ELT 131 Electronic Concepts 1

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3
Credits: 4

Covers atomic and direct current (DC) electrical theory applicable to the field of electronics. Introduces voltage, current, resistance, and power concepts in analysis, construction, and testing of resistive DC circuits. Includes series, parallel, and series-parallel resistive circuit analysis techniques and theorems. Promotes and supports sustainable and green technologies.

Prerequisite: MTH 070 with a grade of C or better; or consent of instructor.
Corequisite: MTH 111Z or MTH 081.
Student Learning Outcomes:

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.
Demonstrate understanding of technical theory and concepts through practical application in a laboratory setting.
Apply knowledge and skills learned through the integration of course material and assigned tasks at an industry standard pace.

Content Outline

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
Relation to sustainable and green technologies