amps |
Lecture 2 |
Op amp examples |
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Lecture 3 |
Review |
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11 5/21 |
Final Exam 2pm, Wednesday, 5/21/2008 |
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