Week in review
Fall 2016
ENSC 220
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS I
September 12, 2016:
Rules and regulations, bill of rights (Canadian way), whom to contact in case there is a misconduct (upward chain of command: instructor, undergraduate curriculum chair, director, student union ombudsperson)
Introduction: pre-requisites and co-requisites, topics to be covered in this course, assignments and labs, on plagiarism.
Textbooks and why are they only recommended for this course. Library reserves. Remarks regarding the old ENSC 220 notes.
ENSC 220 web site, email correspondence, caucus conference, office hours, audio-recordings of lectures.
Motivation: why should we study electric circuits and learn circuit theory?
Models vs. physical components: how good is a model?
International System (SI) of units
Circuit variables: charge, current, voltage, energy, and power.
Models of circuit elements: resistors, diodes, transistors, independent sources, four types of dependent sources
Diode (D) as an example of a nonlinear resistive element: ideal switch, exponential (Esaki) diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode
Resistive circuits, memoryless elements, and algebraic equations
Circuits with inductors and capacitors, elements with memory, and algebraic equations
Classification: lumped (R, L, C) and distributed (transmission lines) circuits
Classification: passive and active circuit elements (resistors, inductors, capacitors, diodes, independent and dependent sources)
Circuits and graph theory: a forgotten link
Kirchhoff Current Law (KCL) and Kirchhoff Voltage Law (KVL)
Lab:
Forming lab teams (teams of 3)
Lab: Orientation Part 1 - PS and DMM. Lab report due on September 18, 2016 (midnight)
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Thu Sep 15 18:14:54 PDT 2016.