Electric Circuits
ECSE-2010
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Learning Outcomes:
Apply Ohm’s Law, KVL, KCL to reduce and analyze simple DC circuits
Find Thevenin and Norton equivalencies of circuits
Analyze circuits with multiple sources using superposition
Determine the response of circuits containing Operational Amplifiers (inverting/non-inverting amps, summing/differential amps, comparators)
Week 1
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In-Class ActivitiesMon
1/8
Lec 1.1 Circuit Variables, Passive Sign Convention
Lec 1.2 Ideal Sources, Ohm's Law, Kirkoff's Laws
Chapter 1, 2.1
Design Ideation
Proof of Skills Day 1 Intro
Spring 2021 Circuits Introduction PowerPoint
WebEx Live Introduction Lecture Video (Fall 2020 bookmarked content for reference slight changes between semesters)
Wed
1/10
Choose your Skill set
Refresh, relearn, teach, or learn skills to be successful….
Proof of Skills Day 1 (cont.)Back To Top Thurs
1/11
Lec 2.1 Parallel and Series, Voltage Divider
Chapter 2.2 thru 2.6 Team Assignment 1
Proof of Skills Day 2
Proof of Skills Day 1 (online Gradescope)
Week 2
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings InMon
1/15
Martin Luther King Day Enjoy a short break!Wed
1/17
Choose your skill setRefresh, relearn, teach, or learn skills to be successful….
Proof of Skills Day 2 (cont.) Thur
1/18
Chapter 3.1, 3.2 Team Assignment 2
Proof of Skills Day 3 Proof of Skills Day 2 (online Gradescope)
Back To Top
Back To Top
Week 3
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesMon
1/22
Chapter 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 Team Assignment 3Proof of Skills Day 3
(cont.)
Back To Top Wed
1/24
Choose your skill set
Refresh, relearn, teach, or learn skills to be successful…. Proof of Skills Day 4 Proof of Skills Day 3 (online Gradescope) Back To Top
Thurs
1/25
Lec 5.1 Bridge Circuits, Thevenin/Norton Circuits
Chapter 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Proof of Skills Day 4 (cont.)
Back To Top
Week 4
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
1/29
Lec 5.1 Bridge Circuits, Thevenin/Norton Circuits (cont.) (contCP 05 (Cont.)
Proof of Skills Day 4 (online Gradescope)
Wed
1/31
Alpha Lab Topic:Sensors and Decisions, Comparators and Voltage Dividers
Omega Lab Topic: MS1 Planning
Milestone 1 Begin
Proof of Skills Check-In (Video)
Back To Top Thurs
2/1
Lec 6.1 Amplifier Circuit Model, Ideal Op Amps
Chapter 4.3 thru 4.6Back To Top
Week 5
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
2/5
Lec 6.2 Op Amp Circuits (cont.)
Tues
2/6
Omega Lab Project Plan (online Gradescope)
Back To Top Wed
2/7
Alpha Lab Topic:Comparators and Voltage Dividers, Mathematical Operational Amplifiers, Voltage Dividers as a Component
Omega Lab Topic: PoC1 (start with simulation and analysis, iterate, THEN build)
Back To Top Thurs
2/8
Exam Review (In-Class)
Starting Unit 2 Below!
Chapter 5.1 thru 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
Design Ideation
Tuesday 2/13/22 EXAM 1 7 p.m. - 9:00 pm (EST):
Academy Auditoriu,
Fully in-person unless COVID protocols change and activate the
Circuits REMOTE EXAM STYLE!
Back To Top
Learning Outcomes:
Calculate the transient response of circuits with capacitors and inductors
Analyze the responses of RLC series and parallel circuits
Analyze circuits with resistance, inductance, and capacitance in terms of impedance
Find the time domain response of circuits using Laplace transforms
Week 6
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
2/12
Lec 8.3 Capacitor and Inductor
Lec 8.4 Differentiator and Integrator Op Amp Circuits
5.1-5.4,
6.1,6.2,6.4Capacitor, Inductor, Differentiator, Integrator Op Amp Circuits Tuesday 2/14 Exam 1 Academy Auditorium Back To Top Wed
2/14
Alpha Lab Topic: Capacitance (C), Inductance (L), RC Circuits
Milestone 1 Check-Ins and PoC documents are extended to next week due to Exam 1.
You can turn them in anytime between now and the late deadline (with no penalty).
You're welcome ;-)
Back To Top Thurs
2/15
Lec 9.1 RC Circuits (Natural Response)
Lec 9.2 RC Circuits (Forced Response), RC/RL General Equation
Chapter 7.1 thru 7.3
Back To Top
Week 7
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Tues
2/20
(Monday Schedule)
Lec 10.1 First Order Circuits Sinusoidal Input Lec 10 Chapter 7.4, 7.5
Team Assignment 5
Back To Top Wed
2/21
Alpha Lab Topic: RC/RL Circuits, Thevenin
Omega Lab Topic: MS2 Begin
Omega Lab MS1 Project Presentation Day
Alpha Lab 1 Proof of Concept Document
Alpha Lab 1 Check-In
Omega Lab Proof of Concept 1 Document
Omega Lab 1 Check-In
MS1 LTSpice Schematic
Back To Top Thurs
2/22
Lec 11.2 Overdamped, Underdamped, Critically Dampled 2nd Order Step Response
No Slides
Chapter 6.3
No CP11
Proof of Essential Skills must be completed AND the Proof of Skills Check-In by midnight February 29th!
