TOPICS
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OBJECTIVES - LEARNER WILL BE ABLE
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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.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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
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INTERNAL RESISTANCE:
- Concept of voltage source resistance.
- Concept of voltage division.
- Voltage dividers.
- Power supply regulating.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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
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METERS:
- D'Arsonval movement.
- The ammeter.
- The voltage.
- The ohmmeter.
- Meter loading effects.
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- 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
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NETWORK THEOREMS:
- The voltage source.
- The current source.
- Source conversions.
- The superposition theorem.
- Thevenin's theorem.
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- 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.
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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.
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CAPACITANCE:
- Concept of capacitance.
- The basic capacitor.
- Type of capacitors.
- Capacitors in parallel.
- Capacitors in DC circuits.
- The RC time constant.
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- 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.
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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.
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- 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.
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PROJECT: |
- Build regulated power supply
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