Catalog Description: Basic Electrical and Computer Engineering concepts, problem solving and hands-on laboratory project. Topics include electronic circuit and device models, digital logic, timing diagrams, circuit analysis, and simulation tools. Lec/lab.

Prerequisites:

By course: none
By topic: UNIX computer system familiarity, Basic algebra

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 272

Credits: 3 Terms Offered: Winter

Instructors:

Primary: W. Kolodziej
Secondary: R. Traylor

Textbook: Dick White, Roger Doering, Electrical Engineering Uncovered, Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-13-517913-0.

Course Learning Objectives:
Students must demonstrate the ability to:

1. Solve for values of current, voltage and power in simple direct current circuits using Kirchoff's Voltage and Current laws. (ABET Outcomes: a,e,m)
2. Analyze basic direct current circuits with the circuit simulator SPICE. (ABET Outcomes: a,e,k)
3. Construct a working programmable robot from a kit using basic electronic including soldering irons, oscilloscopes, and multimeters. (ABET Outcomes: k)
4. Determine the regions of operation for a simple bipolar transistor circuit. (ABET Outcomes: a,e)
5. Correctly bias a simple one transistor bipolar amplifier. (ABET Outcomes: c,e)
6. Design simple digital circuits given a set of logic gates. (ABET Outcomes: a,c,e)
7. Simplify boolean equations of up to four variables. (ABET Outcomes: a)

• System design concepts.
• Basic definitions of current and voltage.
• Circuit elements and schematics.
• Modeling circuits with voltage and current sources.
• Applying Kirchoff's voltage and current laws.
• Analyzing basic circuits with SPICE.
• Analyzing basic transistor and diode circuits.
• Understanding the operation of logic gates.
• Simplifying boolean equations.

Structure: Two 50 minute lectures and one three hour lab per week.

Original: 1/01
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