DC/AC I

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Electronics Department:
DC/AC I

605-113 3 Credits approximately 4 hours of classroom time per week

An introduction to the DC and AC circuits and electronic test equipment. Topics covered include Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, batteries, magnetism, capacitance, induction, series-parallel circuits, single phase AC circuits, power factor, ideal transformers, the sine wave and phasors. The student will utilize both the "hands-on" approach and computer simulation in the laboratory as the laboratory experiments are designed to support the topics presented.

Upon completion of this course, the student will meet the following competencies:

Follow national, state, and local industry established safety procedures.
Use established symbols, standards, conventions, and terminology.
Explain basic atomic theory as it applies to electronics.
Explain the elements and properties of a basic electrical circuit.
Describe DC voltage and the characteristics of DC voltage and current sources.
Describe electrical resistance, resistor types, and resistor characteristics.
Measure electrical quantities.
Analyze voltage, current, resistance, and power relationships using Ohm’s and Watt’s Laws.
Analyze series and parallel circuits.

The hybrid self-paced course consists of four separate but connected activities:

The student attends the lecture of their choice. The lectures typical last from 60 to 90 minutes. If a student misses a lecture or would like a different perspective, they may visit the other session's lecture(s). The lecture schedule is selected by the students on the first day of class and then posted in the classroom at all times. There is also an extensive video library that the students can view, in our Open-Entry, Self-Paced Resource Center (T-403).

The semester plan is laid out in "units". Each unit is approximately equal to one week. The student must complete all items in each row before moving on to the next row.

Learning Objects are included in the semester plan. It is the student's responsibility to complete them. They are not graded, nor does the instructor know if they were viewed. However, successful completion of the Learning Objects will most certainly improve exam scores and more importantly, overall understanding of the material. The Learning Objects were developed solely to aid the student in their understanding of the material. To access a Learning Object, simply click on the title. Your computer will require "Flash" multimedia player to view the Learning Object. If you don't have "Flash", you may down load it now.

Semester Plan
Unit	Lecture Topic	LabVolt	Learning Objects	Lab Projects
1	Basic Concepts	Trainer Familiarization Safety	An Introduction to the Solderless Breadboard Electronic WorkBench Basics, Opening a file for simulation Introduction to the Digital Multimeter	Unit 1
2	Elec. Quantities	Electrical Quantities	Primer on Electrical Units, Abbreviations, and Symbols Proper Meter Placement	Unit 2
3	Ohm's Law	Ohm’s Law	Resistor Color Code Description Resistor Color Code Practice	Unit 3
4	Series & Parallel Crkt	Series Resistance Parallel Resistance	Total Resistance of a Series Circuit Total Resistance in a DC Parallel Circuit	Unit 4
5	Series-Parallel Crkt	Series / Parallel Resistance	Series-Parallel Resistance - Practice Problems Kirchhoff's Current Law Kirchhoff's Voltage Law	Unit 5
6	Network Theorems	Power in DC Circuits DC Network Theorems Thevenin Circuits	Current Divider Rule Voltage Divider Rule Superposition Theorem	Unit 6
7	Cells & Batteries	DC Power Sources	none	none
8	Magnetism	none	none	none
9	Inductors	Inductance	Inductors in Parallel Inductors in Series Inductors, Series-Parallel Practice Problems	Unit 7
10	Capacitors	Capacitance	Total Capacitance of a Series Circuit Total Capacitance of a Parallel Circuit Capacitors, Series-Parallel Practice Problems	Unit 8
11	AC Voltage	AC Waveform Generation AC Measurements	Mathematical Expression of an AC Sign Wave	Unit 9
12	Transformers	Transformers	Transformers Transformer Practice Problems	Unit 10
13	Reactive Components	Inductive Reactance Capacitive Reactance	Inductive Reactance Inductive Reactance Practice Problems Capacitive Reactance Capacitive Reactance Practice Problems	Unit 11
14	Resonance	RLC Circuits	none	none

Last Revised: 08/15/2008
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