Practical Skills and Design
(0-0-3-1)
CMPE Degree: This course is Required for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Required for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 3 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Undergraduate courses not in a domain
Course Coordinator: James Stevenson Kenney
Prerequisites: ECE2040 or ECE2031 or ECE2035 or ECE2036 (with concurrency)
Catalog Description
This course teaches practical skills, such as soldering and prototyping, and introduces students to ECE design.Textbook(s)
Course Outcomes
- Analyze small RLC circuits by hand
- Use network techniques, like node analysis and loop analysis, to write equations for large linear circuits
- Apply Thevenin and Norton theorems to analyze and design for maximum power transfer
- Apply the concept of linearity and the associated technique of superposition to circuits and networks
- Analyze circuits containing ideal operational amplifiers
- Measure time constants for first-order circuits
- Explain the concept of steady state
- Apply phasor analysis to AC circuits in sinusoidal steady state
- Analyze the frequency response of circuits containing inductors and capacitors
- Construct simple Bode plots for first- and second-order circuits
- Measure frequency responses of circuits.
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topic List
Basic Safety Lab (such as the EHS safety course) Introduction to Engineering Design (design process, sizing and ordering parts) Microcontroller Hardware Integration (sensor conditioning, working with ICs) Soldering (through-hole connections, etc.) Advanced Soldering (PCB surface mount, etc.) Wiring Introduction (connectors etc) PCB CAD and milling Basic Tools (screwdrivers types, hammers, wrenches etc.) Power Tools (bandsaws, power drills, grinder belts, circular saws, etc.) 3D CAD (3D printing, CNC milling)