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Applied Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
Book Organization and Approach
1.1 Electronics Matters
1.2 Multidisciplinary Engineering Design
1.3 Lab Kit
1.4 First Lab
2.1 Basic Physics Review
2.2 First Circuit
2.3 Circuit Elements
2.4 Current and Voltage Sources
2.5 AC and DC waveforms, average and RMS values
2.6 Circuit Laws: KCL and KVL
2.7 Resistors and Ohm's Law
2.8 Power and energy in resistive circuits
2.9 Device I-V Characteristics
2.10 Problems
3.1 Equivalent Resistance
3.2 Voltage and Current Dividers
3.3 Node voltages
3.4 Node Voltage Analysis
3.5 Thevenin Equivalence
3.6 Problems
3.7 Lab Experiments
4.1 Introduction to Diodes
4.2 Diode concept and bias
4.3 Diode I-V Characteristic Curves and Load Lines
4.4 Diode Circuit Models
4.5 Rectifier diode
4.6 Problems
4.7 Diode Lab Experiments
5.1 Transistor Construction and Models
5.2 Common emitter low-side switch
5.3 Emitter follower
5.4 Problems
5.5 Transistor Lab Experiments
6.1 Introduction to Operational Amplifiers (Op Amps)
6.2 Ideal Op Amp Characteristics
6.3 Op Amp Input-Output Characteristic
6.4 Open Loop Voltage Comparator
6.5 Negative Feedback Amplifier
6.6 Problems
6.7 Op Amp Lab Experiments
7.1 Capacitors
7.2 Discharging Capacitor
7.3 Charging capacitor
7.4 Charging and Discharging Case
7.5 Relaxation Oscillator
7.6 Problems
7.7 Lab Experiments
8.1 Computer vs Microcontroller
8.2 Embedded Design Tools
8.3 Arduino Uno Development Board
8.4 Example: ledBlink
8.5 Example: ledButton
8.6 Example: lightPlotter and lightPlotterScaled
8.7 Example: showTime
8.8 Example: motorReverser
8.9 Example: MotorReverserSpeed
8.10 Example: SonarRanger
8.11 Example: SonarRangerDisplay
8.12 MCU and System Lab Exercises
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