Overview of Course for 2007

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ANALOG COMPUTER!!    THE IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS

COUNTDOWNRev01 Syllabus: How it All fits together: Analog electronics    
Tutorials Major Headings in EL10A lectures for 2007 Assignments Marks
Study Guide COURSE TEXT MARKS  
Tutorial Material for Chapter 1
Balancing Power in DC Circuits view download

A completed Power Balance Table (5 Columns)

 

Chapter 1. Circuit Variables and Circuit Elements.  

1.1 Circuit Analysis: An Overview. 

1.2 Voltage, Current and the Basic Circuit Element.

1.3 The ideal basic circuit element

1.4 Power and Energy.

1.5 Voltage and Current Sources.

1.6 Electrical Resistance (Ohm's Law).

1.7 Kirchoff's Laws.

1.8Analysis of a Circuit with Dependent Sources.

Lab 1

Circuits in Lab 1

Learn basic use of Simulation software

Exercise

Use Simulation Software to solve a problem

Not graded

 

Tutorial Material for Chapter 2
Combining Resistors in Series and Parallel view download

An example on solving by simplification

Add a source and make it a bit more complicated

2006 Example from Course Test Question 2

2005 example from Class Test Question 2

2004 example from Class Test Question 2

Solutions are available on the site for the particular year. Try not to look at them until you have solved the problems!!

Chapter 2. Some Circuit Simplification Techniques. 

Practical Perspective: A Digital-to-Analog Resistive Ladder.

2.1 Combining Resistors in Series and Parallel.

2.2 Voltage and Current Dividers.

2.3 Source Transformations.

2.4 Superposition.

Practical Perspective: Analysis of the Digital-to-Analog Resistive Ladder. 

Lab 2 2.5
Tutorial Material for Chapter 3
Node Voltage Method view download
Mesh Current Method view download
Thevenin and Norton Equivalents view download
Solving Simultaneous Equations XL SpeadSheet (html)

Node voltage/mesh current methods applied to tutorial circuit above

Node voltage and Mesh current methods, and Super mesh

Node Voltage and Mesh current methods, Super Node

2006 Example from Course Test 1

2005 Example from Course Test 1

2004 Example from Course Test 1

2006 Exam Question

2005 Exam Question

2004 Exam Question

 

 

Solutions are available on the site for the particular year. Try not to look at them until you have solved the problems!!

Chapter 3. Techniques of Circuit Analysis. 

Practical Perspective: Realistic Resistors. 

3.1 Terminology. 

3.2 Introduction to the Node-Voltage Method. 

3.3 The Node-Voltage Method and Dependent Sources. 

3.4 The Node-Voltage Method: Some Special Cases. 

3.5 Introduction to the Mesh-Current Method. 

3.6 The Mesh-Current Method and Dependent Sources.

3.7 The Mesh-Current Method: Some Special Cases.

3.8 The Node-Voltage Method vs. the Mesh-Current Method.

3.9 Thevenin and Norton Equivalents.

3.10 More on Deriving a Thevenin Equivalent.

3.11 Maximum Power Transfer.

Practical Perspective: Realistic Resistors. 

Lab 3 2.5
Tutorial Material for Chapter 4
Circuits with Op Amps view download

 

Chapter 4. The Operational Amplifier. 

Practical Perspective: The Flash Converter. 

4.1 Operational Amplifier Terminals. 

4.2 Terminal Voltages and Currents. 

4.3 The Inverting-Amplifier Circuit. 

4.4 The Summing-Amplifier Circuit. 

4.5 The Non-inverting-Amplifier Circuit. 

4.6 The Difference-Amplifier Circuit. 

4.7 The Comparator.

Practical Perspective: The Flash Converter. Summary.

Course Test 01 Part 1

Answers

Course Test 01 Part 2

Answers

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Tutorial Material for Chapter 5
Natural and Step Response of RL and RC Circuits view download

 

Chapter 5. The Natural and Step Response of RL and RC Circuits. 

Practical Perspective: Dual Slope Analog-to-Digital Converter. 

5.1 The Inductor

5.2 The Capacitor

5.3 Series-Parallel Combinations of Inductance and Capacitance. 

5.4 Natural Response of RL and RC Circuits.

5.5  Step Response of RL and RC Circuits. 

5.6 The Integrating Amplifier. 

Practical Perspective: Analysis of Dual Slope Converter.

Lab 4 2.5
Tutorial Material for Chapter 6
Natural and Step Response of RLC Circuits view download

 

Chapter 6. Natural and Step Response of RLC Circuits.  

Practical Perspective: Effect of Parasitic Inductance on the Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit. 

6.1 Introduction to the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit. 

6.2 The Forms of the Natural Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit. 

6.3 The Step Response of a Parallel RLC Circuit.

6.4  The Natural and Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit.

Practical Perspective: Effect of Inductance on the Step Response of a Series RLC Circuit. 

                    RLC Calculator - by Damien Alleyne

Lab 5 2.5
  Chapter 7. Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis. 

Practical Perspective: Household Distribution Circuit.

7.1 The Sinusoidal Source.

7.2 The Sinusoidal Response.

7.3 The Phasor.

7.4 The Passive Circuit Elements in the Frequency Domain. 

7.5 Kirchhoff's Laws in the Frequency Domain.

7.6  Circuit Simplifications.

7.7 The Node-Voltage Method. 

7.8 The Mesh-Current Method. 

7.9 Instantaneous, Average, and Reactive Power. 

7.10 The RMS Value and Power Calculations. 

7.11 Complex Power and Power Calculations. 

Practical Perspective: Household Distribution Circuit. 

Summary.

Bode Plots

Mutual Inductance

Course Test 02 Part 01

Answers

Course Test 02 Part 02

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  Exam
Question

 

2003

 

2004

 

2005

 

2006

 

  Average

out of 20

1 7.25 6.53 11.27 6.77   7.96
2 5.75 10.19 8.92 4.40   7.32
3 11.02 7.88 13.71 8.18   10.20
4 7.39 13.71 14.5 13.68   12.32
5 12.88 10.75 8.9 15.17   11.93

 

Exam

Answers

 

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