| Week | Date | Description of Event | |
| 1 | 09/1-5 | Laboratory: | General Introduction, Schedule, Grading System, Lab Note Format, Lab Procedures, Tools, Types of test cables, Safety, Wire Kits, Policy on Cheating,Data Tables, Graphs, How to do a lab and Time allocations |
| Introduction to the prototype bread board, Hands on Demonstration of ECE 11 Home page and ECE Labs Web page http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~ecelabs | |||
| HW 1: | Read and Lab
Home Quiz on Safety
Subscribe to ECE11 Email List |
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| Lecture : | Basic circuit elements, voltage and current sources, KVL and KCL, power | ||
| 2 | 09/8-12 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz 1 |
| Laboratory: | General
formulas and DMM Models with example from Error in measurement, Significant
Digits, Introduction and demonstration of OrCad 9.2 PSpice, simulation
of simple circuits, demonstration on printing and saving simulations.
Experiment #0 - Basic concepts and short introduction to Pspice simulations |
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| HW 2 : | Read
and Lab Home Quiz2
on
Reference Data for Engineers Technical Data Keithley Model 175 - Sections 2.2 thru 2.7.6 Attenuation Levels - Coaxial Cable by Alpha RG/U Coaxial Cable by Manhattan Simulation Assignment Experiment # 1 Obtain a printout of each simulation result. |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 1 : Ohm's Law | ||
| Lecture : | Parallel and series circuits, current and voltage division, source transformation | ||
| 3 | 09/15-09/19 | Turn In : | |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #1 - Ohm's Law | ||
| HW 3 : |
Simulations Assignments Experiment # 2. |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 2 : DC Series and Parallel circuits | ||
| Lecture : | Equivalent sources, Mesh Current Method, Node voltage Method | ||
| 4 | 09/22-26 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz2 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #2 - DC Series and Parallel circuits | ||
| HW 4: | Read
and Lab Home Quiz
3 on
Keithley Model 178 dc Specifications Keithley Model 175 dc Specifications Lambda LPD - 422A FM Simulations Assignments Experiment #3 |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 3 : DC Thevenin circuits | ||
| Lecture : | Continuation of node voltage
and mesh current analysis, Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits;
Superposition theorem |
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| 5 | 09/29-10/3 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz 3 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #3A - Introduction to DC Thevenin Circuits | ||
| HW 5: | Read
and Lab Home Quiz
4 on
The XYZs of Using A Scope, dc Thevenin VRA 246 - CRT Concepts VRA 268 - Oscilloscope Amplifier concepts Simulation assignment Experiment #4 |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 4 : Ohm Meter Current, Node Voltage Analysis,Mesh Current Analysis, Maximum Power Transfer Theory & Current Meter Voltage Burden. | ||
| Lecture : | Continuation of Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits; maximum power transfer | ||
| 6 | 10/6-10 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz #4 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #3B - DC Thevenin Circuits | ||
| HW 6 : | Simulation assignment Experiment #4 | ||
| Prewire : | Experiment # 4 : Ohm Meter Current, Node Voltage Analysis,Mesh Current Analysis, Maximum Power Transfer Theory & Current Meter Voltage Burden | ||
| Lecture : | Dependent sources. | ||
| 7 | 10/13-17 | Turn In : | |
| Laboratory: | Experiment # 4 : Ohm Meter Current, Node Voltage Analysis,Mesh Current Analysis, Maximum Power Transfer Theory & Current Meter Voltage Burden | ||
| HW 7 : | Read
and Lab Home Quiz
5 on
XYZs, pages 10 thru 27 VRA 267 - Oscilloscope Sweep concepts VRA 256 - Oscilloscope Trigger concepts Simulation assignment Experiment #5 |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 5 : DC Operational Amplifiers - Applications | ||
| Lecture : | DC OpAmp circuits analysis | ||
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| 8 | 10/20-24 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz #5 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment # 5 : DC Operational Amplifiers - Applications | ||
| HW 8: | Read and Lab
Home Quiz 6 on
Reference Data for engineers section 5 - 17 to end HP8116A 50MHz Function Generator Hewlett Packard 5314A universal Counter Fluke PM6304 RCL Meter Simulation assignment Experiment #6 |
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| Prewire : | Experiment # 6 : Instrument Input Resistance, Analog Oscilloscope Measurements, Function Generator Specifications | ||
| Lecture : | Continue OpAmp Circuits; | ||
| Start AC circuits and phasors | |||
| 9 | 10/27-31 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz # 6 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment # 6 : Instrument Input Resistance, Analog Oscilloscope Measurements, Function Generator Specifications | ||
| HW 9: | Read
and Lab Home Quiz
7 on
AC specifications of Keithley 178 AC specifications of Keithley 175 Simulation assignment Experiment #7 |
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| Prewire : | Experiment #7 : Meter Responses, Waveforms, & AC Thevenin. | ||
| Lecture : | Circuit analysis employing phasors | ||
| 10 | 11/3-7 | Turn In : | Lab Home Quiz # 7 |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #7 - Meter Responses, Waveforms, & AC Thevenin. | ||
| HW 11: | Simulation assignment Experiment #8 | ||
| Final
Project: |
To be assigned. ( Completion time : 5 Weeks) |
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| Prewire: | Experiment #8 :1st Order Steady State, Band Limiting and Phasors | ||
| Lecture : | Circuit analysis using phasors (cont.); max. power, frequency response | ||
| 11 | 11/10-14 | Turn In : | |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #8 - 1st Order Steady State, Band Limiting and Phasors, Introduction to Digital Oscilloscope | ||
| HW 12 : | Simulation assignment Experiment #9 | ||
| Prewire : | Experiment #9 : 2nd Order Steady State, Resonance,Bandwidth and Phasor | ||
| Lecture : | Frequency response (cont.); | ||
| 12 | 11/17-21 | Turn In : | |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #9 - 2nd Order Steady State, Resonance, Bandwidth and Phasor | ||
| HW 13 : | Simulation assignment Experiment #10 | ||
| Prewire : | Experiment #10: RC Time Constants, RL Time Constants | ||
| Lecture : | AC power; conclude sinusoidal steady-state analysis. | ||
| Begin transient response of first order circuits: homogeneous solution, particular solution (forced response); initial conditions. | |||
| 13 | 11/24-28 | Turn In : | |
| Laboratory: | Experiment #10 - RC Time Constants, RL Time Constants | ||
| Lecture : | Transient response of first and second order circuits | ||
| 14 | 12/1-5 | Turn in: | |
| Laboratory: | Final project design week. Help sessions. | ||
| Lecture: | Transient response of 2nd order circuits (cont.); Comments on the final project | ||
| 15 | 12/8-12 | Turn in: | |
| Laboratory: | Final Project Demonstration and Presentation. | ||
| Lecture: | review for final examination. |
Last Modified: Oct. 01. 2003 by YC