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School of Engineering · ANU College of Systems and Society
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of electrical and electronic engineering. It provides the students with an understanding of basic electrical quantities, circuit elements and circuit analysis techniques. It also provides an understanding of the principles and operation of diodes (which are the basis of the ubiquitous DC power supply circuit) and operational amplifiers (which provide the easiest method to build an amplifier circuit). Specific topics include: - Introduction to Electronics: Fundamental electrical quantities (charge, current, voltage) and circuit elements (resistor, capacitor, inductor, voltage and current sources). - Circuit Analysis Techniques: Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws, Mesh current and Node voltage analysis, Thevenin and Norton Equivalent circuits, Superposition, Maximum power transfer, Wheatstone bridge. - First-order RC and RL Circuits with DC inputs: Time constant, Transient and steady state responses. - Diodes: Semiconductor materials, basic diode concepts and diode circuit modes, applications (rectifier and wave shaping circuits), Zener diodes, regulated DC power supply circuit. - Introduction to Operational Amplifiers: Ideal op-amp, Basic Op-amp configurations, Summing point constraint. Basic amplifier circuits.
Mastering on-line assignments (8 assignments)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Laboratories (2 computer labs, 7 hardware labs)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Mid-sem Exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 5
Final Exam
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5
- A nominal workload of approximately 13 hours/week including the following: 2 x 2hr lectures/week, 10 x 10-20min online lectures, 9 x 3hr laboratories, 8 x online Mastering tutorials (2-6 hours each) and 11 weekly problems (1-3 hours each). - Weekly average contact hours will be 7 hours (2 x 2 hour lectures and a 3 hour laboratory). - Expected non-contact (self) study hours are 1-6 hours/week. Other Information - This course follows the textbook very closely and makes heavy use of the associated Mastering Engineering for Electric Circuits. While additional resources (including weekly problems, handouts and solved examples) will be provided during the semester to supplement the textbook, there is no substitute to reading the material from the textbook. Hence, all students must purchase the textbook (hardcopy or electronic) for their learning. - To pass this course, students need to attend and complete at least 8 out of the 9 Labs, including HLab5.
Nilsson and Riedel, Electric Circuits, 11th (Global) edition, Pearson, 2019. Preliminary Reading - J. D. Irwin & R. M. Nelms, Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis. http://library.anu.edu.au/record=b1959816 - Allan R. Hambly, Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, 7th edition (Textbook for ENGN2218). https://library.anu.edu.au/record=b4927364 - R. C. Dorf and J. A. Svoboda, Introduction to Electric Circuits. http://library.anu.edu.au/record=b2069408