Course Information

July 18, 2017

1 Course Schedule
Week 1 24 Jul SI units, voltage, current and resistance concept, Ohms law,ideal sources No Tut or Lab
(including dependent)
Week 2 31 Jul KVL, KCL, resistor equivalent, sign convention, power Tut 1, Lab Intro
Week 3 7 Aug Non-ideal sources, Thevenin-Norton, Power transfer Tut 2, Lab 1
Week 4 14 Aug Operational Amplifiers, DC analysis (superposition), input-output resis- Tut 3, Quiz 1 (week
tance 1,2)
Week 5 21 Aug Capacitor and inductor: v-i characteristic, energy Tut 4,
Week 6 28 Aug Complex numbers, phasor, sine waves, Tut 5, Lab 2
Week 7 4 Sep AC components Tut 6, Quiz 2 (week
3-5)
Week 8 11 Sep AC analysis: KCL, KVL, superposition Tut 7,
Break 18 Sep
Break 25 Sep
Week 9 2 Oct AC power Tut 8, Lab 3
Week 10 9 Oct 3-phase transmission, connections Tut 9
Week 11 16 Oct Balanced 3-phase analysis, Introduction to electrical machines Tut 10, Quiz 3
(week 6-9)
Week 12 23 Oct Revision Tut 11, Project
Marking
Week 13 30 Oct Self study time No Tut or Lab

Tutorials:
Not assessed.
Cover content from the previous weeks lecture.

Labs:
Lab Intro (not assessed): Introduction to Lab equipment and LTSpice.

Lab 1: Basic DC principles.

Lab 2: DC circuits and OpAmps.
Lab 3: AC circuits.

Project:
Selection 1 out of 2 projects.
In class work during Lab time in week 4,5,7,8,10,11.

Presentation in week 12 during Lab time. (counts 10%)

 Report max. 3 pages (12pt) due in week 12. Should include LTSpice simulation and circuit diagram. A latex
template is provided on Blackboard if you want to use it. (counts 5%)

Quizzes and Exam:

Quiz 1: Basic principles and basic DC circuit analysis using KVL, KCL. SI units, voltage, current, resistance,
Ohms law, sources, KVL, KCL, sign-convention, power). (counts 10%)
Quiz 2: DC circuit design and capacitor/inductor. Non-ideal sources, KCL, KVL, Thevenin-Norton, Power,
Capacitor, OpAmp circuits, Capacitor, Inductor. (counts 10%)

Quiz 3: AC circuits. Phasor, AC components, KCL, KVL, AC power. (counts 10%)

Final: Complete course, including 3-phase systems. (counts 50%)

2 Timetable
All Labs are held in EE103a.
The demonstrator is indicated by the various colors:
Eric Gordon : Eric.Gordon@uon.edu.au
Alex Smith : alexander.smith.fyp@gmail.com
David Harcombe : David.Harcombe@uon.edu.au
Jodie Cochrane : Jodie.Cochrane@uon.edu.au
Rebecca Sykes : Rebecca.Sykes@uon.edu.au
David Gay : david.gay@newcastle.edu.au
Timothy Farnworth : Timothy.Farnworth@uon.edu.au

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

8 - 9am
Lab 3
9 - 10am Tut2 (ES238)
10 - 11am
Lab 7 Lab 4 Lab 6
11 - 12pm
12 - 1pm Tut 9 (ES238)
Lab 5
1 - 2pm Tut5 (HA145) Tut4 Tut12 Lecture (RW149)
(RW203) (ES238)
2 - 3pm Tut6 (RW203) Tut1 Tut11
(ES209) (ES238)
Lab 12 Lab 2
3 - 4pm
4 - 5pm Tut 3 (ES238)
Help Desk Help Desk Lecture (RW149) Lab 11
5 - 6pm Tut7 Tut 8
(ES238) (ES238)
Lab 1
6 - 7pm Tut10
(ES238)
Lab 8
7 - 8pm
Lab 9 canceled
8 - 9pm