| Course Identification: |
ELT131 |
4 Credits
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| Course Title: |
Electronic Concepts 1 |
| Total Instructional Hours: |
for the course |
per term |
Lecture: 33 Hours
Laboratory: 44 Hours
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3 Credits
1 Credits |
Prerequisite
Course(s): |
MTH070, high school algebra, and concurrent enrollment in an advanced algebra class, such as MTH111 or MTH081, or consent of instructor. |
| Required Text: |
Not listed here. Go to: http://bookstore.chemeketa.edu/ to find out the current textbook requirement. |
| Course Description: |
Covers atomic and Direct Current (DC) theory applicable to the field of electonics. Includes series, parallel, and series-parallel resistive circuit analysis theorems. |
| Performance Based Learner Outcomes: |
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Identify and analyze basic electrical components and resistive DC circuits.
- Read and construct simple resistive DC circuits from schematics.
- Operate basic test equipment, specifically, power supply and multimeter.
- Verify lecture concepts through laboratory experiments.
- Complete course material and assigned tasks in a timely manner similar to the pace used in the industry.
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| Course Content: |
- Introduction to Electrical Safety, Quantities, and Units
- Electrical Safety
- Electrical and Magnetic Units
- Scientific Notation, Metric Prefixes, Unit Conversions
- Introduction to Electricity
- Atomic Structure
- Electrical Charge
- Voltage, Current, Resistance, and the Electric Circuit
- Work, Power and Energy
- Ohm's Law and the Power Law
- Statement of Ohm's Law
- Calculating Current, Voltage, and Resistance
- Statement of the Power Law
- Calculating Work, Power and Energy
- Series Circuit Theory
- Current in Series Circuits
- Voltage in Series Circuits
- Resistance in Series Circuits
- Kirchoff's Voltage Law and Voltage Dividers
- Circuit Ground
- Power in Series Circuits
- Parallel Circuit Theory
- Voltage in Parallel Circuits
- Current in Parallel Circuits
- Resistance and Conductance in Parallel Circuits
- Kirchoff's Current Law and Current Dividers
- Power in Parallel Circuits
- Series-Parallel Circuit Theory
- Analysis of Series-Parallel Circuits
- Loading Effect of a Voltmeter
- Ladder Networks
- Wheatstone Bridge
- Loaded Voltage Dividers
- Theorems for Resistive Circuit Analysis
- Sources and Conversions
- Voltage Sources
- Current Sources
- Conversions Between Current Sources and Voltage Sources
- Superposition Theorem
- Thevenin's Theorem
- Norton's Theorem
- Maximum Power Transfer
- Delta->Wye and Wye->Delta Conversions
- Theorems Applying Kirchoff's Voltage and Current Laws
- Branch Current, Loop, and Mesh Analysis Methods
- Node Voltage Method (Nodal Analysis)
- Test Equipment and Circuit Construction Techniques
- DC Power Supply
- Analog and Digital Multimeters
- Circuit Prototyping Boards
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