Engineering 207 -- Electric Circuits (5 Units) Spring quarter 2008 Syllabus Instructor: Dr. Jorge Talamantes Rivera Science III, room 305 Ph. 661.654.2335 Office hours: See http://www.csub.edu/~jtalamantes Meeting Times: M W 11-12:30 T Th 10:30-1 Meeting Place: Science II room 283 Course text: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, by Charles K. Alexander and Matthew K. O. Sadiku, Third Edition. McGraw Hill (2007). ISBN 0-07-330115-9 Recommended BUT NOT REQUIRED for extra-credit assignments: Electronics and Circuit Analysis Using Matlab, Second Edition, by John Okyere Attia. CRC Press (2004). ISBN 0-8493-1892-0 Note: A copy of this book will be posted on 2-hr reserve in the library. Course goals: This is a first course in electrical circuits for science and engineering majors. Topics covered include circuit laws and analysis of DC and AC circuits. Prerequisites: Physics 222 (Calculus-based Physics II). Mathematics 202, 222 (Calculus II). Course Outline: We will cover the traditional topics in a first course in electrical circuits: DC and AC circuit analysis, and Norton and Thevenin's theorem; Impedance, phasors, frequency response; power; natural and forced responses. Final grade determination (see schedule of actvities for due dates): 1. Laboratory reports: 25% 3. Two exams: 25% each 4. Final exam (comprehensive): 25% 5. Extra credit -- Matlab assignments: 15% This class is not graded on a curve. The following relation will be used for assigning a final grade: 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D 00-59% F Dates to keep in mind: (+). Monday, 04/14/2008: last day to withdraw without a "W". (++). Monday, 05/12/2008: last day to withdraw for a serious and compelling reason. Thursday, 06/05/2008: Final exam 11-1:30. Behavior: No horse play, or eating, or drinking is allowed in the laboratory. *** CELL PHONES MUST BE TURNED OFF DURING CLASS *** YOU MUST FOLLOW PROPER EMAIL ETIQUETTE *** See http://www.csub.edu/~jtalamantes/email_etiquette.txt Anyone found cheating will automatically get an F in the course. Schedule of activities: Notes: 1. Assignments are due at 11 PM on the dates indicated. 2. Classes marked with an asterisk (*) meet in the computer lab (room 278). 3. This schedule is subject to change. ** WEEK 1 ** 01. M 03/24/08 Introduction to the course Sect 1.1 Basic Concepts -- Introduction Sect 1.2 System of Units Sect 1.3 Charge and Current 02. Tu 03/25 Lab 1: Intro to Matlab (*) 03. W 03/26 Class canceled. 04. Th 03/27 Class canceled ** WEEK 2 ** 05. M 03/31 Holiday (Cesar Chavez Day). Campus closed. 06. T 04/01 Finish lab 1 (*) 07. W 04/02 Sect 1.4 Voltage Sect 1.5 Power and Energy Sect 1.6 Circuit Elements Sect 1.7 Applications 08. Th 04/03 Lab 2: Measurement of resistance ** WEEK 3 ** 09. M 04/07 Sect 2.1 Basic Laws -- Introduction Sect 2.2 Ohm's law Sect 2.3 Nodes, branches and loops Sect 2.4 Kirchhoff's laws Extra credit homework set # 1 due. 10. Tu 04/08 Finish lab 2 11. W 04/09 Sect 2.5 Series resistors and voltage division Sect 2.6 Parallel resistors and current division Sect 2.8 Applications 12. Th 04/10 Lab 3: Intro to Multisim (*) Lab 1 due ** WEEK 4 ** 13. M 04/14 Sect 3.1 Methods of Analysis -- Introduction Sect 3.2 Nodal analysis Sect 3.3 Nodal analysis with voltage sources (+) Last day to withdraw without ``W'' 14. T 04/15 Sect 3.4 Mesh analysis Sect 3.5 Mesh analysis with current sources Sect 3.7 Nodal vs. mesh analysis 15. W 04/16 Sect 6.1 Capacitors and Inductors -- Introduction Sect 6.2 Capacitors Sect 6.3 Series and parallel capacitors Sect 6.4 Inductors Sect 6.5 Series and parallel inductors 16. Th 04/17 Lab 4: Series and parallel circuits -- Kirchhoff's laws. F 04/18 Lab 2 due, lab 3 due ** WEEK 5 ** 17. M 04/21 Math review: Complex Numbers 18. T 04/22 Lab 4 continued 19. W 04/23 Sect 9.1 AC Circuits -- Introduction Sect 9.2 Sinusoids Sect 9.3 Phasors Sect 9.4 Phasor relationships for circuit elements 20. Th 04/24 Finish lab 4 F 04/25 Extra credit homework set #2 due ** WEEK 6 ** 21. M 04/28 Sect 9.5 Impedance and Admittance Sect 9.6 Kirchhoff's laws in the frequency domain Sect 9.7 Impedance combinations 22. T 04/29 Exam 1 (weeks 1-4 inclusive) 23. W 04/30 Sect 4.1 Circuit Theorems -- Introduction Sect 4.2 Linear property Sect 4.3 Superposition Sect 4.4 Source transformation 24. Th 05/01 Lab 8: AC Test Instruments F 05/02 Lab 4 due ** WEEK 7 ** 25. M 05/05 Sect 4.5 Thevenin's theorem Sect 4.6 Norton's theorem 26. T 05/06 Finish lab 8 27. W 05/07 Sect 4.8 Maximum power transfer Sect 4.10 Applications Extra credit homework set #3 due 28. Th 05/08 Lab 5: Equivalent Circuits I ** WEEK 8 ** 29. M 05/12 Sect 10.1 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis -- Introduction Sect 10.2 Nodal analysis Sect 10.3 Mesh analysis Sect 10.4 Superposition theorem (++) Last day to withdraw for serious and compelling reason 30. T 05/13 Finish lab 5 31. W 05/14 Sect 10.5 Source transformation Sect 10.6 Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits 32. Th 05/15 Lab 6: Equivalent Circuits II F 05/16 Lab 8 due ** WEEK 9 ** 33. M 05/19 Sect 7.1 First-Order Circuits -- Introduction Sect 7.2 The source-free RC circuit Sect 7.3 The source-free RL circuit 34. T 05/20 Finish lab 6 35. W 05/21 Sect 7.4 Singularity functions Extra credit homework set #4 due 36. Th 05/22 Sect 7.5 Step response of an RC circuit Sect 7.6 Step response of an RL circuit Sect 7.9 Applications F 05/23 Lab 5 due ** WEEK 10 ** 37. M 05/26 Holiday (Memorial Day). Campus closed. 38. T 05/27 Sect 8.1 Second-Order Circuits -- Introduction Sect 8.2 Finding initial and final values 39. W 05/28 Sect 8.3 The source-free series RLC circuit Sect 8.4 The source-free parallel RLC circuit Sect 8.5 Step response of a series RLC circuit Sect 8.6 Step response of a parallel RLC circuit 40. Th 05/29 Exam 2 (weeks 5-9 inclusive) F 05/30 Lab 6 due ** WEEK 11 ** 41. M 06/02 Sect 8.7 General second-order circuits Sect 8.11 Applications W 06/04 Extra credit homework set #5 due Th 06/05 Final Exam 11-1:30 (comprehensive) M 06/09 Grades available