A scientific calculator will be needed.  A textbook will not be required.  The student will be required to purchase a CF210SP AM/FM radio kit for their course (semester) project.

The student does not need to perform any prior readings in preparation for this course.

Notations and Prefixes

Voltage and Current (Lab 1 – 1 point)

Symbols and Breadboard (Lab 2 – 1 point)

Resistance (Lab 3 & 4 – 1 point each)

Ohm’s Law, Power, and Energy (Lab 5 – 1 point)

Series DC Circuits (Lab 6 – 2 points)

Parallel DC Circuits (Lab 7 – 2 points)

Series-Parallel Circuits (Lab 8 – 1 point)

Current Sources

Network Theorems

Capacitors (Lab 9 – 1 point)

Inductors (Lab 10 – 1 point)

Magnetic Circuits

Project Build

Upon completing this course the student should:

1. Do simple bread-boarding and soldering.
2. Identify various components found in DC circuits.
3. Interpret resistor color codes.
4. Identify power sources.
5. Read simple schematic diagrams.
6. Analyze circuits using appropriate formulas, solving for voltage, resistance, current, power,  energy and efficiency values using:
   1. Ohm’s law
   2. Series, Parallel, and Series-parallel analysis of resistors, capacitors and inductors
   3. Reduce and return approach
   4. Block diagram approach
   5. Kirchhoff’s voltage law
   6. Kirchhoff’s current law
   7. Superposition theorem
   8. Thévenin’s theorem
   9. Norton’s theorem
   10. Current divider rule
   11. Voltage divider rule
   12. Maximum power transfer theorem
   13. Circuit analysis methods such as Superposition, Mesh, or Nodal analysis
7. Use measuring instruments to measure voltage, resistance, current, inductance, and capacitance.
8. Present to the class the results of a semester project.
9. Analyze the steady state response of capacitor and inductor circuits.