ELPE1300 Electrical Circuits Course description

The course deals with electrical circuits. Important topics are linear circuits and how simple circuits can be constructed based on specifications, direct current and alternating current, and frequency selective circuits.

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No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• can describethe physical laws that apply to electrical circuits
• can explain the relationship between current and voltage in DC and AC circuits, with resistors, inductors, capacitors, in addition to current and voltage sources
• can write out equations for ideal operational amplifiers
• can describe mathematically resistive circuits with operational amplifiers
• can describe and explain the term frequency in first order circuits

Skills

The student is capable of:

• doing calculations of current, voltage and power in dc and ac circuits
• construct and solve circuits employing operational amplifiers
• developing and using transfer functions for frequency selective circuits of the first order
• knows how to use instruments such as a voltmeter, ammeter and oscilloscope, and when to use them
• designing circuits based on diagrams and troubleshooting hardware if necessary
• using manufacturer manuals and data sheets

General competence

The student is capable of:

• explaining the purpose of standard circuits of low complewxity, and how to devide larger circuis into smaller circuits
• specifying methods for solving an electric circuit
• designing and specifying DC circuits

Theory lectures, laboratory work.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• Five lab exercises with presence

Report must be approved at the end of each excersise before leaving the laboratory.

Individual written exam under supervision, 3 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

Table of formulas - (title and isbn will be available at start of the semester)

A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

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