EE 2050 - Linear Circuits - Steady State I

• Use an organized process, strategy, or template in solving problems
• Demonstrate a standard of expertise in the understanding of circuit laws and in the analysis of electrical circuits
• Write and solve KCL and KVL equations using standard methods of circuit analysis for DC circuits, including symbolic DC circuits
• Simplify electrical circuits using series/parallel resistance combinations, source transformations, and Thevenin’s/Norton’s theorems, including symbolic DC circuits
• Solve a DC circuit problem using the superposition principle
• Demonstrate calculator skills in solving simultaneous equations representing n-node circuit problems
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze DC circuits using circuit simulation software
• Compute power calculations for a DC circuit
• Demonstrate circuit laboratory skills and perform DC measurements
• Demonstrate the use of nodal analysis in the solution of circuit problems
• Demonstrate the use of branch currents in the solution of circuit problems
• Analyze DC circuits that include ideal operational amplifiers

• Differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions
• Solution of a system of linear equations using a calculator

• DC concepts and laws (9 classes)
• DC analysis (17 classes)
• Op amps (2 classes)
• Tests (2 classes)

• Laboratory experiment details and expectations are described in the on-line EE 2050 Lab Manual
• Students are lectured on laboratory safety
• Students are expected to prepare for the lab by doing all required pre-lab activities and to finish all remaining requirements during the laboratory itself
• Limited laboratory reports will be required