ENEE 273 Electronic Circuits II Laboratory (1)

 

Required course for majors in the electrical specialty.

 

Catalog Description:

LaPlace transforms.  Transient response of dynamic circuits.  Transformers.  AC circuit analysis, AC power, three-phase circuits, power factor.  Digital computer analysis of electrical circuits.  Spring semester.  Laboratory 3 hours.

 

Corequisite: 

ENEE 272.

 

Textbook/References:

Electronic Circuits II Lab Manual.

Electric Circuits, with Using Computer Tools for Electric Circuits by James W. Nilsson, Addison Wesley, 5th Edition, 1996.

 

Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program outcomes)

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Perform fundamental AC and transient measurements on circuits (3)

2.  Use basic electrical laboratory instrumentation (3)

3.  Predict and verify AC and transient laboratory results using PSPICE (1, 2)

        4.  Write complete technical reports (5)

 

 Upon completion of this course, the student should know:

        1. Sound principles of electrical laboratory AC and transient measurements (3)

        2. Basics of electronic AC and transient circuit instrumentation, including: (3)

                a) multimeters,

                b) power supplies,

                c) function generators,

                e) and oscilloscopes,

        3. Format and content requirements for complete technical reporting (5)

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Laboratory one time per week at 150 minutes per class.

 

Topics Covered:

Week 1           Introduction & Orientation                                                                          

Week 2           Laboratory 1:  ORCAD 9 PSPICE Introduction

Week 3           Holiday -- Martin Luther King's birthday

Week 4           Laboratory 2:  Measuring Transformer Parameters – Design of an Experiment 

Week 5           Laboratory 2:  Measuring Transformer Parameters – Design of an Experiment 

Week 6           Laboratory 3:  First Order Response Revisited

Week 7           Laboratory 4:  Second Order Order Response – Design of an Experiment                         

Week 8           Laboratory 4:  Continued

Week 9           Laboratory 5:  RMS and Average Power

Week 10         Spring Break

Week 11                

Week 12         Laboratory 6:  AC Steady State Sinusoidal Response – Design of  Experiment

Week 13         Laboratory 6:  Continued

Week 14        

Week 15         Laboratory 8:  AC SS Sinusoidal Equivalent Circuits & Maximum Power Transfer – Design of an Experiment

 

Contribution to Professional Component:

Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics as a 1 credit hour course in engineering sciences.

 

Relationship of course to program outcomes

This course supports engineering outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 5.

 

Prepared by:         Dr. Virgil Thomason