Fall 2018 - ENSC 220 D100

Electric Circuits I (4)

Class Number: 6649

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Tue, Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 8, 2018
    Sat, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    (PHYS 121 or PHYS 126 or PHYS 141), ENSC 120, MATH 232 and MATH 310. MATH 232 and/or MATH 310 may be taken concurrently.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Fundamental electrical circuit quantities, and circuit elements; circuits laws such as Ohm law, Kirchoff's voltage and current laws, along with series and parallel circuits; operational amplifiers; network theorems; nodal and mesh methods; analysis of natural and step response of first (RC and RL), as well as second order (RLC) circuits; real, reactive and rms power concepts. In addition, the course will discuss the worker safety implications of both electricity and common laboratory practices such as soldering. Students with credit for MSE 250 cannot take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:


General Course Outline:
Introduction to electric circuits. DC and AC circuits, Circuit analysis, Network theorems. Passive electronic components, Impedance, admittance. RL, RC, RLC circuits, properties, frequency response, transient response, time response. Operational Amplifiers, amplifier configurations. AC measurements, power calculations, single phase and multi-phase circuits.  

Laboratory Component: The course will contain approximately five lab experiments. You will be required to submit formal reports for all the lab experiments. The expected format of the report will be announced along with lab handout. You will be expected to complete the lab experiments during your registered lab session. Therefore, we highly encourage you to prepare for the lab prior to your lab session. You will have an assigned lab bench and you will work in groups. More instructions will follow regarding laboratory soon.

Lecture notes, use of lap-top computers in the class etc:
Most of the lectures will be based on the text. I will use the over-head projector and write-out the lecture material for most of the lectures. Therefore, I will not place any lecture notes in electronic form. I highly encourage you to take notes during the lecture if you wish. Any students who wish to take notes using a laptop computer should sit at the last row of desks in the class room. Anyone violating this rule will be removed from the course.

SPICE Cirucit simulation programs: During this course, you will be required to use the LT-SPICE software packages. Follow the links given in the course webpage (CANVAS)

Home works and Lab Reports:

Unless otherwise stated, all assignments and lab reports must be turned in before 4:00 pm on the due date to count for full credit. No late submissions allowed. You have to submit electronically through CANVAS. Copying of another person’s work constitutes academic dishonesty and any work that has been determined to be copied or plagiarized will not be graded and receive a zero mark.  

  • Homework should be clearly written on standard 8.5x11 inch paper (format). Please ensure that all problems are in order and identified by number.
  • It really is VERY important that you show your work when you solve a problem.  
  • It is not necessary that you grind out the last ounce of simplification in your answers; you should be able to do the “obvious” simplifications.
  • It is important for you to make comments about your solutions (when appropriate). This demonstrates better understanding on your part and also allows us to give you better feedback regarding your answers.

Grading

  • Labs 15%
  • Lab Test 10%
  • Assignments 5%
  • Midterm 30%
  • Final 40%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

J.W. Nilsson and S.A. Riedel, Electric Circuits, 10th ed., Pearson.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Schaum’s Theory and Problems of Basic Circuit Analysis, by J. O’Malley, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill.

Schaum’s Theory and problems of Electric Circuit, by J. A. Edminister, 4th ed., McGraw Hill

Schaum’s 3000 solved problems in Circuit, by S. A. Nasar, McGraw Hill.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS