| Date: | Lecture Topic | Lab Topic | Reading in Textbook | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/14/2013 Mon |
Fundamental quantities; electrical networks; polarity convention. | Lab Meeting No. 1 - lab introduction | 1-1 Historical Timeline; 1-2 Units, Dimensions and Notation; 1.3 Circuit Representation; | |
| 01/28/2013 Mon |
Ideal two-terminal elements Part 1 – the resistor; Ohm’s law. | Lab Experiment No. 1 | 1-4 Electric Charge and Current; 1-5 Voltage and Power; 1-6 Circuit Elements; | HW01 |
| 02/04/2013 Mon |
Resistor combos; ideal two-terminal elements Part 2 – voltage and current sources. | Lab Experiment No. 2 | 2-1 Ohm's Law; 2-2 Kirchhoff's Law; 2-3 Equivalent Circuits; | HW02 |
| 02/11/2013 Mon |
Source combinations and transformations. | Lab Experiment No. 3 | 2-4 Wye-Delta Transformation; 2-5 The Wheatstone Bridge; | HW03 |
| 02/18/2013 Mon |
Source dominance and shifting; ideal two-terminal elements Part 3 – special elements.L; Ohm’s law. | Lab Experiment No. 3 | 3-1 Node Voltage Method; | HW04 |
| 02/25/2013 Mon |
Network laws – KVL and KCL | Lab Experiment No. 4 | 3-2 Mesh Current Method; | HW05 |
| 03/04/2013 Mon |
Mid-Term Exam 1 | Open lab | Class notes. | None |
| 03/18/2013 Mon |
Network laws – applications; voltage and current maps. | Lab Experiment No. 5 | 3-3 By Inspection Methods; | HW06 |
| 03/25/2013 Mon |
Network theorems – superposition; Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems. | Lab Experiment No. 6 | 3-4 Source Superposition; | HW07 |
| 04/01/2013 Mon |
Network theorems – dividers; maximum power transfer. | Open lab | 3-5 Thévenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits; | HW08 |
| 04/08/2013 Mon |
Wheatstone bridge – theory; applications. | Lab Experiment No. 7 | 3-6 Maximum Power Transfer; | HW09 |
| 04/15/2013 Mon |
Mid-Term Exam 2 | Lab Experiment No. 8 | Class notes. | HW10 |
| 04/22/2013 Mon |
The mesh analysis method and mesh equations. | Lab Experiment No. 9 | TBA | HW11 |
| 04/29/2013 Mon |
The node analysis method and node equations. | Lab Experiment No. 9 | TBA | HW12 |
| 05/06/2013 Mon |
Final Exam from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Leftover lab reports due at noon. | None | None |