EE 221 FAll 2012 Syllabus

Text: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Alexander & Sadiku, 5th Edition

 

221 Electrical Engineering I                   Rev. 11/13/2012

Week

Lesson

Topic

Read

Homework

Week of 20 Aug

 

1

1.

Basic Concepts pp 1 - 23 Ch 1: 6,10,18,19,29

2.

Resistance and Ohm's Law pp 29 - 35  

3.

Resistance, Nodes, Loops pp 35 - 43 Ch 2: 1,3,4

LAB

Lab #1      Lab Notebook Example

Week of 27 Aug

 

2

4.

KVL and KCL
Series and Parallel
pp 43 - 52 Ch 2: 13,17,19,25

5.

Series and Parallel
Resistive Circuit Examples
pp 43 - 52 Ch 2: 30,34,35

6.

Voltage Divider and Current Divider pp 43-52 Ch 2: 31,36,38,41

LAB

Lab #1 continued

Week of 03 Sep

03 September 2012- Labor Day Holiday , Tues Sept 4 Monday schedule

3

7.

Nodal Analysis pp 81 - 88 Ch 3: 5,7,17

8.

Nodal Analysis with Supernodes pp 88 - 92 Ch 3: 14,18,20,23

9.

Superposition and Source Transformation pp 127-138 Ch 4: 9,13,15

LAB

Lab #2

Week of 10 Sep

 

4

10.

Thevenin's Theorem pp 139 - 145 Ch 4: 22,38,41,43          (do Thevenin not Norton)

11.

Thevenin's Theorem pp 139 - 145 Ch 4: 48,53,57                 (do Thevenin not Norton)

12.

Maximum Power Transfer pp 150 - 152 Ch 4: 67,73,88

LAB

Lab #3

Week of 17  Sep

 

5

13.

Operational Amplifiers pp 175 - 185  

14.

Operational Amplifiers pp 175 - 185 Ch 5: 12,13,21,29

15.

Operational Amplifiers pp 185 - 194 Ch 5: 37,45,59,70
  Lab #4

Week of 24 Sep

 Academic Reserve Week

6

16.

Capacitors pp 215 - 225  

17.

Exam #1    

18.

Capacitors and Inductors pp 226 - 236 Ch 6: 6,17,26

LAB

Lab #5

Week of 01 Oct

 

7

19.

Inductors pp 226 - 236 Ch 6: 40,53,58

20.

First-Order Natural Response pp 253 - 265 Ch 7: 6,8,11,13

21.

First-Order Step Response pp 273 - 284 Ch 7: 42,49,85

LAB

Laboratory Exam #1

Week of 08 Oct

08 October 2012 - Columbus Day Holiday 

8

22.

First-Order Circuits pp 284 - 300 Ch 7: 53,80

23.

Sinusoids and Complex Numbers pp 369 -378 Ch 9:1,6,8,9

LAB

Lab #6

Week of 15 Oct

  

9

24.

Phasors and Impedance pp 378 - 389 Ch 9: 16,19,30,35

25.

Frequency Domain Circuits pp 389 - 403 Ch 9: 40,44,49,60

26.

AC Nodal Analysis pp 413 - 417 Ch 10: 7,11,17,21

LAB

Lab #7

Week of 22 Oct

 

10

27.

AC Superposition and Source Transformation pp 421 - 426 Ch 10: 44,47,53

28.

AC Thevenin pp 426 - 430 Ch 10: 58,60,67

29.

AC Power pp 457 - 470 Ch 11:5,12,22

LAB

Lab #8 (Multisim Example - prob 10.21a)

Week of 29 Oct

Academic Reserve Week

11

20.

Classes cancelled due to storm    

31.

Review/Catch-up    

32.

Exam #2    

LAB

Robot 1        Lab report guidance       Sample lab report   Lab report grading

Week of 05 Nov

09 November 2012 - Last Day to Drop a Course

12

33.

Robot 2   Professional  Assignment

34.

Robot 3    

35.

Robot 5    

LAB

Robot 4

Week of 12 Nov

  12 November 2012 - Veteran's Day Holiday

13

36.

Frequency Response pp 613 - 619 ESIT 

37.

Resonance and Passive Filters pp 629 - 642 Ch 14: 4,7

LAB

Robot Demonstration Day

Week of 19 Nov

21 November 2012 - Early schedule

22-23 November 2012 - Thanksgiving Holiday

14

38.

Resonance and Passive Filters pp 629 - 642 Ch 14: 42,48,53

39.

Active Filters pp 642 - 648 ECE in the News

Week of 26 Nov

 

15

40.

Laplace Transform Definition pp 675 - 690 Ch 14: 61,63,67

41.

Laplace Properties pp 675 - 690 Ch 15: 9,14,18

42.

Inverse Laplace Transform pp 690 - 697 Ch 15: 27,34

LAB

Lab  #9    

Week of 03 Dec

07 December 2012 – last day of class!

16

43.

Laplace Application pp 715 - 725 Ch 15: 37ab,38b

44.

Second-Order Response pp 319-336 Ch 16: 15,18

45.

Second -Order Response, Course Wrap-up pp 319-336  

LAB

Laboratory Exam #2    

Week of 10 Dec

 

 

FINAL

Saturday, 15 Dec 2012, 0755-1055