Course overview
This course develops a basic understanding of the fundamentals and principles of analog circuits and electronic devices in electrical and electronic engineering. This understanding is a critical step towards being able to design new electronic circuits or use them appropriately as part of a larger engineering system. Hence the course seeks to develop foundational concepts and skills, achieving them through a series of application-oriented topics such as the design of DC power supplies, speed control of electric motors, and audio amplification and tone control.
- Introduction To Electricity And Electronics
- Electrical Engineering
Course learning outcomes
- Apply circuit laws, theorems and methods of systematic analysis to predict the steady state behaviour of simple linear DC and AC circuits
- Use piecewise linear models to predict the steady state behaviour of simple diode and transistor circuits, AC and DC motors
- Explain the transient behaviour of RC and RL circuits
- Simulate simple analog circuits to verify their behaviour
- Explain the operation of circuits using transistors in switching mode to achieve a variable DC output
- Demonstrate practical electronic skills, by constructing of simple electronic circuits on breadboard and testing the circuits using electronic test equipment
Degree list
The following degrees include this course