ENGR12 Engineering Circuits

Time:  M/W/Th/F  1-2    Room:  PS103    Section: 4319/0403   Units: 3

Instructor:  Tom Rebold   Office: BMC-202B   Contact: trebold(a)mpc(.)edu   645-1327

Office Hours: M/W 5:30 - 6:30, T/Th 12 noon - 1 pm in BMC202B, Friday 3-4 in PS103 (and online)

Class website:  www.tomrebold.com/engr12.htm  Turn in homework: here

Text:    Alexander and Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, 4th edition, 2009 ISBN 9780073529559. (One copy of 3rd edition on reserve in Library).

Course description:  

    This course introduces DC and sinusoidal circuit analysis as applied to resistive, capacitive, and inductive circuits, op-amps, transformers and balanced three-phase circuits. Topics include Thevenin and Norton circuit theorems, superposition, complex phasors and power, frequency response, resonance, and associated calculations. The topics covered are essential foundations for further study in analog and digital circuits, communication systems, computer architectures, and control of electro-mechanical systems.

Student Learning Outcome:

• Students will be able to determine an electronic circuit�s operating performance by applying the appropriate circuit analysis technique.

Objectives: Students will be able to

1. Analyze DC circuits to find current, voltage, resistance, power, and/or energy.
2. Draw and label circuit diagrams and show thorough mathematical solutions.
3. Use the ideal Op Amp Model to solve circuits containing one or more Op Amps.
4. Find the transient response and complete response for RC, RL, and RLC circuits involving DC sources.
5. Solve AC circuits by using Phasors. Calculate average and complex power for AC circuits.
6. Demonstrate how load correction is performed to optimize power transfer in AC circuits.

Schedule:

Resources:

• ENGR 12 Guest Book (change html to htm)
• Q&A Discussion Board
• Digilent Real Analog Circuits I Course
• Matlab Student Version
• Download Freemat
• CLEO FREE! video circuit solutions
• CCC Confer Connection Details
• Circuit Theory Animations
• Lecture Archives from 2013 Circuits Class

Accommodations:  

If you need accommodations or have a disability, please talk with me for arrangements.

Attendance: 

If you decide to drop, to avoid getting an F, please remember to remove yourself from the class using webreg. I often drop people who haven't participated in over a week, but please don't count on that!

Grading: 

                A 90-100%,   B 80-89%,   C 70-79%,   D 60-69%

Homework:

50% of your grade is for completeness (all problems attempted), and 50% for correctness. Assignments shall be completed on separate paper, preferrably grid paper. In addition, points will be awarded or taken away as your work reflects or ignores the clear principles demonstrated in the example, including:

a) brief problem statement
b) neatly drawn circuit
c) math solution
d) underlined answers

All assignments are due on Wednesday, start of class each week. Late assignments will lose 1 point per day until Friday. After Friday, they will not be accepted.

Unexcused Test Absences
 
You must present medical evidence for failure to appear for a test. Otherwise you get zero for that test or quiz. A total of three tests will be offered AND ALL THREE COUNT!
 
Cheating
 
Occasionally I have caught students cheating. The standard policy is to give a grade of F for both participants and if deemed necessary make a visit to the Dean of Students with the cheaters. We have had very serious cases in which the students were dropped from the course and suspended from taking courses at MPC. This goes on your record and of course is not viewed favorably by other schools and employers who want and need to trust you.