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Course Description
Course Description
959 Electrical Engineering ACP 10, 11, 12 SEMESTER 6 credits
Prerequisite: 501 Math, 511 Math, 517 Math, or 543 Math. This course was formerly titled Engineering 1.
Students acquire electronics knowledge and skills that they can apply in a variety of fields and careers. They will build DC and AC circuits on breadboards, using various passive components, diodes and transistors, and simple integrated circuits. They will analyze these circuits using basic circuit theory, and perform measurements using multimeters and oscilloscopes. They will learn to solder, and learn other circuit board assembly techniques. Using these techniques, they will assemble circuits with increasingly complex functions on circuit boards, and add connectors and enclosures to these boards. Students will also learn about home electrical wiring, and will learn to wire components such as wall outlets and switches.
Some parts and equipment used in the course (clockwise from top left) : box with various components, multimeter, oscilloscope, prototype circuit board, breadboard, solder station
As the course progresses, students build and analyze increasingly complex circuits using resistors, capacitors, LEDs, transistors, and timer IC’s.
A tilt sensor circuit.
When the circuit is tilted, the tilt switch opens, causing the LED to go out.
"Ice-pop detector"
When the temperature of the thermistor decreases, its resistance increases. This turns off the transistor switch, causing the LED to go out.
Optical "Theremin"
This circuit produces voltage oscillations using positive feedback. The oscillation frequency depends on the resistance of the photoresistor, which in turn depends on the amount of light. Some students transfer their optical theremin to a circuit board to keep at the conclusion of the course (video bottom right courtesy Daniel Borhegyi).
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