Introduction to Electrical Engineering

Name of the course	Lecture	Exercise	Lab*
Electrical Engineering	✓	✓	✓*

*Lab is mandatory if enrolled for the course 'KdG Electrical Engineering', otherwise optional

Context

Preliminary Courses/Knowledge:

• Fundamentals of Mathematics (at high school senior grades level)

Follow-on Courses:

• Introduction to Digital Engineering [w3]
• Microprocessor Architecture [w3]

Details

The course 'Introduction to Electrical Engineering' is offered in a virtual classroom. Students attend from lecture halls or from home on their individual preferences. The course is barrier-free. Please visit my YouTube channel for more information [w3].

Course Records

Module	Content	Notes	Video	Lab
1	Charge and current, electric and magnetic vector field, potential and voltage, conductance and resistance	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
2	Energy and power, thermal conductivity, ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, ohm's power law	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
3	Voltage and current divider, linear sources, measuring current and voltage, Kirchhoff laws, Kirchhoff network analysis, superposition, Norton and Thevenin equivalents	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
4	Alternating voltage, generator, superposition of AC voltages, beat frequency, phasor diagrams, rms value	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
5	Electric field, capacitance, series and parallel circuits, ideal and real capacitance, Q-factor, capacitive voltage divider	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
6	Magnetic field, inductance, induction, magnetization and hysteresis, energy in inductance and capacitance, power and power factor	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
7	Complex numbers, introduction to complex AC calculus, absolute and phase, RLC circuits	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
8	Thevenin theorem of AC calculus, decibels, input and output impedance, 1st order low pass filter	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]
9*	Transmission line theory, telegraphers equation, characteristic impedance, impedance matching, voltage standing wave ratio	[PDF]	[MP4]	[TGZ]

*optional content, not part of the examination

Workpackages

for refresh, rework and high intensity training purposes.

Num	Topic	Archive
0	Basics on Resistor, Capacitor and Inductor (incl. simple exercises	[.zip]
1	Resistance and Conductance	[.zip]
2	Ohm's Law	[.zip]
3	Thermistor	[.zip]
4	Voltage And Current Divider Circuits	[.zip]
5	Potentiometer	[.zip]
6	Wheatstone-Bridge	[.zip]
7	Small-Signal Resistance And Conductance	[.zip]
8	Voltage Error Measurement Circuits	[.zip]
9	Current Error Measurement Circuits	[.zip]
10	Kirchhoff Mesh Analysis	[.zip]
11	Theorem of Superposition	[.zip]
12	Thevenin and Norton Theorem	[.zip]
13	Impedance Matching	[.zip]
14	Triangle and Star Replacement Circuits	[.zip]
15	Superposition of AC sources (beat frequency)	[.zip]
16	Time Constant	[.zip]
17	Capacitive Voltage Divider	[.zip]
18	Charge Pump	[.zip]
19	Voltage Stabilization with Z-Diode	[.zip]
20	First Order RC Low-Pass Filter	[.zip]
21*	Transmission Lines*	[.zip]

*outlook and NOT part of the examination

Literature

[1] Practical Electronics for Inventors, Scherz & Monk, Mcgraw-Hill Professional, ISBN 007-1-77133-6
[2] The Art of Electronics, Horowitz & Hill, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-80926-9