SYLLABUS

Contact Information:

  Lecture     ENGR 309  
  MWF: 10:00 - 10:50 AM  
  Laboratory     ENGR 626: M 01:00 - 02:50 PM  
  ENGR 603: W 01:00 - 02:50 PM  
  (see below for more information on the open lab policy)
  Recitation     ENGR 701: F 12:30 - 2:30 PM (tentative)  
  Lecturer     Joseph Picone, Professor  
  Office: EA 703A  
  Office Hours: (MWF) 11:00 - 12:00 PM  
  Phone: 215-204-4841  
  Email: picone@temple.edu  
  Skype: joseph.picone  
  Teaching  
  Assistant  		   Shuang Lu, PhD Student  
  Office: EA 702A  
  Office Hours: (T) 3:00 - 5:00 PM, (W) 12:30 - 2:30 PM (F) 3:00 - 5:00 PM  
  Phone: N/A  
  Email: tuc74165@temple.edu  
  Social Media     temple.engineering.ece2312@groups.facebook.com  
  Website     http://www.isip.piconepress.edu/courses/temple/ece_2312  
  Textbook     J.D. Irwin and R.M. Nelms
  Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, 10th Edition  
  John Wiley and Sons, Inc.  
  October 2010, Hardcover, 839 pages  
  ISBN: 978-0-470-63322-9  
  URL: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP001813.html  
  Prerequisites     MATH 1041: Calculus I (C- or better)  
  Co-rerequisites     ECE 2313: Electrical Engineering Science I Laboratory  
  MATH 1042: Calculus II  


Lecture Grading Policies:

  Item  
  Weight  
  Exam No. 1     15%  
  Exam No. 2     15%  
  Exam No. 3     15%  
  Final Exam     15%  
  Homework     20%  
  Quizzes     20%  
  TOTAL:     100%  
  Extra Credit     10%  


There are two main goals of this course. First, we want you to get excited about your chosen profession. Therefore, the lab experience includes a significant hands-on experience designed to expose you to the elements of design and implementation. If you don't find the labs interesting and challenging, then perhaps electrical engineering is not for you!

A second goal is to help you understand what is means to be an electrical engineer. This means the course will emphasize analysis and design. This is not a course where you are expected to memorize the 10 different equations for computing an equivalent impedance or output voltage. This is a course where you are expected to integrate knowledge and synthesize new solutions. Hence, exams will require you to solve previously unseen problems. The lab experience will introduce you to some open-ended problems for which there are many possible answers but only a few optimal ones. If you don't enjoy the challenge of solving open-ended problems, engineering probably is not a good choice of profession for you!

To meet these goals, you are going to have to put a significant amount of time into this course. The steps to success in this class include: This takes time. You will be expected to put in at least 6 hours a week outside of class. Attending lectures, doing homework, studying for exams, preparing for the labs, etc. are all requirements to pass the class -- which means a grade of D. To receive a higher grade than a passing grade, you must demonstrate mastery of the material and the ability to solve previously unseen problems.

Unannounced quizzes will be given periodically throughout the course to encourage you to attend lecture classes and keep up with the daily work. If you miss a quiz without a prior excuse from the instructor, you receive a zero for that quiz with no exception. Make-up quizzes will not be given. The same policy applies to in-class exams and the final exam as well.

Exams will be closed books, notes and calculators. You will be allowed one 8.5"x11" double-sided sheet of paper for notes. The problems will be unique and build on concepts covered in the lecture, textbook, etc. They will not be identical to the homework problems, but instead will involve integration of the same material. Mastery of the homework is essential to passing the exam.

Homework solutions will be prepared in an 8.5"x11" notebook. Students are expected to prepare detailed solutions to the homework and maintain these in a notebook. The instuctor will periodically collect these notebooks and grade your solutions. Students can collaborate on homework solutions, but the solutions you provide must be unique. Grading will take into account the accuracy of your solution as well as the quality of your explanation. Simply providing answers with no explanations gets no credit.

