ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2009 KEY INFORMATION Staff Assoc Professor Steve Simpson (Lectures)

Phone 9351 2335, email steves@ee.usyd.edu.au, Room 409 EE Bldg Mr Ross Hutton (Laboratories), hutton@ee.usyd.edu.au Tutors and demonstrators (2 per session) Web http://www.eelab.usyd.edu.au/ELEC1103 Text A R Hambley Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications (4h Edition), Pearson 2008. Main areas of syllabus Circuits, circuit elements, circuit laws, node and mesh analysis, circuit theorems, op amps, energy storage, capacitors and inductors, circuits with switches, transient response, sine waves and complex analysis, phasors, impedance, ac power. Background knowledge requirement Basic integral and differential calculus and complex analysis. Aims & outcomes Understand the fundamental concepts and building blocks of electrical and electronics circuits, including engineering limitations; develop ability to analyse and design simple circuits; be able to apply integral/differential and complex analysis to circuits; achieve an intuitive understanding of circuit behaviour and an ability to simplify and approximate; develop proficiency with electronic lab equipment, making electrical measurements and their interpretation. Attributes developed Basic research skills and understanding of engineering principles; information literacy; personal and intellectual autonomy; ethical, social and professional understanding; communication. Assessment Final exam Assignment Laboratory logbook Laboratory test Tutorials

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Lectures Taking your own notes and reading the textbook is best. Pdfs of some lecture material will be available at the web site, http://www.eelab.usyd.edu.au/ELEC1103 , or go to http://www.ee.usyd.edu.au, select Units of Study on the left, select this UoS, select UoS Web Page.

Lecture attendance is compulsory except for a couple of lectures as shown on the timetable. Lectures are Thursdays 2pm to 4pm, LT Woolley N395. Tutorials Questions are available on web site and handed out. There are 10 tutorials. Your attempts at doing the tute questions will be checked by the tutors to get the mark for that tutorial (approx 0.7 %). You must attend your allocated tutorial. You can miss one of the tutorials without being penalized since the best 9 marks will be used. Tute Room is 261 EE Bldg. Laboratory Please read the safety instructions carefully in the lab notes. You will work in pairs and do 7 laboratories plus the Laboratory Test near the end of semester. Laboratory is Room 265 EE Bldg. You must attend your allocated Laboratory.