Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE2CI5 - INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Course Outline: 2007/2008, September
2007
Instructor: Dr. Mohamed Bakr, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng., ITB A219, x24079,
mbakr(at)mail.ece.mcmaster.ca
Teaching Assistants: Khodayari-Rostamabad
Reza Khalej Amineh
Yang Dong
Xiaying Zhu
Xi
Mohamed A. Swillam
Ran
Peipei Zhao
Samavati
Lectures: Tuesday 9:30 am
-10:20 am, CNH B107
Wednesday 9:30 am -10:20 am,
CNH B107
Friday 9:30 am -10:20 am, CNH B107
Official Tutorial: Tuesday 12:30 pm -1:20 pm, TSH/B105
Office Hours: One hour after each lecture.
Course Objective: This
course offers an introduction to many of the concepts used very often in electrical
engineering. The analysis of circuits
containing inductances, capacitances and resistances is discussed in both the
time domain and the frequency domain.
The Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, widely used in electronics,
are discussed in details. We also
discuss the phasor analysis of currents and voltages for the sinusoidal
excitation case.
Outline of Topics:
1.
Introduction: current and voltage
2.
Ohm’s Law, power and energy
3.
Series circuits
4.
Parallel circuits
5.
Capacitance
6.
Thevenin and Norton Equiv. Ccts
7.
Inductance
8.
Review of Complex Numbers
9.
Phasors
10.
Response of circuits to sinusoidal excitations
11.
Impedance, admittance and power
Detailed Lecture
Outline/Downloadable Lecture Notes (Not including examples)
Format: Three lectures and one official tutorial are
offered per week. The course includes 8
laboratory experiments. Students are
expected to attend all course sessions. Important:
Students must pass the combined midterm/exam component separately to get a pass
in the course. The midterm and exam will be combined with the weighting 25 on
the midterm and 40 on the final. A grade of 50% in this combination must be
attained to pass.
Assessment:
· 1 Midterm 25%,
Tuesday October 30th, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
· 8 Laboratory Experiments 20%
· 5 quizzes (conducted during tutorials) 15%
· Final Examination 40%
Student Allocation for Midterm
Homeworks: Homeworks form an
integral part of the course. They serve to strengthen and extend concepts
covered in class. They also help you in your preparation for the labs, the
quizzes, and ultimately the final exam. As such, it is crucial that you do them
carefully and thoroughly. You are expected to do the homeworks by yourself. You
can however consult with your classmates and discuss ideas. You can also ask me
questions whenever you are stuck. The assigned problems/questions will be
given in class. Homeworks will not be graded, but it is your
responsibility to make sure that you understand how to solve/answer the
problems/questions. Homework answers/solutions will be posted at the beginning
of the following week.
Announcements: Please note that the only form of announcement
concerning any form of graded material may be that which is made in class. The students are
responsible for completing the graded material regardless
of whether they received the announcement or not.
Labs Instructions: The instructions for all 8 laboratory
experiments will be posted prior to the lab time. Each experiment runs for two weeks. Experiments will take place in ITBA/B107. The eight experiments cover the following
topics:
Lab 1: Introduction to Instrumentation Part 1 (September 24th
–September 28th)
Lab 2:
Introduction to Instrumentation Part 2
(October 1st - October 5th)
No Lab: (October 8th – October 12th)
Lab 3: Resistive Circuits (October 15th
– October 19th)
Lab 4:
RC and RL Circuits (October 22nd
– October 26th)
Lab 5: Square
Wave Oscillator Design ( October 29th - November 2nd)
Lab 6: RLC Circuits (November 5th –
November 9th)
Lab 7: AC Circuits (November 12th –
November 16th)
Lab 8: PSpice Analysis of Linear circuits (November
19th- November 23rd)
Calculator requirement for tests and
examinations: Only
the McMaster standard calculator (Casio
fx991) may be allowed in tests and examinations.
Resources:
Recommended
Text: J. David
Irwin and R. Mark Nelms, “Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis”, J. Wiley and
Sons, 8th
edition.
EGRADE PLUS is a special service provided by the
publisher of our text, Wiley. Details of the service,
and how to register, are available here : If you havn't already
done so, you are strongly recommended to get set up with this service. To do
so, login to
http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls15162/
and follow the instructions. You will need your
registration code that came with your text. If you didn't
purchase the text, you can purchase a subscription to egrade+ at a
significantly lower cost than the book. If you have difficulties with the
registration process, you can get help, including a chatline service, at
http://higheredwiley.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/higheredwiley.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
Lecture
notes will be placed on the course website.
The posted lecture notes WILL NOT include any illustrative examples.
Previous
Years Quizzes and Answers to Textbook Problems
Policy Reminders:
Senate
and the Faculty of Engineering require all course outlines to include the
following
reminders:
“The Faculty of Engineering is
concerned with ensuring an environment that is free of all adverse
discrimination. If there is a problem,
that cannot be resolved by discussion among the persons concerned, individuals are reminded that they should
contact the Department Chair, the Sexual Harassment Officer or the Human Rights
Consultant, as soon as possible.”
“Students are reminded that they
should read and comply with the Statement on Academic Ethics and the Senate Resolutions
on Academic Dishonesty as found in the Senate Policy Statements distributed at
registration and available in the Senate Office.”
"Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means and can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university. It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the various kinds of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, specifically Appendix 3, located at
http://www.mcmaster.ca/senate/academic/ac_integrity.htm
The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:
1 Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one's own or for which other credit has been obtained.
2 Improper collaboration in group work.
3 Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.