Laboratory Grading Policies:

  No.  
  Item  
  Weight  
  Lab No. 1     Instrumentation Introduction     6.25%  
  Lab No. 2     Simulation and Debugging     6.25%  
  Lab No. 3     Instrumentation Challenge     6.25%  
  Lab No. 4     MATLAB Co-Design     6.25%  
  Lab No. 5     The Wheatstone Bridge     6.25%  
  Lab No. 6     Op-Amp Amplifiers     6.25%  
  Lab No. 7     PCB Design     6.25%  
  Lab No. 8     Thevenin and Norton Equivalents     6.25%  
  Lab No. 9     Transient Response     6.25%  
  Lab No. 10     AC Circuits     6.25%  
  Lab No. 11     PCB Implementation     6.25%  
  Lab No. 12     AC Power     6.25%  
  Final Exam     Comprehensive     25%  
  TOTAL:     100%  
  Extra Credit     Participation     10%  


Information about each lab assignment can be found here (under development). The lab report template can be found here. Some good resources for writing lab reports can be found at CSU and Education Atlas. Google searching can turn up many more good resources.

Each student works individually in this class. You will be given the necessary resources so that you can do the labs on your own. Your teaching assistant (TA) will grade your lab reports, which account for 75% of your grade (along with the demonstration of the lab of course). In addition, the TA will assign you some extra credit based on your level of participation in the lab. Students who show a special interest in this course and enthusiastically explore the subject matter will be rewarded accordingly. Don't be invisible!

Lecture Schedule:

The lecture component of ECE 2312 meets three times a week and will cover the following topics:

  Class  
  Date  
  Sections  
  Topic(s)  
1
08/27
   1.1, 1.2     Systems of Units, Basic Quantities  
2
08/29
   1.3     Circuit Elements, Sources, Energy and Power  
3
08/31
   2.1, 2.2     Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's Current Law  
N/A
09/03
   Holiday: Labor Day  
4
09/05
   2.2, 2.3     Kirchoff's Laws  
5
09/07
   2.3, 2.4     Single Node-Pair Circuits, Multisim  
6
09/10
   2.5 - 2.7     Series and Parallel Circuits  
7
09/12
   2.8 - 2.11     Dependent Sources, Examples  
8
09/14
   3.1     Node Analysis  
9
09/17
   3.2     MATLAB Tips and Dependent Sources  
10
09/19
   3.3     Super Nodes and Loop Analysis  
11
09/21
   3.3     Loop Analysis, Examples and Review  
12
09/24
   4.1, 4.2     Ideal and Non-Ideal Models  
13
09/26
   Exam No. 1     Chapters 1 - 3  
14
09/28
   4.3, 4.4     Differential Amplifiers  
15
10/01
   4.5, 4.6     Examples and Applications  
16
10/03
   5.1, 5.2     Linearity and Superposition  
17
10/05
   5.3     Thevenin's Theorem  
18
10/08
   5.4     The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem  
19
10/10
   5.5, 5.6     Thevenin's Theorem and Dependent Sources  
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10/12
   6.1     Capacitors  
21
10/15
   6.2     Inductors  
22
10/17
   6.3     Combinations and Applications  
23
10/19
   6.4, 6.5     Op-Amp Circuits with Capacitors and Inductors  
24
10/22
   7.1     First-Order Circuits  
25
10/24
   4.1 - 6.5     Review  
26
10/26
   Exam No. 2     Chapters 4 - 6  
27
10/29
   7.2     The Step-By-Step Approach  
28
10/31
   7.3     Second-Order Circuits  
29
11/02
   7.3     Examples of Second-Order Circuits  
30
11/05
   7.4     Review and Examples  
31
11/07
   8.1-8.3     Sinusoidal Forcing Functions  
32
11/09
   8.4     Phasors  
33
11/12
   8.5, 8.6     Impedance and Admittance  
34
11/14
   9.1-9.3     Average Power, Maximum Power Transfer  
35
11/16
   9.4     RMS Value  
36
11/19
   9.5-9.7     Power Factor  
37
11/21
   N/A     Complex Number Review  
N/A
11/23
   Holiday: Thanksgiving Break  
38
11/26
   10.1, 10.2     Mutual Inductance  
39
11/28
   Exam No. 3     Chapters 7, 8  
40
11/30
   10.3-10.6     Ideal Transformers  
41
12/3
   11.1-11.5     Three-Phase Power  
42
12/5
   12.1-12.3     Variable Frequency Performnace  
43
12/14
   Final Exam (08:00 - 10:00 AM)     Chapters 1 - 10  


