Rex N. Fisher                             Computer Science and Engineering Department, BYU-Idaho

ECE 150 Course Outline

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Engineering as a Career

 

EE & CompE at BYU-I

 

Basic Concepts of Electricity
     E, I, R
     Circuit Diagrams
     DC & AC

 

Engineering Notation

 

Circuit Proto-Typing

 

Soldering

 

Reading Schematics

 

Identifying Electronic Components
           

DC: Electrical Calculations
        Ohm's Law
        Electrical Power & Energy

 

DC: Electrical Measurement
        Measuring Voltage
        Measuring Resistance
        Measuring Current

 

DC: Series Resistive Circuits

 

DC: Parallel Resistive Circuits

 

DC: Series-Parallel Resistive Circuits

 

DC: Voltage & Current Sources
        Characteristics of Voltage & Current Sources
        Series, Parallel, Series-parallel Connections

        Comparison of Voltage Cell Chemistries (Advantages & Disadvantages, Applications, etc.)

                Primary Cells:

                        Carbon Zinc

                        Alkaline

                Secondary Cells:

                        Lead Acid

                        Nickel Cadmium

                        Nickel Metal Hydride

                        Lithium Ion

 

Electrical Safety

 

Network Analysis
        Kirchoff's Laws
        Loop Analysis
        Nodal Analysis
        Delta-Wye

 

Network Theorems
        Superposition
        Thevenin
        Norton
        Maximum Power Transfer

 

Magnetism
         Magnetic Fields
         Electromagnetism
    

Inductance
         Induced EMF & Current
         Energy Stored in Inductor
         Series & Parallel Inductors
         Types of Inductors
         Stray Inductance

 

Transformers

 

Capacitance
         Electric Fields
         Energy Stored in Charged Capacitor
         Series & Parallel Capacitors
         Types of Capacitors
         Stray Capacitance

 

DC: Circuits with Inductors & Capacitors

         Time Constants
         Instantaneous I & V in LR Ckts: i = E/R(1 - e^-t(R/L))
         Instantaneous I & V in RC Ckts: v = E(1 - e^-t/RC))

 

AC: Current & Voltage
         Sine Waves
         Peak, Average, RMS Values
         Frequency, Period, Phase Angle, Wavelength

 

AC: Current & Voltage
        Phasors
        Polar & Rectangular Forms
        Math with Complex Numbers
               

AC: Circuits with Inductors & Capacitors
        Inductive Reactance
        Capacitive Reactance
        Impedance

 

AC: Circuits with Resistors, Inductors, and Capacitors
        RL Circuits
        RC Circuits
        RLC Circuits
               

 AC: Series & Parallel Circuits
         Series Impedances
         Parallel Impedances
         Series-Parallel Impedances