ECET 102/CPET 101 Electrical Circuits

Spring 2012

Paul I-Hai Lin, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Department of Computer, Electrical, and Information Technology
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

 

Date/Activities

Announcement

Final Exam: May 2, Wednesday, 4:00-6:00PM, comprehensive exam, covering Chapters 1 through 9); close books, two pages of notes is allowed.
**Exam 3- April 11 - Covering Chapters 7, 8, and 9 (sec. 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4)
**Exam 2- March 14 - Covering Chapters 4, 5, and Ch 6 (Hw6 related areas)
**Exam 1- Feb. 6

January 9, 2012

Lectures

Lecture 1 (1/9) - Chapter 1. Introduction; Power Generation Systems, circuits, switch, Electrical Safety, etc
Lecture 2 (1/11) - Ch 1 Continues
Lecture 3 (1/18) - posted lecture note
Lecture 4 (1/23) - Chapter 2 Volatge and Current (Lecture PPT file posted inside Blackboard)
Lecture 5 (1/25) - Chapter 2 (Continue and finished)
Lecture 6 (1/30) - Chapter 3 Resistance; Chapter 4. Ohm's Law
Lecture 7 (2/1) - Chapter 4 Examples (Example 4-1, 2, 3, 4); Chapter 3 Examples 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
Lecture 8 (2/6) - Exam 1, Discussion of Lab 4 MATLAB Exercieses
Lecture 9 (2/8) - Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 Examples, Hw4 discussion
Lecture 10 (2/13) - Chapter 5 Series Circuits and KVL Examples
Lecture 11 (2/15) - Chapter 5 More on series circuit, Voltage Divider
Lecture 12 (2/20) - Chapter 5 Series Applications
Lecture 13 (2/22) - Chapter 6 Parallel Circuits
Lecture 14 (2/27) - Chapter 6 Parallel Circuits, Current Divider Rule, (RB || RL) problem revisit, DMM Ammeter shunt, Voltage Sources in Paralle, Solar Panel Construction
Lecture 15 (2/29) - Grounding wire voltage drops and effects, Short circuits and examples, Voltmeter loading effects, Examples,  Exercise/problems
Lecture 16 (3/12) - Review for Exam 2, Discussion of Lab 8, Ch 8-2 and 3. Current Source and Source Conversion; Ch 9-2 Superposition Theorem
Lecture 17 (3/19) - Ch. 8 Branch-Current Analysis, Mesh Analysis, Ch. 7 Series & Parallel Circuits; MATLAB Solutions
Lecture 18 (3/21) - Ch 7 Examples: 7-1, 7-4, 7-6, 7.7, 7-8; brief discussion of Hw7 (chapter 7)
Lecture 19 (3/26): Ch 7: Voltage divider, Potentialmeter loading
Disucssion lf Lab 9, Ch 8: Bridge networks, Mesh analysis
Lecture 20 (3/28): Ch 8 Nodal analysis
Lecture 21 (4/2): Ch 9. Superposition Theorem, Thevenin's Equivalent circuit, and Norton equivalent circuit
Lecture 22 (4/4): Exam 3 review: Ch 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 9; Discussion of Lab 10
Lecture 23 (4/16): Capcitor, Electric field, Capacitance, Types of capacitors, Leakage current; Discussion of Lab 12 RC circuit
Lecture 24 (4/18): Ch 10 Capaciators and Applications
Lecture 25 (4/23): Ch 11 Inductors and Applications
Lecture 26 (4/25): Review Ch 1- Ch 9, Student Assessment of Course Outcomes

Homework Assignments Hw 9 assigned 4/4, due 4/11
Hw 8 assigned 3/28, due 4
Hw 7 assigned 3/21, due 3/28
Hw 6 assigned 2/22, due 2/29
Hw 5 assigned 2/15, due 2/22
Hw 4 assigned 2/8, due 2/15
Hw 3 assigned 1/30, due 2/8
Hw 2 assigned 1/23. due 1/30
Hw 1 assigned 1/12, due 1/23

Reading Assignments

Read Ch 1 & Lecture Note 1, Jan. 9-Jan.16
Read Ch 2, Volatge and Current, Jan. 23 -27
Read Ch 3. Resistance, Jan. 28-Feb.3
Read Ch 4. Ohm's Law, Power, and Energy, Jan. 30-Feb.8
Read Ch 5. Series Circuits, Feb. 8-Feb. 15
Read Ch 6. Parallel DC Circuits, Feb. 15-29
Read Ch 7. Series and Parallel Circuits, Mar. 19-28
Read Ch 8 &9 . Methods of Analysis and Selected Topics (dc), Mar 19-April 2

 

Labs (All lab report is required except Lab 1)


Lab 1: Test Equipment, Jan. 9 (No lab report is needed for this lab)
Lab 2: Basic Electric Measurement (Lab report required)
Lab 3: Ohm's Law
Lab 4: MATLAB Exercise Lab (a. Plot Ohm's Law - p104; b. I-V Plot for two resistors, R1, R2; c. A Circuit with 3 Resistors in Series)
Lab 5: Series Circuit, Feb. 12
Lab 6: MULTISIM Exercise Lab (1. Simple DC circuit, pages 128-129; 2. Series Circuit, pages 174-175; 3. Series Circuits in Fig 5.96, page 179), Feb. 20
Lab 7: Parallel Circuit, Feb. 27
Lab 8: Source Conversion and Superposition Theorem, Mar. 12
Lab 9: Muitisim and MATLAB Computer Lab Exercise, Mar. 26
Lab 10: Thevenin Equivalent Circuit (Computer Lab), April 2
Lab 11: Thevenis and Norton Circuits Lab, April 9
Lab 12: RC Circuit, April 16


ECET 102/CPET 101 Lab Report Guideline - Please make a copy of it and paste it to a Microsoft Word file as a template

 

Text Book Supplimental Materials/References
 

Announcement

Exam 1: Monday, Feb 6. 4:30-5:20 PM (50 minutes)
Coverage Areas: Ch 1, Ch 2 all section; Ch 3 Resistance: Sections 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3; Ch 4 Ohm's Law: Sections 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3

 

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