ECE 205: Introduction to Electric and Electronic Circuits

  • We will solve worksheet problems in class. A subset of these problems will be posted on compass as multiple choice questions. Please answer the questions on compass by 10:00 PM on the date indicated.

Date            Topic             Reading        Worksheet Lecture Video
1 08/24/20 Charge and Current Sec 1.1 Lecture 1
2 08/26/20 Voltage, Ground, and Power Sources Sec 1.1 Worksheet 1
Due Date: 08/29/2020
Lecture 2
Clips: Ohms Law -sign convention
Ohms Law -example
3 08/28/20 Resistors, Ohm's Law, Series/Parallel Sec 1.3, 2.1.1 Worksheet 2
Due Date: 09/03/2020
Lecture 3
4 08/31/20 Resistors, Ohms's Law, KVL Contd. Lecture 4
Clips: Ground Example
5 09/02/20 KVL/KCL and Voltage/Current Division,Loop Current Analysis Sec 2.3 Lecture 5
6 09/04/20 Loop Analysis Contd. Sec 2.3 Lecture 6
Clips: Loop Analysis 1
Current Source, Superloops
7 09/09/20 Node Voltage Analysis
Node Voltage Analysis (Examples)
Sec 2.2 Worksheet 3
Due Date: 09/14/2020
Lecture 7
Clips: Voltage divider, Example
Current Division
8 09/11/20 Thevenin and Norton Theorems Sec 2.4.2, 2.5 Lecture 8
Clips: Linear Systems, Thevenin theorem
Thevenin (example)
9 09/14/20 Thevenin Eq. Circuit Contd. Lecture 9
Clips: Source Transforms, Source Transforms Example
10 09/16/20 Dependent Sources Sec 5.1-5.2 Worksheet 4
Due Date: 09/21/2020
Lecture 10
Clips: Dependent Sources Example 1, Dependent Sources Example 2
09/18/20 Quiz 1
11 09/21/20 P-N Junction Diodes Worksheet 5
Due Date: 09/28/2020
Lecture 11
12 09/23/20 Diodes Continued. Lecture 12
13 09/25/20 Introduction to BJT's Lecture 13
14 09/28/20 BJT Examples Worksheet 6
Due Date: 10/02/2020
Lecture 14
15 09/30/20 BJT Examples Contd. Lecture 15
16 10/02/20 BJT Examples Contd. Lecture 16
17 10/05/20 Introduction to Logic Gates Lecture 17
Clips: Hints HW problem 6, Transistor Curves
18 10/07/20 Boolean Algebra Lecture 18
10/09/20 Quiz 2
19 10/12/20 Logic Gates using BJTs Worksheet 7
Due Date: 10/16/2020
Lecture 19
Clips: PNP transistors, PNP example
20 10/14/20 Capacitors and Inductors Lecture 20
21 10/16/20 R-C CircuitsSec 3.4 Lecture 21
22 10/19/20 RC/RL Circuits continuedSec 3.4 Lecture 22
23 10/21/20 RC/RL Circuits Contd. Sec 3.4 Lecture 23
24 10/23/20 RC Circuits - Detailed Analysis Sec 3.4 Lecture 24
25 10/26/20 RC Circuits - Detailed Analysis Contd. Sec 3.4 Lecture 25
26 10/28/20 RLC Circuits Sec 3.5 Lecture 26
10/30/20 Quiz 3
27 11/02/20 RLC Circuits Contd. Sec 3.5 Worksheet 8
Due Date: 11/6/2020
Lecture 27
28 11/04/20 RLC Circuits Contd. Sec 3.5 Lecture 28
29 11/06/20 Complex Numbers Appendix A Lecture 29
30 11/09/20 Phasors Sec 4.1 Lecture 30
31 11/11/20 Circuit Analysis using Phasors Sec 4.2 Lecture 31
32 11/13/20 Circuit Analysis using Phasors Contd. Sec 4.2 Lecture 32
33 11/16/20 Frequency Response
Dependent Sources
Sec 5.1-5.2 Lecture 33
34 11/18/20 Frequency ResponseSec 5.1-5.2 Lecture 34
11/20/20 Quiz 4
35 11/30/20 Operational Amplifiers Sec 3.1 Lecture 35
36 12/02/20 OpAmps Contd. Sec 3.1 Lecture 36
37 12/04/20 OpAmps Contd. Sec 3.1 Lecture 37
38 12/07/20 OpAmps Contd. Sec 3.1 Lecture 38
39 12/09/20 Review 1 Review 1
39 12/15/20 Review 2 Review 2

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