Week
Day
Date
Topics
Labs
Videos/Reading
HW Start/Due Dates
1
T
8/23
211 Review
Nodal/Mesh Analysis
No Lab During the First Week of School
Do on your own time
look up matrix math.
Addition
Subtraction
multiplication
inversion (at least 2x2) so you know how difficult it can be to invert a matrix
R
8/25
Superposition
Source Transformation
Thevenin & Norton
Power
op amps
R
9/1
Sinusoidal Steady State Analysis
3
T
9/6
Transfer Function
Plotting the Transfer Function & Bode Plots
Lab 2 - More Matlab & Falstad Simulator
R
9/8
How generate Bode Plots by hand
Passive Filters Filters (lowpass & highpass)
Resonance
DUE: HW 1
Start: HW 2
4
T
9/13
Passive Bandpass & Bandstop
Quality factor
Active Filters
Circuits in Series and Parallel
Lab 3
NOTE: You can use bode() in place of freqs() as well.
Passive Band-pass and Band-stop Filters (Editting this Video.)
5
T
9/20
Laplace Transform Examples
Responses( Step, Impulse, Zero State (Forced), Zero Input (Natural)
Over, Under, Critically Damped
Lab 4
The following lectures are a review of 211 material and will be continued over 2 class periods.
DUE: HW 3
START: HW 4
NOTE: You can check your laplace transforms in Matlab using the laplace command
R
9/22
Relationship between the step and impulse response
More Review If needed
Continuation of the 211 review. Pick up where we left off.
6
T
9/27
Inverse Laplace Transfrom
How to solve second order differential equations
Lab 5
DUE: HW 4
START:
Note: You can Your answers with the ilaplace() function in Matlab
8
T
10/11
Midterm 1
Lab 6
R
10/20
Solving circuits using the Laplace Elements
More Applications of the Laplace Transform
Reading (9 pages): Laplace Elements & Initial Conditions
DUE: HW 6 (extended Due 3/22)
START: HW 7
10
T
10/25
Review Laplace Elements for Circuits
Lab 8
R
11/24
Holiday - Thanksgiving
16
T
12/6
Final Day of Instruction for T/R classes
Lab - Review for Final
Live Class: Review of Multiple Circuit Analysis Techniques
DUE HW 10
R
12/8
No Class
Live Class: Review of Multiple Circuit Analysis Techniques
17
R
5/12
Final Exam @
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Other Topics
State Space Analysis
Steps for State Space Analysis
State Space Analysis Examples
More Applications of the Laplace Transform
Reading (9 pages): Laplace Elements & Initial Conditions
Reading(5 Pages): State Space Representation and Analysis
Some student's have trouble finding initial conditions. Review below
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Other Topics
State Space Analysis
Steps for State Space Analysis
State Space Analysis Examples
Reading(5 Pages): State Space Representation and Analysis
Some student's have trouble finding initial conditions. Review below