Syllabus: EEL 3111C Summer 2014 Circuits I
Credits:
4
Instructors:
Allen E. Turner, Ph.D.
227 NEB
turneral@ufl.edu
352-392-2652
Gloria J. Kim, Ph.D.
539 NEB
gloriakim@ufl.edu
352-392-5966
Teaching Assistants:
Rashad Wood
rawoo5@ufl.edu
Animita Roy
animitaroy1@ufl.edu
Office Hours:
TBD
James P. Goetten
561 NEB
jgoetten@ece.ufl.edu
352-846-3041
General Description: The topics in this course are part of the fundamental theory of electrical engineering and provide
depth in the analysis, design, and implementation skills in those areas of electrical engineering needed to solve problems
in the domain of electrical engineering.
Course Format: The format for the course consists of on-line lectures, class periods and labs. Students will be required
to watch one or more lectures on-line, prior to attending class. During class students will work within teams to solve
problems provided by the instructors. During labs students will be completing experiments utilizing the material from the
lectures and class periods.
Objectives: After successful completion of this course, the student will have a basic understanding of
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Definitions and units of basic electrical quantities
Ohm’s law and Kirchoff’s laws and series and parallel dc circuit analysis
Dependent sources, input and output resistances, and operational amplifiers
Mesh, loop and nodal analyses of general dc resistive and op-amp circuits
DC network theorems and bridge circuits
Use of LTSpice for DC circuit analysis
Capacitors and inductors
First-order transient analysis of RL and RC circuits
Use of LTSpice for transient analysis
Sinusoids, phasors, phasor circuits, impedance and admittance
Nodal, mesh and loop analyses of general ac circuits
Network theorems applied to ac circuits; LTSpice applied to ac circuits
Bode plots and use of LTSpice to obtain frequency-response plots
Average power, rms values, apparent power and complex power
Diodes
Wonderful things about Digilent Board learning outcome
Text: Electric Circuits, 10th or other editions, Nilsson and Riedel, Prentice Hall
Required:
1. A calculator that can perform calculations with complex numbers in polar as well as rectangular form. If you
plan to purchase a new one, please consult the instructor or TA about recommended models.
2. Digilent Analog Discovery (DAD)* board (410-244P-KIT) and Analog Parts Kit (240-000-KIT), available
from http://www.digilentinc.com/ or UF Bookstore.
*The DAD board will be required for this and many UF ECE courses, including EEE3308C, EEL3701C, EEL3923C
(Design 1), EEE4306C, EEL4712C, EEL4744C, and EEL4924C (design 2). See http://mil.ufl.edu/4744/DAD.html for
pricing, discounts, and ordering information. The site also lists other parts recommendations for other courses.
Tests and Quizzes: There will be 3 tests and a final exam on the dates shown below and daily quizzes during class. The
tests will be given in the evening starting at a time, and in a room, that will be announced later on Sakai.
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Final Exam
Date
June 9
July 7
July 28
August 8
Tentative Chapters
1,2,3,4
4,5,6,7
9,14
Comprehensive (1-7, 9, 10, 14)
Grading: The grading scheme presented here reflects the requirements that students must be successful in all aspects of
the material to pass the course. To that end, students must fully attend at least 85% of the classes to pass the course.
Arriving late, or leaving early, will count, at a minimum, as half an absence. No excuses of any kind will be allowed, the
15% of allowed absences will cover any and all reasons for absence. Also, students must earn a lab score of 80% or
higher to pass the course.
For those students who have fully attended at least 85% of the classes and earned a lab score of at least 80% their
weighted test score, T, will be calculated as follows.
T=
( (0.08)TL + (0.16)TM + (0.16)TH + 0.25TFE )
0.65
Where T L , T M and T H represent the Lowest, Middle and Highest test scores for each student and T FE is the final exam
score.
The overall score for quizzes, Q, out of 100 will drop the three lowest quiz scores.
The overall score, S, for the course will be calculated as follows assuming that HW represents the overall homework
score, L the overall lab score.
