EE251 Syllabus

Instructor: Dr. Abdullah Abusorrah 
Office Phone: +966 (2) 640-2000
 ext. 68123
Fax: +966 (2) 695-2686
Office Location: Building 42A Room 313B
Office Hours: .S.T. 11:00-1:00 or by appointment

E-mail aabusorrah@kau.edu.sa

Credit Hours 4 units (4:3,3)
Lab Engineer Eng. Umit Tas
Lab Location Basic Electric Lab Building 42A Room 217


Prerequisites
  • Prerequisite Course is Phys 101
  • Good background in algebra to simplify complicated expressions

 

Objectives
To give all engineers the basic concepts of electrical engineering that enable them to carry on with the different technologies of their specializations.

Textbook and Reading Materials

The book is "Basic Electrical Engineering" by Giorgio Rizzoni, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill

 

 Course Topics


Following is a tentative course outline

It is subject to change depending on student's response to the contents, progress in class instruction, and laboratory exercises



Part I: Basic Electrical Engineering
  1. Introduction to EE Applications at different disciplines
  2. Basic concepts in electrical engineering: electrons and electricity, battery, volt, AC/DC currents, closed loop, frequency, signal waveforms
  3. Components Function: resistors, capacitors, coils, diodes, transistors, fuses, circuit breakers, transformers, IC's, solenoid, component specifications and datasheets
  4. Circuit Implementation and Measurements: reading circuit schematics, bread-boards, basic measurements, voltmeter, ammeter, ohmmeter, RMS, power

Part II: Circuits

  1. Circuit Analysis: ohm's law, parallel and series, voltage and current dividers, KCL, KVL
  2. Application Specific Circuits: examples of useful circuits to be implemented and tested including passive and active op-amps and timers
  3. Workbench Simulation: function generators, oscilloscope, multimeter, LEDs, switches, 7-segment display
  4. Supply Generation: power supply circuits, AC/DC converters, AC generators, motors, 3-phase concept, power transmission and distribution, safety

Part III: Data Acquisition and Processing

  1. Sensors: temperature, flow, pressure, displacement, sound, light, colored light, angular motion, accelerometer, gyros, sensors specifications and datasheets
  2. Signal Processing: analog filtering, amplification, buffering, anti-aliasing concept, digital sampling, quantization, LSB
  3. Basic Control: open-loop and monitoring, ON/OFF control, gain control, threshold, hysteresis
  4. LabVIEW Interface: data acquisition cards, basic programming, analog/digital IO

 



Course Learning Objectives - CLO

  1. recognize the roll of electrical engineering in different disciplines
  2. understand the basic concepts of electricity: motion of electrons, battery, electric potential, electric current, AC versus DC currents, signal frequency, closed loop circuit, and RMS value
  3. understand the principles of the different electric components: resistors, capacitors, coils, diodes, transistors, fuses, circuit breakers, transformers, IC's, solenoid, component specifications and datasheets
  4. calculate the currents and voltages in simple resistive circuits using Ohm’s law, KCL, KVL, and voltage and current divisions
  5. analyze circuits with electrical measuring devices: ohmmeter, ammeter, and voltmeter
  6. calculate electric power in resistive networks
  7. compute the RMS value for a given voltage (current) waveform
  8. transform a given sinusoidal signal into the phasor form
  9. calculate the impedances of the passive components: resistors, capacitors, and inductors at a given frequency
  10. convert an AC steady-state circuit to a phasor circuit
  11. analyze a phasor circuit using Ohm’s law, KCL, KVL, and voltage and current divisions
  12. calculate AC steady-state power dissipated by the circuit elements
  13. solve balanced three-phase system to calculate system voltages, currents, and power
  14. understand and be able to use per phase analysis to solve simple three-phase systems
  15. solve simple circuits for voltage, current and power containing ideal transformers
  16. understand the basics operation of semiconductor diode and recognize its applications
  17. design multiple application-specific circuits according to given specifications using the engineering design equations which include: AC/DC converters, signal waveform and pulse generators, voltage and current protection circuits, mathematical circuits: amplifiers, buffers, mixers, integrators, and differentiator using op-amps, voltage/current converters, analog/digital converters, timer circuits, and filters
  18. understand the principals of electrical grounding and safety precautions
  19. understand the principals of rotating magnetic fields; the synchronous generator and the synchronous motor
  20. calculate the delivered mechanical power of DC motors and the delivered electrical power of DC generators
  21. understand the definition of sensors, actuators, and transcendences
  22. recognize the different types of passive sensors: resistive, capacitive, inductive
  23. understand the principles of operation of the different sensors in the different engineering applications
  24. recognize the limitations of sensors and actuators
  25. be able to designate the best sensor or actuator based on the required specification
  26. understand the concept of data acquisition and its applications
  27. program simple applications using the LabVEIW package with USB-6008 interface card
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