SUNY-Geneseo/Physics & Astronomy

 

Spring 2024
Electric Circuit Analysis
(Phys 332)
TR 11:00 am, ISC 229
   Dr. Pogo  (pogo at geneseo.edu)
   Where's Pogo?
   Office: ISC 228D                                   Discord Office Hours
  
  
   Syllabus in PDF Format Survey for Assignment #1 Equation Sheet
   Assignments, Demos, & Worksheets Grade Request Form  
    Current Grade Status Welcome/Intro Letter  
   CAPA Homepage Using Discord  
   Summary of extra credit "Mileage" ODE Info  

 
What am I doing here? At the end of this course, you will be able to analyze the properties and behavior of linear electronic systems. You will understand the difference between DC and AC circuits, as well as the differences between steady-state and transient behaviors. You will be able to develop both analytic solutions and simulations to characterize circuits. You will be exposed to analysis in both time and frequency domains.

The textbook for this class is Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, by G. Rizzoni & J. Mark Kearns (6th edition, Wiley; ISBN 978-0-07-352959-2). You may also use other editions, since assignments will use CAPA.

generic image of non-sensical circuit

Do I have to get anything besides the textbook? You will be required to use a free software package called “CircuitMod” to complete some of your assignments. This software lets you draw virtual electric circuits and examine their behavior. You should download it from the maker here:

                      https://sourceforge.net/projects/circuitmod/ 
   
How will I be graded? Your grade will be determined by:
 
                        Assignments:                                       25%
                        Quizzes:                                              10%
                        Midterm Exams:                                  40% (20% each for 2 exams)
                        Final Exam:                                         25%
                                                                                  100%
When are the tests?  Here is a tentative schedule of exams. Exams #1 and #2 are currently scheduled as “in class” exams. If the entire class (including Dr. Pogo) agrees, then any exam time, date, or length can be changed (to a two hour evening exam, for example). Such changes will not affect the exam questions itself. In any case, the time limit for exams #1 through #3 will not exceed two hours.
 
                      Exam #1: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
                      Exam #2: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
                      Exam #3: Friday, May 10, 2024 (final exam, noon)
What if I have trouble with the homework? Visit me during office hours on Discord (https://discord.gg/GjkWREU) and I’ll try to point you in the right direction. Also, I know that most of you will work in groups, and I won’t attempt to stop it. However, the learning is in the doing. Nobody on this planet learns from copying somebody else’s work, no matter how clear or correct it is. Every part of every problem that you let somebody else do for you is something that you are deciding that you just don’t want to learn. You will not have their help on exams!
 
ECA: Tentative Schedule
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Class 1: Circuit Elements & Terminology
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Class 2: Kirkhoff’s Laws; Ohm’s Law
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Class 3: Series, Parallel, Delta, “Y”
Assign #1 Due
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Class 4: Matrix Methods
 
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Class 5: Simplification & Linear Algebra
Assign #2 Due
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Class 6: LEDs; Wheatstone Bridge
 
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Class 7: Switches, Relays, Diodes
 
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Class 8: Intro to Transistors
Assign #3 Due
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Class 9: NPN Transistors
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Class 10: Ideal Op-Amps
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
No Class: Diversity Summit
 
Thursday, March 29, 2024
Class 11: Op-Amp Applications
Assign #4 Due
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Class 12: Exam #1
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Class 13: Photodiodes
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Spring Break
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Spring Break
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Class 14: Thevenin & Norton Equivalences
Assign #5 Due
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Class 15: Capacitors & Inductors
 
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Class 16: 1st Order Transient Behavior
Assign #6 Due
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Class 17: 2nd Order Transient Behavior
 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Class 18: Transients, part III
Assign #7 Due
Thusday, April 4, 2024
Class 19: AC Circuits & Phasors
 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Class 20: Exam #2
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Class 21: Phasors & Complex Analysis
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Class 22: RLC Filters
Assign #8 Due
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Class 23: Frequency Response
 
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Class 24: AC Rectifiers
Assign #9 Due
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Class 25: Gyrators
 
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Class 26: Transformers
Assign #10 Due
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Class 27: Transformers, part II
 
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Class 28: Review
 
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Assign #11 Due
Friday, May 10, 2024
Final Exam (noon)
Learning Outcomes:
 
At the end of this course, students will:
·         be able to analyze the properties and behavior of linear electronic systems
·         understand the principles of common non-linear electronic elements (relays, diodes, transistors)
·         understand the difference between DC and AC circuits
·         understand the differences between steady-state and transient behaviors
·         be able to develop simulations to characterize electronic circuits.
·         be exposed to analysis in both time and frequency domains.