130 Fundamentals of Electronics 3 credits Study of the impact of electronics and technology on society which includes basic electricity as well as electronic systems such as stereo, TV and computers. Students will learn the fundamentals of Electricity, Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's Law, series and parallel circuits. Other topics include the resistors, capacitors, inductors, batteries, transistors, and diodes. Covers the basics of A.C. circuits and devices including resistors, capacitors, inductors and semiconductors. Introduces fundamental waveforms such as sinewaves and pulses and their behavior in solid state circuits.
Emphasis is on electrical and electronic drawing symbols and chassis layout.
This course also teaches the use of hand tools, drilling, and other metal working methods applied to electronics chassis wiring and soldering. Student projects are assigned involving chassis layout, fabrication, and circuit construction. An introduction to applications and characteristics of electronic devices such as the semiconductor diode, zener diode, SCR, UJT, FET, LED, and transistors. The characteristics and applications of these devices are reviewed in the laboratory using electronic test equipment. EET 120 and EET 142 Number systems as used in the design of digital circuits, binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra, logic gates, logic circuit design, and electrical characteristics and operation of the TTL and CMOS families of logic devices.