If HW>T then
S =0.1Q + 0.1HW + 0.15L + 0.65T
Otherwise
S = 0.1Q + (0.1 + 0.002(T − HW )) HW + 0.15L + (0.65 − 0.002(T − HW ))T
The overall score will then be used to determine the course grade based on the table shown below.
Overall Score
92.5-100
90-92.499…
87.5-89.99…
82.5-87.499…
80-82.499…
77.5-79.999…
72.5-77.499…
70-72.499..
67.5-69.99…
62.5-67.499…
60-62.499…
Less than 60
Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
DE
Class Schedule
Day
Date
Video
Topics
M
5/12/2014
1
W
5/14/2014
2
Units, current, charge, voltage, meters, power, passive sign convention
F
5/16/2014
3
Energy, KWH, sources, passive elements, resistors, Ohm's law
M
5/19/2014
4,5
Nodes, KCL, KVL, circuit validity, terminal characteristics, resistors in series
W
5/21/2014
5,6
Resistors in parallel, equivalent resistance, Wye-Delta transformations
F
5/23/2014
6,7
Wye-Delta transformations, Wheatstone bridge
M
5/26/2014
Holiday
NO CLASS
W
5/28/2014
7,8
Ammeter, voltmeter, nodal analysis
F
5/30/2014
8,9
Nodal analysis, mesh analysis
M
6/2/2014
10,11
Source transformations, superposition, Thevinin's theorem
W
6/4/2014
11,12
Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem, Maximum power transfer
F
6/6/2014
12,13
Thevenin's resistance with dependent sources present
M
6/9/2014
Test 1
REVIEW Lectures 1-11
W
6/11/2014
13,14
Thevenin's resistance with dependent sources present, operational amplifiers
F
6/13/2014
14,15
Operational amplifiers models and basic circuits, summer amplifiers
M
6/16/2014
15,16
Difference amplifiers, input resistance, capacitor terminal characteristics, energy
W
6/18/2014
16,17
Capacitor characteristics, series and parallel connections, Inductor terminal characteristics, energy, series, parallel
F
6/20/2014
18,19
Circuits in DC steady state, differentiation, integration, first order transients in source-free circuits
M
6/23/2014
Break
W
6/25/2014
Break
F
6/27/2014
Break
M
6/30/2014
19, 20
First order transients with and without sources
W
7/2/2014
20, 21
Step by step approach to first-order transients
F
7/4/2014
Holiday
NO CLASS
M
7/7/2014
Test 2
REVIEW Lectures 12-21
W
7/9/2014
22,23
Diode circuits, sinusoids, frequency
F
7/11/2014
23,24
Sinusoids, frequency, period phase, sinusoids of same frequency, frequency domain, phasors
M
7/14/2014
24,25
Phasors, impedance, complex numbers, impedance of resistors, capacitors, inductors
W
7/16/2014
25,26
Equivalent impedance, impedance, reactance, admittance
F
7/18/2014
27,28
Admittance, series-parallel combinations
M
7/21/2014
28,29
Bode plot, phase shifting, high-pass, low pass filters
W
7/23/2014
29,30
Notch filters, phase shifters, nodal and mesh analysis in AC circuits
F
7/25/2014
30,31
Nodal and mesh analysis in AC circuits, Thevenin's equivalents
M
7/28/2014
Test 3
REVIEW Lectures 22-30
W
7/30/2014
31,32
Norton's equivalents, op-amp circuits, instantaneous AC power
F
8/1/2014
32,33
Average power, power factor, maximum average power transfer
M
8/4/2014
33,34
Reactive and complex powers, multiple loads, power factor correction
W
8/6/2014
35
REVIEW Lectures 1-35
F
8/8/2014
Final Exam
Tentative Lab Schedule
Week Of
May 12th
May 19th
May 26th
June 2nd
June 9th
June 16th
June 23th
June 30th
July 7th
July 14th
July 21st
July 28th
August
Experiment
No Lab
Introduction
Resistive Circuits*
Meters**
PSPICE&Oscilloscope**
Theorems*
Break
Op Amps*
Transients*
Diodes**
AC Circuits and Filters*
Project
Project
Laboratory Grading
Lab Reports and Prelab Reports*
Results only (Not full reports)**
Project
60%
15%
25%
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