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OBJECTIVES - LEARNER WILL BE ABLE TO:
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION:

ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES:

  • Atomic structure, conductors, semiconductors, insulators.
  • -Electrical charge, the coulomb, voltage, the volt, current, and the ampere.
  • Resistance, the ohm.
  • Conductance, the siemen.
  • Perform any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in either scientific or engineering notation.
  • Define conductors, semiconductors and insulators.
  • Define electrical charge, potential difference, resistance, and conductance.
  • Become familiar with the digital and analog meters.
  • Learn to read and use the resistor color code.
THE ELECTRIC CIRCUIT:
  • D.C.Voltage source.
  • Types of batteries.
  • D.C. Current source.
  • Resistively, factors affecting resistance.

OHM'S LAW:

  • Definition, relationship among V,I,R.
  • Calculation of V,I,R (Ohm's Law).
  • Power and energy.
  • Power in an electric circuit.
  • Resistor power ratings.
  • Describe the structure of the common types and variable resistors.
  • Given colour coded fixed resistors, determine the values and tolerances.
  • Define the concept of resistively.
  • Describe how to measure correctly the electrical quantities of voltage, current, and resistance.
  • Given certain resistance factors and/or resistance determine the value of the missing quantity.
  • Become familiar with the dc power supply and setting the output voltage.
  • Measure the current in a DC circuit.
  • Apply and plot Ohm's Law.
  • Determine the total resistance of a series DC circuit using an ohmmeter or an application of Ohm's Law.
  • Calculate the total resistance of a series DC circuit and learn how to identify which resistor in a network is series.
SERIES RESISTIVE CIRCUITS:
  • Resistor in series.
  • Current in a series circuit.
  • Total series resistance. 
  • Ohm's Law in series circuits.
  • Power in series circuits.
  • Voltage sources in series.
  • Kirchhoff's voltage law.
  • Circuit ground.
  • Calculate resistance, current, or voltage drop using Ohm's Law.
  • Calculate power dissipation in a resistor and in an electric circuit.
  • Given circuit quantities (voltage, current, resistance) choose correct power ratings of resistors.
  • Verify Kirchhoff's voltage law
  • Becoming increasingly familiar with the use of the DMM and VOM meters
INTERNAL RESISTANCE:
  • Concept of voltage source resistance.
  • Concept of voltage division.
  • Voltage dividers.
  • Power supply regulating.
  • Verify Kirchhoff's voltage law.
  • Given a multisource series circuit determine the equivalent source voltage.
  • Define circuit ground and the reason for its importance.
  • Troubleshoot a given faulty series circuit.
  • Describe the concept of power supply regulation.
  • Assemble and troubleshoot an a breadboard the P.S.
PARALLEL RESISTIVE CIRCUITS:
  • Resistors in parallel.
  • Voltage in a parallel circuit.
  • Kirchhoff's current law.
  • Total parallel resistance.
  • Conductance's in parallel circuits.
  • Concept of current division.
  • Current dividers.
  • Ohm's law in parallel circuits.
  • Power in parallel circuits.
  • Application of parallel circuits.
  • Verify Kirchoff's current law.
  • Describe the concept of current division.
  • Calculate the current through two branch resistance using ratios.
  • Given required conditions, calculate the resistance's needed to produce a requested current divider.
  • Troubleshoot a faulty parallel circuit.
  • Determine the total resistance of a parallel network using an ohmmeter or an application of Ohm's law.
  • Learn to identify which resistors of an network are in parallel.
SERIES PARALLEL CIRCUITS:
  • Identification of series parallel relationship.
  • Analysis of parallel circuits.
  • Ladder networks.
  • Potentiometer loading.
  • Power in series parallel circuits.
  • Voltage dividers with resistive loads.
  • Calculate voltage at any point in the circuit with respect to a given reference point or ground.
  • Given a single voltage source, design a voltage divider needed to provide required voltages for resistive loads.
  • Troubleshoot a faulty series parallel circuit
METERS:
  • D'Arsonval movement.
  • The ammeter.
  • The voltage.
  • The ohmmeter.
  • Meter loading effects.
  • Design a multi-stage shunt ammeter.
  • Given the FSD current and the resistance of the movement (RM) calculate the value of the multiplier.
  • Design a multi-range voltmeter
  • Define voltmeter sensitivity.
  • Describe and calculate the loading effect of a voltmeter in a circuit.
  • Understand how to use a potentiometer to control potential levels
NETWORK THEOREMS:
  • The voltage source.
  • The current source.
  • Source conversions.
  • The superposition theorem.
  • Thevenin's theorem.
  • Describe the concept of a constant voltage source and constant current source.
  • Perform conversions from a voltage source to a current source and vice versa.
  • Describe and use the superposition theorem.
  • Determine Thevenin's (Rth) and (Eth).
  • Apply Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws, the current divider rule, and the voltage divider.
NORTON'S THEOREM:

MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER:

  • Convert a Thevenin's equivalent circuit into Norton's equivalent circuit and vice versa.
  • Using Thevenin's theorem, prove the maximum power transfer theorem.
  • Determine that the superposition theorem cannot be applied to nonlinear function.
  • Demonstrate that maximum power transfer to a load is defined by the condition RL = Rth.
CAPACITANCE:
  • Concept of capacitance.
  • The basic capacitor.
  • Type of capacitors.
  • Capacitors in parallel.
  • Capacitors in DC circuits.
  • The RC time constant.
  • Define capacitance in terms of charge and potential (C=Q/V).
  • Given the capacitance and the resulting potential  calculate the energy in joules stored by a capacitor.
  • Determine the equivalent capacitance of two or more capacitors in series.
  • Describe capacitor voltage divider.
  • Using exponential curve equations (charge or discharge), calculate the unknown variable, such as (i, vC, t, R, C) if sufficient number of other values are given.
INDUCTANCE:
  • Electromagnetic induction.
  • Applications.
  • Concept of self inductance.
  • The basic inductor.
  • Type of inductors.
  • Inductor in series, parallel.
  • Inductors in DC circuits.
  • The LR time constant.
  • Describe physical characteristics of an inductor and the factors governing inductance.
  • Describe types of inductors.
  • Using exponential curve equations (charge or discharge), calculate the unknown variables, such as (i, vR, vL, t, R, L) if sufficient number of other variable values are given.
PROJECT:
  • Build regulated power supply 

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