Electric Circuits

 

ECSE-2010

 

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UNIT 1 (Week 1-Week 5)

 

Learning Outcomes:
Apply Ohm’s Law, KVL, KCL to reduce and analyze simple DC circuits
Find Thevenin and Norton equivalencies of circuits
Analyze circuits with multiple sources using superposition
Determine the response of circuits containing Operational Amplifiers (inverting/non-inverting amps, summing/differential amps, comparators)

 

	Week 1					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In-Class Activities
Tues   5/20	Lec 1.1 Circuit Variables, Passive Sign Convention   Lec 1.2 Ideal Sources, Ohm's Law, Kirkoff's Laws	Passive Sign Convention, KCL, KVL, Ohm's Law LEVELUP Problems	Lec 1	Chapter 1, 2.1	CP01 CP01 solution Design Ideation	HW1 Proof of Skills
	Alpha and Omega Lab Continuum Full Length Explanation (Fall 2020)
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Fri     5/23	Lec 2.1 Parallel and Series, Voltage Divide   Lec 2.2 Equivalent Sources, Circuit Reduction		Lec 2	Chapter 2.2 thru 2.6	CP02 CP02 solution Team Assignment 1	Proof of Skills
	WebEx Live KCL, KVL, Circuit Reduction, Nodal Set up Problem Lecture Videos
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	Week 2					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In
Tues   5/27	Lec 3.1 Nodal Analysis Lec 3.2 Mesh Analysis		Lec 3	Chapter 3.1, 3.2	CP03 CP03 solution Team Assignment 2	Proof of Skills
	Super Day, Mesh Analysis, SuperNodes, Supermeshes, Superposistion WebEx Live Lecture Videos
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Fri   5/30	Lec 4.1 Superposition   Lec 4.2 Dependent Sources		Lec 4	Chapter 3.3, 4.1, 4.2	CP04 CP04 solution Team Assignment 3	HW2 Proof of Skills	HW1
	Dependent Sources and Bridge Circuits WebEx Live Lecture Videos
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	Week 3					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues   6/3	Lec 5.1 Bridge Circuits, Thevenin/Norton Circuits	Thevenin Norton Mesh Nodal Dependent Source LEVELUP Problems	Lec 5	Chapter 3.4, 3.5, 3.6	CP05 CP05 solution	Alpha Lab 1 Sec 1 Omega Lab MS1 Planning Milestone 1 Begin	Essential Proof of Skills Submissions complete Individual Check-In Videos and Gradescope Form
	Thevenin/Norton Live WebEx Lecture Video
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Fri   6/6	Lec 5.1 Bridge Circuits, Thevenin/Norton Circuits (continued if needed)   Lec 6.1 Amplifier Circuit Model, Ideal Op Amps   Lec 6.2 Op Amp Circuits		Lec 6	Chapter 4.3 thru 4.6	CP06 CP06 solution	HW3	HW2
	All things OP AMP WebEx Live Lecture
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	Week 4					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues   6/10	Exam Review (In-Class) Starting Unit 2 Below! Lec 6.1 Amplifier Circuit Model, Ideal Op Amps (continued if needed)   Lec 6.2 Op Amp Circuits (continued if needed)   Lec 8.1 Signal Waveforms Lec 8.2 Sinusoidal Waveforms		Lec 7   Lec 8	Chapter 5.1 thru 5.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4	CP07   CP08   CP08 solution   Team Assignment 4	Alpha Lab 1       Omega Lab MS1 Proof of Concepts	Sec 1 Omega Lab Project Plan MS1 Review (by 12 noon for review!)
	WebEx Live Lecture Videos (It didn't record! But see Exam 1 Spring 2020 solution. This is what we went over.)
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Fri   6/13	Lec 8.3 Capacitor and Inductor   Lec 8.4 Differentiator and Integrator Op Amp Circuits
	Dynamic Component and First Order Circuit Diff EQ Live WebEx Lecture
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UNIT 2 (Week 5 - Week 8)   Learning Outcomes: Calculate the transient response of circuits with capacitors and inductors Analyze the responses of RLC series and parallel circuits Analyze circuits with resistance, inductance, and capacitance in terms of impedance Find the time domain response of circuits using Laplace transforms
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	Week 5					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues     6/17	Lec 9.1 RC Circuits (Natural Response)   Lec 9.2 RC Circuits (Forced Response), RC/RL General Equation		Lec 9	Chapter 7.1 thru 7.3	CP09 CP09 solution	HW4   Alpha Lab 1       Omega Lab MS1 Proof of Concepts	HW3
	First Order Transient Circuits WebEx Live Lecture Videos
6/17/24 EXAM 1 Tuesday TBD
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Fri     6/20	Lec 10.1 First Order Circuits Sinusoidal Input		Lec 10	Chapter 7.4, 7.5	CP10 CP10 solution   Team Assignment 5
	RC Series Circuit with an Exponential Input Live WebEx Lecture

