An exploration of the basic concepts in electricity and electronics. Topics include an overview of direct and alternating current, circuit laws, components, troubleshooting and use of test equipment. Principles and fundamental laws of electricity and electronics are included. One year of high school algebra or Math 115. I 3 credit hours Entry-level course in DC circuit theory.
Laboratory includes circuit construction, testing and troubleshooting of DC circuits.
Phasors and complex numbers are used to analyze AC series, parallel, resonant and non-resonant circuits. Transformers are also included. Laboratory experiments correlate with the lecture topics. Transients, time constants and frequency diagrams will be studied. Filter circuits and the use of determinants as an analysis tool will also be studied.