Assumed Knowledge: (HSC Mathematics Extension 1 or 2) , (HSC Physics)

Prohibition: ELEC1102 Foundations of Electronic Circuits.

Offered: Semester 1

Classes: 2 hours Lectures, 2 hours Laboratory and 2 hours Tutorial per week.

Assessment: Tutorial participation 6%, Laboratory performance and Notebook 7%, Laboratory test 10%, Assignment 3% and End of Semester closed book exam 74%.

This unit of study aims to develop knowledge of the fundamental concepts and building blocks of electrical and electronics circuits. This is a foundation unit in circuit theory. Circuit theory is the electrical engineer’s fundamental tool.

The concepts learnt in this unit will be made use of heavily in many units of study (in later years) in the areas of electronics, instrumentation, electrical machines, power systems, communication systems, and signal processing.

Topics: a) Basic electrical and electronic circuit concepts: Circuits, circuit elements, circuit laws, node and mesh analysis, circuit theorems, energy storage, capacitors and inductors, circuits with switches, transient response, sine waves and complex analysis, phasors, impedance, ac power.; b) Project management, teamwork, ethics; c) Safety issues

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