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	Week 6					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues   6/24	Lec 11.1 Series RLC Circuits Lec 11.2 Overdamped, Underdamped, Critically Dampled 2nd Order Step Response		No Slides	Chapter 6.3	No CP11	Alpha Lab 1       Omega Lab MS1 Proof of Concepts
	2nd Order Diff. Eq. WebEx Live Lecture
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Fri   6/27	Lec 12.1 Parallel RLC Circuits   Lec 12.2 Laplace Transforms, Pole Zero Diagrams		Lec 12	Chapter 9.1 thru 9.4	CP12   CP12 solution	HW5	HW4
	Laplace Transforms Intro, Pole Zero Diagrams, 2nd Order Diff Eq Full Analyais (with initial conditions) Live WebEx Lecture
Week 7 June 30th-July 6th Independence Day Break!!!
	Week 8					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues     7/8	Lec 13.1 Partial Fraction Expansion, Simple Real Poles   Lec 13.2 Partial Fraction Expansion Complex Conjugate Poles		Lec 13	Chapter 9.5, 9.6	CP13   CP13 solution Team Assignment 6	Alpha Lab 2 Sec 1 Omega Lab Milestone 1 Checkoff Sec 1 Omega Lab MS1 Project Presentation Day Sec 1 Omega Lab MS2 Planning	Sec 1 Alpha Lab 1 Proof of Concept Document Sec 1 Omega Lab Proof of Concept 1 Document Sec 1 MS1 LTSpice Schematic   Individual Check-In Videos and Gradescope Form
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Fri     7/11	Lec 14.1 Complete System Response   Lec 14.2 Complete System Response 2   Lec 15.1 Complete System Response, Non Zero Initial Conditions		Lec 14	Chapter 9.5, 9.6	CP14   CP14 solution   Team Assignment 7	HW6	HW5

