E E 2415-001 Spring 2012

Spring 2012 Schedule

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