School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1A
  • Unit Code

    ENS1162
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Douglas Kian CHAI

Description

This unit introduces a range of concepts that are fundamental to the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, including circuit analysis, digital and analog systems,and device modelling. Students will develop their understanding of electrical circuits and systems through lectures and laboratory work, and will also be required to undertake a small project involving simple circuit design and prototyping.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1153

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic circuit description, simplification and analysis concepts that formthe foundation of electrical and electronic engineering.
  2. Conduct experiments on simple digital and DC electrical systems, and analyse and interpret the results of those experiments.
  3. Prototype simple analog or digital electrical systems, and effectively test the operation of those systems.
  4. Undertake problem formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC electrical circuits and small-scale digital systems.

Unit Content

  1. Overview of electrical engineering.
  2. Linear circuit concepts - current, voltage and power, sources and loads, resistive circuits.
  3. Circuit analysis approaches - Kirchhoffs laws, node and loop analysis, Thevenin equivalents.
  4. DC meters and measurements.
  5. Diodes and semiconductors - ideal diodes, semiconductor diodes, simple diode circuits.
  6. Amplifiers and op-amps - ideal operational amplifiers, basic op-amp circuits, input and output resistance.
  7. Digital logic concepts - logic variables and gates, number systems.
  8. Combinational and sequential logic - boolean algebra, truth tables, Karnaugh maps.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
TestIn-semester tests30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1A
  • Unit Code

    ENS1162
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Douglas Kian CHAI

Description

This unit introduces a range of concepts that are fundamental to the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, including circuit analysis, digital and analog systems,and device modelling. Students will develop their understanding of electrical circuits and systems through lectures and laboratory work, and will also be required to undertake a small project involving simple circuit design and prototyping.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1153

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic circuit description, simplification and analysis concepts that formthe foundation of electrical and electronic engineering.
  2. Conduct experiments on simple digital and DC electrical systems, and analyse and interpret the results of those experiments.
  3. Prototype simple analog or digital electrical systems, and effectively test the operation of those systems.
  4. Undertake problem formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC electrical circuits and small-scale digital systems.

Unit Content

  1. Overview of electrical engineering.
  2. Linear circuit concepts - current, voltage and power, sources and loads, resistive circuits.
  3. Circuit analysis approaches - Kirchhoffs laws, node and loop analysis, Thevenin equivalents.
  4. DC meters and measurements.
  5. Diodes and semiconductors - ideal diodes, semiconductor diodes, simple diode circuits.
  6. Amplifiers and op-amps - ideal operational amplifiers, basic op-amp circuits, input and output resistance.
  7. Digital logic concepts - logic variables and gates, number systems.
  8. Combinational and sequential logic - boolean algebra, truth tables, Karnaugh maps.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory Work ^Laboratory work and reports20%
TestIn-semester tests30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Floyd, T. L. (2014). Principles of electric circuits: Conventional current version (9th ed.). London, UK: Pearson.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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