Please note that the dates above are fixed since they have been arranged to optimize a number of constraints. You need to adjust your schedules, including job interviews and site visits, accordingly.

Homework:

The homework schedule is as follows:

  HW  
  Due Date  
  Item(s)  
1
08/31
   1.5, 1.8, 1.15, 1.20, 1.23, 1.29, 1.30, 1.36, 1.41, 1.44  
2
09/07
   2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.8, 2.10, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17, 2.20  
3
09/14
   2.26, 2.29, 2.39, 2.51, 2.55, 2.56, 2.61, 2.67, 2.84, 2.92  
4
09/21
   3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.8, 3.18, 3.20, 3.25, 3.26, 3.45, 3.48  
5
10/05
   3.55, 3.58, 3.60, 3.63, 3.65, 3.70, 3.71, 3.78, 3.84, 3.94  
6
10/12
   4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 4.17, 4.22, 4.26, 4.32, 4.34, 4.41, 4.52  
7
10/19
   5.6, 5.10, 5.21, 5.25, 5.34, 5.51, 5.54, 5.83, 5.106, 5.112  
8
10/26
   6.8, 6.15, 6.27, 6.32, 6.47, 6.68, 6.69, 6.80, 6.89, 6.90  
9
11/02
   7.2, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.19, 7.35, 7.43  
10
11/09
   7.64, 7.75, 7.76, 7.78, 7.79, 7.91, 7.99. 7.103, 7.108, 7.110  
11
11/16
   8.2, 8.8, 8.9, 8.24, 8.36, 8.40, 8.45, 8.55, 8.69, 8.70  
12
11/26
   8.76, 8.77, 8.85, 8.92, 8.97, 8.102, 8.103, 8.125, 8.135, 8.145  
13
11/30
   9.4, 9.10, 9.12, 9.28, 9.30, 9.32, 9.44, 9.45, 9.55, 9.67  
14
12/03
   10.5, 10.6, 10.32, 10.62, 10.65
15
12/05
   11.7, 11.66, 11.67, 11.77, 11.78
16
12/05
   12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.8


Laboratories:

Labs this semester will be conducted as open labs. You will use a variety of hardware and software tools that will allow you to do the labs anytime/anywhere. You will be expected to demonstrate your results to the TA by 5 PM Friday of each week. Lab reports are due by 8 AM the following Monday. Labs are submitted electronically as pdf files through an email to your teaching assistant. Documents with viruses will receive a grade of zero, so make sure you use appropriate virus protection on your machine (Temple provides this to students at no charge.)

When you email your lab report to the TA, you must put the following in your subject line "ECE 2313 Lab No. X: Lastname, Firstname". For example, the subject line for lab no. 3 submitted by Joe Picone would read "ECE 2313 Lab No. 3: Picone, Joseph". Send your TA a test message using this subject line, and then you can reuse this message for subsequent emails. Failure to comply can result in a grade of zero for the assignment.

The laboratory schedule is as follows:

  Lab  
  Due Date  
  Item(s)  
1
08/31
   Instrumentation Introduction  
2
09/07
   Simulation and Debugging  
3
09/14
   Instrumentation Challenge  
4
09/21
   MATLAB Co-Design  
5
09/28
   The Wheatstone Bridge  
6
10/05
   Op-Amp Amplifiers  
7
10/12
   PCB Design  
8
10/19
   Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits  
9
11/02
   Transient Response  
10
11/09
   AC Circuits  
11
11/16
   PCB Implementation  
12
11/23
   AC Power  
13
12/05
   Lab Final