Revised 10/1999
ETR 113 - DC Fundamentals (4 CR.)
Course Description
Study of DC circuits, capacitors, magnetism and inductors. The concepts of equivalent circuits and network theorems as applied to DC circuit analysis. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
General Course Purpose
ETR 113 is designed as a one semester, lecture and laboratory course covering circuit fundamentals.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisite or corequisite is MTH 166 – “ Precalculus with Trigonometry” .
Course Objectives
As a result of the learning experiences provided in this course, the student should be able to:
- know the basic principles associated with DC circuits and circuit elements
- know the circuit properties of capacitance and inductance
- know the techniques and theorems of network analysis as applied to direct current circuits
Major Topics to Be Included
Lecture
- Current & voltage
- Resistance
- Work & power
- Series & parallel resistances
- Network theorems and equivalent circuits
- Capacitance - magnetism - inductance
Laboratory
- Laboratory equipment familiarization
- Resistor color code/ohmmeter
- OHM’s law
- Series circuits
- Parallel circuits
- Series/Parallel circuits
- Voltmeter loading
- Superposition theorem
- Thevenin’s theorem
- Wheat stone Bridge
- Voltage rise in a capacitor
- Soldering Techniques