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	Week 9					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues   7/15	Lec 15.1 Complete System Response, Non Zero Initial Conditions   Exam 2 Review	LEVEL UP Problems: Laplace and Initial Condition Sources   Exam 2 Review including LEVELUP PROBLEMS	Lec 15     Lec 16     Lec 17	Chapter 9.5, 9.6	CP15   CP15 solution   CP16   CP16 solution CP17 CP17 solution	Alpha Lab 2 Omega Lab MS2 Proof of Concepts	Sec 1 Omega Lab MS1 Project Manual Deadline   Sec 1 Omega Lab Project Plan MS2 Review   (by 12 noon)
	Laplace Initial Conditions Live WebEx (Spring 2020)
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UNIT 3 (Week 9 - Week 11)   Learning Outcomes: Analyze AC circuits in the frequency domain; Find the AC steady-state responses of circuits with resistances, inductances, and capacitances in terms of impedance; Recognize and analyze RLC series and parallel resonant circuits; Understand power in AC circuits; Transformer Circuits
Fri 7/18	Lec 18.1 AC Steady State, Phasors Lec 18.2 Phasor Forms, Complex Math		Lec 18	Chapter 8.1 thru 8.5 10.1 thru 10.6, 11-1, 11-2	No CP	Alpha Lab 3	Sec 2 Alpha Lab 2 Proof of Concept Document     Sec 2 Omega Lab Proof of Concept 2 Document   Individual Check-In Videos and Gradescope Form
	Phasor Lecture Live on WebEx (Spring 2020)
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	Week 10					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tue   7/22	Lec 19.1 Unit 1 concepts with Phasors, KCL, KVL   Lec 20.1 Unit 1 Concepts with Phasors, Mesh and Node Analysis, Maxwell Bridge	Phasor Level Up Problems	Lec19	Chapter 11-1, 11-2	CP19 CP19 solution   Team Assignment 8	HW7	HW6
	Phasor Lecture + Unit 1 Concepts Live WebEx
7/23/25 EXAM 2 WEDNESDAY TBD
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Fri   7/25	Lec 21.1 Power Circuits	Power Circuits Level Up Problems	Lec 20	Chapter 8.1 thru 8.4	CP20 CP20 solution Team Assignment 9
	Power Circuits Introduction Live WebEx
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	Week 11					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues   7/29	Lec 21.2 Power Triangle, Power Factor		Lec 21	Chapter 16.1 thru 16.4	CP21 CP21 solution	Alpha Lab 3 Sec 1 Omega Lab Milestone 2 Checkoff   Sec 1 Omega Lab MS2 Project Presentation Day   Omega Lab MS3 Planning	Sec 1 Alpha Lab 2 Proof of Concept Document   Sec 1 Omega Lab Proof of Concept 2 Document Sec 1 MS2 LTSpice Schematic   Individual Check-In Videos and Gradescope Form
	Power Circuits (continued) Transformers Background Live WebEx
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Fri   8/1	Lec 22.1 Ideal Transformer   Lec 22.2 Transformer Circuit Analysis,Referral Methods	Transformers Level Up Problems	Lec 22	Chapter 15.1 thru 15.4	CP22 CP22 solution	HW8	HW7
	Transformers Live WebEx
	Week 12					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
UNIT 4 (Week 12 - Week 13)   Learning Outcomes: Frequency response of circuits Build and design filters Understand Bode plots
Tues   8/5	Exam 3 Review Lec 24.1 First Order Filters (Magnitude) Lec 24.2 First Order Filters (Phase)	Exam 3 Concept Review and Links to Level Up Problems	Lec 24	Chapter 12.1,12.2	CP24 CP24 solution Team Assignment 10	Alpha Lab 3     Omega Lab MS3 Proof of Concepts	Sec 1 Omega Lab MS2 Project Manual Deadline   Sec 1 Omega Lab Project Plan MS3 Review
	First Order Filters LIVE WEBEX
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8/6/25 EXAM 3 WEDNESDAY TBD
Fri   8/8	Lec 25.1 2nd Order Filters Lec 26.1 (Continued from above)	Filter Level Up Problems First and Second Order Part 1	Lec 25	Chapter 12.3, 12.4   Chapter 12.5,12.6	CP25 CP25solution   CP26 CP26 solution	HW9	HW8   Sec 2 Omega Lab MS2 Project Manual Deadline   Sec 2 Omega Lab Project Plan MS3 Review
	Second Order Filters 1 WebEx Live
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	Week 13					Assigned	Due
	Lecture Videos	LevelUP Problems	Slides	Readings	In Class Activities
Tues 8/12	Lec 27.1 Second Order Filter Process Summary,Design Approach Lec 28.1	Filter Design Level Up Problems	Lec 27 Lec 28 Review	Chapter 14.1 thru 14.5	CP27   CP27 solution Team Assignment 11 Team Assignment 12 (Bring your laptops!)
	Second Order Filters 2

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8/13/25 Final Exam WEDNESDAY
Fri   8/15						HW10 (Optional)   Omega Lab Milestone 3 Checkoff Omega Lab MS3 Project Presentation Day	Sec 1 Alpha Lab 3 Proof of Concept Document   Omega Lab Proof of Concept Document MS3 LTSpice Schematic Individual Check-In Videos and Gradescope Form
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Sun   8/17							All Optimizations Metacognition Journal HW9/HW10 Sec 1 and 2 Omega Lab MS3 Final Project Manual Deadline
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