Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering!

Electrical Engineering is about what you can do to a voltage. Sensors help take the real world, and turn it into a voltage. Then you can amplify or divide it, add or subtract it, compare it, and more.

<< Simulation of how the electrical fields (and currents) would flow from a charge on the left to a charge on the right through the 'U'. By Dr. James Nagel, PhD UofU

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Date

Lecture Videos

Watch them before class and answer the Question of the Day, bring these notes to class with you.

Applications

Interesting applications of what we are learning--read them and/or discuss in class.

Homework

Due Mondays at 11:59 pm the next week, unless otherwise noted.

Extra Credit

Most extra credit except feedback & Muddiest Points can be turned in through the end of semester.

Labs

Mon.

Jan. 7

UNIT 1:

BASIC CIRCUITS

Lecture (L1-1) Welcome to ECE!

Lecture (L1-2) (review) Units and Notation

Application: What Electrical Engineers Do

Application: Micro/Nano

Cool Stuff in the World of Electrical Engineering: IEEE Spectrum magazine (Links to an external site.)

HW1 -- Tell me About Yourself

Extra Credit 0 - Upload Picture

HW 1-2

Extra Credit: What is Your Learning Style?

NO LAB ATTENDANCE THIS WEEK, but please purchase parts for next week's lab:

ECE 1050:

Lab M0 - Test M ATLAB and LTspice

ECE 1245:

Lab 0: Purchase Analog Discovery 2 and Multimeter from Stockroom

Wed.

Jan. 9

Lecture (L1-3) Circuit Elements

Lecture (L1-4) Charge and Current

Application: Batteries and Battery Charging

HW 1-3 & 1-4

Extra Credit (Errata)

Extra Credit -- Potato experiment

Extra Credit: Attend a special Seminar, Workshop, or Guest Lecture

Application (& Extra Credit): Lightning

Fri.

Jan. 11

Lecture (L1-5) Voltage and Power, Passive Sign Convention, Node V vs. Voltage Difference

Lecture (L1-6) Circuit Elements (I-V)

Application: Switches

Application (& Extra Credit): Lightning

HW 1-5 & 1-6

Read Academic Misconduct Policy

Extra Credit 4 - Size a Solar Energy System

Extra Credit - Muddiest Point week 1

Mon.

Jan. 14

Lecture (L2-1) Ohm's Law

Application: Water Analogy to Circuits

Application: Sea Ice

HW 2-1

Extra Credit: Who was Ohm? -- 5 points

1050: No Lab this week, but if you are ONLY in ECE1050, please start on next week's lab.

1245 (Lab starts this week):

Lab 1: Intro to Voltage, Current, and Resistance

Wed.

Jan. 16

Lecture (L2-2) Kirchhoff's Laws (KCL,KVL)

Application: Resistive Sensors

HW 2-2

Fri.

Jan. 18

more Kirchhoff's Laws

Application: Strain Gauges

Extra Credit -- Muddiest Point Week 2

Extra Credit 8 - Week 2 Feedback

Mon.

Jan. 21

Martin Luther King Holiday

NO CLASS

Extra Credit 6 - Introduce a Kid to Engineering

NO ATTENDANCE RQ'D in any labs this week, but visit any TA/Lab if you have questions. ** Naila is out of town, so labs 1,3 will not be available.

ECE 1050 (online interactive tutorial): Lab M1 -- Matlab OnRamp

ECE 1250: No Formal Lab this week.

Wed.

Jan. 23

Lecture (L2-3) Equivalent Circuits (source transformations)

Optional: Lecture (L2-4,5) Y-Delta Transformations & Wheatstone Bridge

Application: Light Emitting Diodes

HW 2-3

Extra Credit 7 - Y and Delta

Extra Credit -- Food Circuit

Fri.

Jan. 25

Exam 1: Review & Old Exams

Mon.

Jan. 28

Exam 1

Exam Procedure

Wed.

Jan. 30

UNIT 2:

SOLVING CIRCUITS

Lecture (L3-1,2) Node Voltage method

Optional: Lecture (L3-2) Mesh-Current Method

HW 3-1

Fri.

Feb. 1

Lecture (L3-4) Superposition

Application: Communication System Link Budget Calculation

HW 3-4

Extra Credit 9 - How a Cell Phone Works

Extra Credit -- Exam 1 feedback

Mon.

Feb. 4

Lecture (L3-5) Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits

Application: Electrical Safety

HW 3-5

Wed.

Feb. 6

>> Delayed Until later in the semester

Circuit System Design Cards, Review of Thevenin & Norton Equivalent Circuits

Question of the Day
Circuit System Design cards: Instructions

Circuit System Design Cards resources

Homework Circ Sys Des Card 1

Fri.

