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ENGG270 – Circuits and Devices
2014 – S1 Day
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer
Tony Parker
Contact via tony.parker@mq.edu.au
E6A 234
Unit Convenor
Oya Sevimli
Contact via oya.sevimli@mq.edu.au
E6A 235
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp including (ELEC166(P) or ELEC170(P) or ENGG150 (P) or ENGG170(P))
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
MATH133 or MATH136
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit develops the key skills in basic electronic theory and in aspects of laboratory investigation and reporting procedures. The unit covers modelling of passive and active electric circuit elements, and analysing circuits including these models. For passive circuits, topics covered are: ideal electrical components; energy dissipation and energy storage; Kirchhoff's laws; transient versus steady-state response; first-order and second-order circuits; and simple filters. Devices include voltage and current sources, resistors, capacitors, inductors and ideal operational amplifiers.
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Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Due |
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| Lab participation & recording | 10% | Each week (see iLearn) |
| Lab reports | 20% | 3-weekly (see iLearn) |
| Assignments | 20% | See iLearn |
| Exam | 50% | Will appear in exam calendar |
Lab participation & recording
Due: Each week (see iLearn)
Weighting: 10%
Practical sessions will start in Week 2. They are compulsory for all students. Their mode will be practical laboratory sessions or tutorials. Most practical sessions will contain both preparation work and laboratory work.
Each student must have a bound notebook to be used as a laboratory/tutorial log (A4 size preferred, graph pages are not required). This logbook should also be used for any preliminary work. It should contain all results recorded during these sessions and student’s comments in time order. On the completion of each session, logebook entries must be signed and dated by a tutor. At the end of the semester the logbooks will be collected for final marking.
Food and drink are not permitted in the laboratory.
Students will not be permitted to enter the laboratory without appropriate footwear. Thongs and sandals are not acceptable.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Lab reports
Due: 3-weekly (see iLearn)
Weighting: 20%
Students will prepare individual lab reports for each learning-outcome module (3-weekly) and submit electronically through iLearn. A typical engineering-journal format will be used.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Assignments
Due: See iLearn
Weighting: 20%
The assignments will be based on the problems in the text book or on the concepts being introduced at each learning-outcome-module. There will be one or two brief assignments in each (3-week) module. They will be posted on iLearn one week before their due date. The submissions should be hand written on paper. Electronic copies will not be accepted under normal circumstances. Students need to include a signed assignment cover sheet with each submission. This does not mean that you may not consult staff or other students, but it does preclude written work that is copied from others.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
Exam
Due: Will appear in exam calendar
Weighting: 50%
The exam will be closed-book and 3 hours. A formula sheet will be provided if necessary.
Students need to get a pass mark on each of the assessment tasks to pass the unit.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
Delivery and Resources
Text Book:
Svoboda & Dorf "Introduction to Electric Circuits", Wiley, 9th or 8th editions, electronic or printed versions.
Required unit materials:
Text book
Lecture notes and notes for practical sessions (available from iLearn)
Bound logbook for all practical sessions
Changes made to previous offerings of the unit:
New module structure is introduced where each module is directly linked to the learning outcomes. Previous offering of the unit was ELEC270 in 2013.
Technology used:
Typical electronic and electrical instruments such as voltage and current sources, voltmeters, ammeters, oscilloscopes, simulation software such as MATLAB, ORCAD, PSpice, and typesetting software such as Latex will be used.
Unit Schedule
The unit is composed of four modules. Each module will run for three weeks and be directly linked to the learning outcomes. Each module will include lectures, laboratory and tutorial sessions, one or two assignments and one laboratory report.
A detailed weekly schedule will be posted on iLearn.
Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.
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Graduate Capabilities
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
Assessment tasks
- Lab reports
- Exam
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis in resistive networks with sources
- Extract equivalent-circuit models for resistive networks with sources
- Apply fundamentals of circuit analysis with energy storage elements and switches
- Determine circuit behaviour with sinusoidal input
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Assessment tasks
- Assignments
- Exam
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Assessment tasks
- Lab participation & recording
- Assignments
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Use correct engineering techniques in experiments and reports
Assessment tasks
- Lab participation & recording
- Lab reports