ELEC 242
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering II
Exam III:
Thursday, Apr. 9, 7:00 to 9:00 PM,
Keck 100.
The Thursday problem session scheduled for Apr. 9 will be
cancelled.
Review Sessions
Review sessions are held
Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 PM in SH 305
Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 PM in DH 1042
Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 PM in DH 1042
Meetings:
| MWF, 11:00 - 11:50, DH 1070
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Lab:
| Thu., 2:30-5:30 p.m. or Fri., 2:00-5:00 p.m., AL A141
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Instructor:
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J. D. Wise
Abercrombie A132, ext 4073
jdw@rice.edu
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Text:
| Foundations of Electrical Engineering, Second Edition,
J. R. Cogdell,
Prentice Hall, 1996.
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Description
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Lecture Schedule
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Lab Schedule
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Lab Handbook
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Grading
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Links
Description
Formulation and solution of equations describing electric circuits and
electromechanical systems.
Time and frequency domain response of circuits.
Basic electronic devices and circuits, including diodes, optoelectronics,
gates, and amplifiers.
Introduction to feedback and control.
This is the second course in a two course sequence, the first being
ELEC 241.
Course Outline
Basic systems and circuits
- Signals
- Analog and digital representation of information
- Voltage and current sources
- Transducers
- Circuits
- Linear and nonlinear circuit elements
- Kirchoff's laws
- Systems
- Formulation and solution of dynamic equations
- Impedance and Laplace transform techniques
Linear electronics
- Operational amplifiers
- Transistors as amplifiers
Nonlinear and pulse circuits
- Diode circuits
- Transistors as switches and gates
- Timing circuits
- Synchronization
Control
- Electromechanical systems
- Feedback
- Steady state error and stability
J.D. Wise, jdw@rice.edu