Feb. 8

more TNode Voltage

Extra Credit -- Muddiest Point Week 5

Mon.

Feb. 11

more Thevenin and Norton Equivalents

Wed.

Feb. 13

Exam 2: Review & Old Exams

Fri.

Feb. 15

Exam 2

Exam Procedure

Mon.

Feb. 18

President's Day Holiday

NO CLASS

Wed.

Feb. 20

UNIT 3:

OP-AMPS

& DIGITAL LOGIC

Lecture (L4-1) Op-Amp Characteristics & Op Amp Comparators

Application: What you can do With Op-Amps

Circuits: Op Amps Page

HW4-1 & 4-2

Fri.

Feb. 22

Lecture (L4-2) Op Amp Negative Feedback

Lecture (L4-3) Ideal Op-Amp Model and Non-Inverting Amplifier

Application: Neurons and Electricity

App (opt): Cochlear Implant

Application: Energy Use and Alternative Energy

HW4-3

Extra Credit - Week 7 Feedback

Mon.

Feb. 25

Lecture (L4-4) Op Amp Inverting Amplifier

HW 4-4 & 4-5

Wed.

Feb. 27

Lecture (L4-5) Op Amp Summing Amplifier

Lecture (L4-6) Op Amp Difference Amplifier

HW 4-5 & 4-6

Fri.

Mar. 1

Lecture (L4-7) Op Amp Voltage Follower

Lecture (L4-8) Multiple Op Amp Circuits

Application: Analog and Digital Recording

Homework 4-7

Homework Circ Sys Des Card 2

Extra Credit - Muddiest Point week 8

Mon.

Mar. 4

Non-Standard Op Amp Circuits (using Node Voltage)

HW Non-Standard Op Amps

Wed. Mar 6

Exam 3: Review & Old Exams

Fri.

Mar. 8

Exam 3

Exam Procedure

Extra Credit -- Muddiest Point Week 10

Mar. 11-15

Spring Break -- NO CLASS

Mon.

Mar. 18

UNIT 4:

RLC

CIRCUITS

Lecture: Digital Logic Gates

Application: Computer Engineering and Digital

Homework Digital

Wed.

Mar. 20

Lecture (L5-2) Capacitors

Application: Capacitors and SuperCapacitors

HW 5-2

The University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held Tuesday, April 9, 9:00 – 2:30 in the Student Union Building. Please consider having your students present their final class projects at the URS. We can help with the cost of poster printing! The presenter registration deadline is March 18.

Extra Credit to present at the URS!

Extra Credit: Attend a special Seminar, Workshop, or Guest Lecture

Fri.

Mar. 22

Lecture (L5-3) Inductors

Application: RFID and Wireless Charging

Homework 5-3

Extra Credit -- Muddiest Point Week 12

Mon.

Mar. 25

Lecture (L5-4,5) Response of RC & RL Circuits

Homework 5.4 and 5.5

Wed.

Mar. 27

More on RC and RL

Fri.

Mar. 29

Lecture (L7-1,2,3) Sine Waves and Phasors

Application: How C and L are Used in FSK WLAN Circuit

HW 7-1 & 7-3

Mon.

Apr. 1

Lecture (L7-4) Phasor Domain Analysis (KVL/KCL) & Impedance Transformation

Application: Capacitive Sensors

HW 7-4

Wed.

Apr. 3

Lecture (L7-5,6) Thevenin and other equivalent circuits

Application: Power Engineering

Homework 7-5,6

Fri.

Apr. 5

More on Thevenin

Mon.

Apr. 8

Lecture (L7-7) Phasor Diagrams

Homework 7-7

Tues.

Apr. 9

The University of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held Tuesday, April 9, 9:00 – 2:30 in the Student Union Building.

Extra Credit: Attend a special Seminar, Workshop, or Guest Lecture

Wed.

Apr. 10

Lecture (L7-9) Phasor Domain Analysis Techniques

Application: Spatial and Spectral Filtering

HW 7-9

Fri.

Apr. 12

Exam 4: Review & Old Exams

Extra Credit -- Muddiest Point Week 14

Mon.

Apr. 15

Exam 4

Exam Procedure

Wed.

Apr. 17

Review -- Exam 1

Exam 1: Review & Old Exams

Fri.

Apr. 19

Review -- Exam 2

Exam 2: Review & Old Exams

Mon.

Apr. 22

Review -- Exam 3

Exam 3: Review & Old Exams

Thur.

Apr. 25

Final Exam (Optional Retakes for Midterms)

6am-10am

Final Exam

6:00 (yes, six)-10:00 a.m.

You may start any time, but must finish by 10am. You may retake any or all of the midterms. You will receive the higher of your original grade or your retake grade.

(regular classroom)