| Date: | Activity | Reading in Textbook | Assignments Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/17/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 1.2 Electric Circuits and Current Flow; 1.3 Systems of Units; 1.4 Voltage; 1.5 power and Energy; 1.6 Circuit Analysis and Design; 1.7 Checking on Power & Passive Sign | None |
| 01/18/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Logging in to the homework site. Loading PSpice onto your computer. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 01/19/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 2.2 Engineering and Linear Models; 2.3 Active and Passive Circuit Elements; 2.4 Resistors; 2.5 Independent Sources; 2.6 Voltmeters and Ammeters; | Ethics Statement |
| 01/23/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | Homework Problem Examples. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 01/24/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 2.7 Dependent Sources; 2.8 Transducers; 2.9 Switches; PSpice Demonstration (Printing DC Results in the Output File); 3.2 Kirchhoff's Laws; | HW01 submitted |
| 01/25/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Dependent Sources. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 01/26/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 3.3 Voltage Divider; 3.4 Current Divider; 3.5 Series Voltage Sources and Parallel Current Sources; 3.6 Circuit Analysis; | None |
| 01/30/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | Homework Problem Examples. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 01/31/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 4.2 Node Voltage Analysis of Circuits with Current Sources; 4.3 Node Voltage Analysis of Circuits with Current and Voltage Sources; | HW02 submitted |
| 02/01/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Thévenin equivalent circuit. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 02/02/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 4.4 Node Voltage Analysis with Dependent Sources; 4.5 Mesh Current Analysis with Independent Voltage Sources; 4.6 Mesh Current Analysis with Current and Voltage Sources; 4.7 Mesh Current Analysis with Dependent Sources; 4.8 Node Voltage and Mesh Current Methods Compared; | PS01 submitted |
| 02/06/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Creating subcircuits. | Bring your portable computer. |
| 02/07/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 5.2 Source Transformations; 5.3 Superposition; 5.4 Thévenin's Theorem; 5.5 Norton's Equivalent Circuit; | HW03 submitted |
| 02/08/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: MshCur29 with instructor assistance. | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 02/09/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 5.6 Maximum Power Transfer; PSpice Demonstration (Thévenin Equivalent Circuit) | PS02 submitted |
| 02/13/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Using the Parts Library | Bring your portable computer. |
| 02/14/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 6.2 The Operational Amplifier; 6.3 Ideal Operational Amplifier; 6.4 Nodal Analysis of Circuits Using Operational Amplifiers; | HW04 submitted |
| 02/15/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: NodVol28 with instructor assistance. | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 02/16/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 6.5 Design Using Operational Amplifiers; 6.6 Operational Amplifier Circuits and Linear Algebraic Equations; 6.7 Characteristics of Practical Operational Amplifiers; | None |
| 02/20/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS03 submitted; Bring your portable computer. |
| 02/21/2012 Tue |
Lecture | The Operational Amplifier and PSpice; PSpice Demonstration (Creating Subcircuits) | HW05 submitted |
| 02/22/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 02/23/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 7.2 Capacitors; 7.3 Energy Storage in Capacitors; 7.4 Series and Parallel Capacitors; | None |
| 02/27/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | Bring your portable computer. |
| 02/28/2012 Tue |
Exam I | Chapters 1 through 5 | None |
| 02/29/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA. | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 03/01/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 7.5 Inductors; 7.6 Energy Storage in an Inductor; 7.7 Series and Parallel Capacitors; 7.8 Initial Conditions of Switched Circuits; 7.9 Operational Amplifiers and Linear Differential Equations; | HW06 submitted |
| 03/05/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Modelling Inductors and Capacitors in PSpice with initial conditions. | PS04 submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 03/06/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 8.2 1st-Order Circuits; 8.3 The Response of a 1st-Order Circuit to a Constant Input; 8.4 Sequential Switching; | None |
| 03/07/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA. | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 03/08/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 8.5 Stability of 1st-Order Circuits; 8.6 The Unit-Step Source; | HW07 submitted |
| 03/19/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS05 Submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 03/20/2012 Tue |
Lecture | The Complete Response Using PSpice; PSpice Demonstration (Transient Analysis) | None |
| 03/21/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 03/22/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 9.2 Differential Equation for Circuits with Two Energy Storage Elements; | HW08 submitted |
| 03/26/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS06 submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 03/27/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 9.3 Solution of the 2nd-Order Differential Equation - The Natural Response; 9.4 Natural Response of the Unforced Parallel RLC Circuit; 9.5 Natural Response of the Critically Damped Unforced Parallel RLC Circuit; | None |
| 03/28/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Solving simultaneous linear equations with complex coefficients. Solve a phasor circuit problem with instructor assistance. | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 03/29/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 9.6 Natural Response of the Underdamped Unforced Parallel RLC Circuit; 9.7 Forced Response of an RLC Circuit; 9.8 Complete Response of an RLC circuit; | HW09 submitted |
| 04/02/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS07 submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 04/03/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 9.9 State Variable Approach to Circuit Analysis; 10.2 Sinusoidal Sources; | None |
| 04/04/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 04/05/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 10.3 Steady-State Sinusoidal Response of an RL Circuit to a Sinusoidal Forcing Function; 10.4 Complex Exponential Forcing Function; | HW10 submitted |
| 04/09/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS08 submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 04/10/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 10.5 The Phasor; 10.6 Phasor relationships for R, L and C Components; 10.7 Impedance and Admittance; 10.8 Kirchhoff's Laws Using Phasors; | None |
| 04/11/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 04/12/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 10.9 Node Voltage and Mesh Current Analysis Using Phasors; 10.10 Superposition, Thévenin and Norton Equivalents, and Source Transformations; PSpice Demonstration (Printing AC Results in the Output File) 10.11 Phasor Diagrams; | HW11 submitted |
| 04/16/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | None. Bring your portable computer. |
| 04/17/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 11.2 Electric Power;11.3 Instantaneous Power and Average Power; 11.4 Effective Value of a periodic Waveform; | None |
| 04/18/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 04/19/2012 Thu |
Lecture | 11.5 Complex Power; 11.6 Power Factor; 11.7 Power Superposition Principle; 11.8 Maximum Power Transfer Theorem; 11.9 Coupled Inductors; 11.10 The Ideal Transformer; 11.12 Design Example - Maximum Power Transfer | HW12 submitted |
| 04/23/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: Frequency Response, Bode Plots | Bring your portable computer. |
| 04/24/2012 Tue |
Lecture | 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Gain, Shift, and the Network Function; 13.3 Bode Plots; 13.4 Resonant Circuits; 13.5 Frequency Response of Op Amp Circuits; | None |
| 04/25/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | PS09 submitted. Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 04/26/2012 Thu |
Exam II | Chapters 6 through 11. | None |
| 04/30/2012 Mon |
Problems Lab | PSpice Demonstration: TBA | PS10 Submitted. Bring your portable computer. |
| 05/01/2012 Tue |
Review | Chapters 1 through 6 | None |
| 05/02/2012 Wed |
Problems Lab | Problem Solving: TBA | Submit In-class problem solution. |
| 05/03/2012 Thu |
Review | Chapters 7 through 11 | None |
| 05/10/2012 Thu |
Final Exam | 8:00am - 10:30am | None |