| Date: | Lecture Topic | Lab Topic | Reading in Textbook | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/23/2012 Mon |
Fundamental quantities; electrical networks; polarity convention. | Lab Meeting No. 1 - lab introduction | 1. Chapter 1 - 1-1 to 1-5. | None |
| 01/30/2012 Mon |
Ideal two-terminal elements Part 1 – the resistor; Ohm’s law. | Lab Experiment No. 1 | 1. Chapter 2 – 2-1 to 2-2. |
HW01 |
| 02/06/2012 Mon |
Resistor combos; ideal two-terminal elements Part 2 – voltage and current sources. | Lab Experiment No. 2 | 1. Chapter 2 – 2-4 to 2-4.4. |
HW02 |
| 02/13/2012 Mon |
Source combinations and transformations. | Lab Experiment No. 3 | 3. Ch3Notes – 3.2 & 3.4.. | HW03 |
| 02/20/2012 Mon |
Source dominance and shifting; ideal two-terminal elements Part 3 – special elements. | Lab Experiment No. 3 | 3. Ch3Notes – 3.1 & 3.3. |
HW04 |
| 02/27/2012 Mon |
Network laws – KVL and KCL; Ohm’s law. | Lab Experiment No. 4 | 1. Chapter 2 – 2-3 to 2-4. | HW05 |
| 03/05/2012 Mon |
Mid-Term Exam 1 | Open lab | None | None |
| 03/12/2012 Mon |
Network laws – applications; voltage and current maps. | Lab Experiment No. 5 | Class notes. | HW06 |
| 03/26/2012 Mon |
Network theorems – superposition; Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems. | Lab Experiment No. 5 | 1. Chapter 3 – 3-4 to 3-7. |
HW07 |
| 04/02/2012 Mon |
Network theorems – dividers; maximum power transfer. | Lab Experiment No. 6 | 1. Chapter 2 – 2-4 to 2-5. |
HW08 |
| 04/09/2012 Mon |
Wheatstone bridge – theory; applications. | Lab Experiment No. 7 | 1. Chapter 2 – 2-6 to 2-7. | HW09 |
| 04/16/2012 Mon |
Mid-Term Exam 2 | Open lab | 1. Chapter 3 – 3-2 to 3-4. Class notes and handouts. |
HW10 |
| 04/23/2012 Mon |
The mesh analysis method and mesh equations. | Lab Experiment No. 8 | 1. Chapter 3 – 3-1 to 3-4. |
HW11 |
| 04/30/2012 Mon |
The node analysis method and node equations. | Lab Experiment No. 9 | 1. Chapter 5 – 5-2 to 5-4. 2. Ch 1 Notes – 1.2(b) to 1.2(d). |
HW12 |
| 05/07/2012 Mon |
Final Exam 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Leftover lab reports due at noon. | None | None |