Week Date Proposed Topic Reading Homework
wk1 2-Dec Introduction and basic circuit concepts   1:5,7,18(m), wksht
  3-Dec Reference directions. Passive Sign. DC Power Ch1:pp1-9  
  5-Dec Circuit Elements and circuits in DC/AC 1:7-23  
wk2 9-Dec Sinusoidal Steady-State and Phasors 5:1-10,17-23, ho 5:1(m), 5(m), 19
  10-Dec Sinusoidal Steady-State and Phasors 5:1-10,17-23 2:1(m), 5(m)
  12-Dec Kirchoff’s Laws 1:27-37  
wk3 16-Dec Big Gun 2:1-9, 5:23-28 2;2
  17-Dec Big Gun 2:1-9, 5:23-28 5:24,26
  19-Dec Exam 1    
Break   Christmas Break    
wk4 6-Jan Source Transformations 2:9-20, 5:30-31 der. 2:16,19
  7-Jan Series and Parrallel elements, Voltage and Current Divider 2:20-37, 5:28-33 2:23,28
  9-Jan RMS and AC Power 5:43-49 5;49
wk5   Lab 1: Basic Measurements handout prelab due
  13-Jan Power in AC Circuits. Complex Power. 5:49-65  
  14-Jan Power in AC Circuits. Complex Power. 5:49-65 5:51,57,59
  16-Jan Amplifier Models 3:1-23 3;3
wk6 20-Jan Amplifier Loading and Gain 3:1-23 3:6,8,9,10ab,11
  21-Jan Amplifier Loading and Gain 3:23-31  
  23-Jan Ideal Op-Amps 3:23-31  
wk7   Lab 2:Op-Amp Circuit handout prelab due
  27-Jan Op-Amp Circuits: Inverting  and Noninverting Amplifier 3:31-40 3:13,14 by hand
  28-Jan Op-Amp Circuits: Big Gun and Saturation 3:40-46 3:15,16 big gun
  30-Jan Transient Analysis: Initial Conditions 4:1-9 3:29,33,43 by hand
wk8 3-Feb Exam 2    
  4-Feb First-Order Circuits 4:9-34 4:2,9,10,17
  6-Feb Time constant. Interpreting the response. 4:9-34  
wk9   Lab 3: Time-Domain Properties handout prelab due
  10-Feb Second-order circuits. 4:34-51 4:28,30,35
  11-Feb Second-order circuits. Types of response. 4:34-51  
  13-Feb Second-order circuits. Interpreting the response. 4:51-54  
k10 17-Feb Response to a sinusoidal input 4:54-57, 5:10-17 4:37,46
  18-Feb Resonance 5:33-43 5;42
  20-Feb Modeling Neurons 5:33-43