Back To Top
Week 8
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top
Mon
2/26
Lec 12.1 Parallel RLC Circuits
Chapter 9.1 thru 9.4
Team Assignment 6
Back To Top Tues
2/27
Omega Lab MS1 Project Manual Deadline
Omega Lab Project Plan MS2 Review
Wed
2/28
Alpha Lab Topic: RLC Circuits, 2nd Order Step Response
Back To Top Thurs
2/29
Lec 13.1 Partial Fraction Expansion, Simple Real Poles
Chapter
9.5, 9.6
Note* Proof of Skills Deadline for Essential Skills was February 26th. You’ll be encouraged to drop the course OR present a plan to complete the essential Proof of Skills while working alone for your labs until they are complete
Spring Break: March 6th - March 10th
Note: You may need to keep some lab activity to stay on track. Plan ahead to get rest!
Week 9
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class Activities
Mon
3/11
Lec 14.1 Complete System Response
Lec 14.2 Complete System Response 2
Lec 15.1 Complete System Response, Non Zero Initial Conditions
Chapter
9.5, 9.6
Back To Top
Wed
3/13
Alpha Lab Topic: Other Forced Responses
Omega Lab Topic: MS2
Back To Top
Thurs
3/14
Exam 2 Review
Chapter
9.5, 9.6
Tuesday 3/19/22 EXAM 2 7 p.m. - 9:00 pm (EST):
Academy Auditorium
Fully in-person unless COVID protocols change and activate the
Circuits REMOTE EXAM STYLE!
Learning Outcomes:
Analyze AC circuits in the frequency domain; Find the AC steady-state responses of circuits with resistances, inductances, and capacitances in terms of impedance; Recognize and analyze RLC series and parallel resonant circuits; Understand power in AC circuits; Transformer Circuits
Week 10
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
3/18
Chapter 8.1 thru 8.5 10.1 thru 10.6, 11-1, 11-2 No CPTeam Assignment 7
(Spring 2020)Tuesday 3/19 Exam 1 Academy Auditorium
Wed
3/20
Alpha Lab Topic: Phasors, RC and RL circuits
Omega Lab Topic: MS3 Begin
Back To Top
Thurs
3/21
Lec 19.1 Unit 1 concepts with Phasors, KCL, KVL
Lec 20.1 Unit 1 Concepts with Phasors, Mesh and Node Analysis, Maxwell Bridge
Chapter 11-1, 11-2
Team Assignment 8
Back To Top
Week 11
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
3/25
Chapter 8.1 thru 8.4
Team Assignment 9 (may delay to next week..)
Wed
3/27
Alpha Lab Topic: Phasors, Complex Powex
Omega Lab Topic: MS3
Omega Lab MS2 Project Presentation Day
Alpha Lab 2 Proof of Concept Document
Alpha Lab 2 Check-In
Omega Lab Proof of Concept 2 Document
Omega Lab 2 Check-In
MS2 LTSpice Schematic
Back To Top
Thurs
3/28
Lec 21.2 Power Triangle, Power Factor
Chapter 16.1 thru 16.4
Week 12
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
4/1
Lec 22.2 Transformer Circuit Analysis,Referral Methods
Chapter
15.1 thru 15.4
Team Assignment 9
Back To Top
Tues
4/2
Omega Lab MS2 Project Manual Deadline
Omega Lab Project Plan MS3 Review
Back To Top
Wed
4/3
Alpha Lab Topic: Phasors, Complex Power, and Filters
Omega Lab Topic: MS3
Back To Top
Learning Outcomes:
Frequency response of circuits
Build and design filters
Understand Bode plotsBack To Top Thurs
4/4
Exam 3 Review
Chapter 12.1,12.2
Team Assignment 10
Back To Top Tuesday 4/9/22 EXAM 3 Monday 7 p.m. - 9:00 pm (EST):
Academy Auditorium
Fully in-person unless COVID protocols change and activate the
Circuits REMOTE EXAM STYLE!
Week 13
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
4/8
Chapter 12.3, 12.4
Chapter 12.5,12.6
Team Assignment 11
Tuesday 4/11 Exam 3 Academy Auditorium Back To Top
Wed
4/10
Alpha Lab Topic: Filters
Omega Lab: MS3
Back To Top
Thurs
4/11
Lec 26.1 (Continued from above)
Lec 27.1 Second Order Filter Process Summary,Design Approach
Chapter
14.1 thru 14.5
Second Order Filters 2 WebEx Live
Back To Top
Week 14
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
4/15
Lec 27.1 Second Order Filter Process Summary,Design Approach
Team Assignment 12 (Bring your laptops!)
Back To Top
Wed
4/17
Alpha Lab Topic: 2nd Order Filters
Omega Lab topic: MS3
Back To Top
Thurs 4/18
HW9
Week 15
Assigned
Due
Lecture Videos LevelUP Problems Slides Readings In Class ActivitiesBack To Top Mon
4/22
Make-Up Class (if needed)
Back To Top Back To Top Wed
4/24
Omega Lab Milestone 3 Check-in
Omega Lab MS3 Project Presentation Day
Alpha Lab 3 Proof of Concept Document
Alpha Lab 3 Check-In
Omega Lab Proof of Concept 3 Document
Omega Lab 3 Check-In
MS3 LTSpice Schematic
Back To Top Study Days
4/25-4/28
Study Days Monday
4/29
Study Days All Optimizations Due
HW10 Due
Metacognition Journal Due
Back To Top 5/? TBD Final Exam