ECEN 214 - Electrical Circuit Theory Fall 2017: Smiller@tamu - Edu

ECEN 214 – Electrical Circuit Theory
Fall 2017
Time & Place
Lecture: MWF 12:40am-1:30pm ETB1037
Recitation: F 11:30am-12:30pm ETB1037
Lab Sections:
200 W 10:20am-12:10pm CVLB 419
501 T 8:00-9:50am CVLB 419
502 T 11:10am-1:00pm CVLB 419
503 T 2:20-4:10pm CVLB 419
505 W 8:00-9:50am CVLB 419
Instructor: Scott L. Miller

Office: WERC 310B
Phone: 862-8744
Email: smiller@tamu.edu
Office Hours: TBD
Teaching Assistants:
Lab Section TA Email
200
501
502
503
505
Textbooks: 1) Nilsson, Riedel, Electric Circuits, 10th ed. Prentice Hall,

with Mastering Engineering.
2) Laboratory Manual for ECEN 214 (available on course web site)
Prerequisites: Upper division status in ECE

Physics 208 - Electromagnetics
Math 308 (co-requisite) – Differential Equations
Grading Policies: There will be three midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam. The
exams will take place as per the schedule below, unless you are notified of a change in date and
time. Reading assignments will not be made; you are expected to study the book topics as
appropriate. The dates indicated for the material are approximate; some modifications will be
inevitable.
Homework 10%
Laboratory 20%
Quizzes 20%
Midterm Exams (3) 30% (10% each)
Final Exam 20%
All requests for re-grading of any material should be submitted in writing to the instructor within
one week of when the graded material was returned to the class. Please state what
problem/material you want regarded and why you feel you deserve more credit.
Homeworks: Homework sets will be assigned through Mastering Engineering on Friday of each
week and will be due at 11:59pm on the following Thursday. After Thursday evening, points will
be reduced by half (50%) but you can complete missed homework any time until the day of the
final exam. When you log onto ME, look for the course name “ECEN 214 (Miller Fall 17)”. If it
asks you for a course ID, use “miller85591.” If you need help with homework, I recommend you
try the following resources for help:
1) Stop by your instructor’s office for help.
2) Post a question on Piazza to get suggestions from classmates.
3) Ask your lab TA for help.
Quizzes: There will be an in-class quiz during the recitation section on every Friday in which
there is not an exam (except the first week of class). Your quiz grade will be formed from the
average of the best 8 out of 9 quiz scores (i.e., one quiz will be dropped). These quizzes are closed
book/notes but you may use a calculator. The quiz will consist of one of the homework problems
you just completed the night before (usually with the numbers changed so that you cannot just
memorize all the HW answers). If you understood the HW, you should have no problem doing
the quiz. Please make sure to show up to recitation on time so that you do not miss the quiz.
Exams: All exams (midterms and final) will be in class and closed book. You will be allowed to
bring in one sheets of notes (one-sided, 8.5x11 inches) which may contain any material you want
to put on it. You are also allowed to use a calculator (and it is highly recommended that you bring
one).
Piazza: We will be using Piazza as a discussion forum and I will also use this site to post course
materials, make announcements to the class, etc. I will monitor the discussions as much as I can
and will chime in when I think it is helpful. For now, you can enroll in the course on Piazza by
going to their web site at http://www.piazza.com. Select the school (Texas A&M) and the course
(ECEN 214). You will see several options under ECEN 214. Select the one that says something
like “ECEN 214 Sections 200, 501-505 Miller Fall 17.”
Recitation: The recitation meetings each week will be used for testing (quizzes and exams). For
weeks when we have a quiz, you may leave as soon as you finish the quiz. They usually only take
a few minutes to complete but you may take as much time as you need.
Academic Integrity Statement and Policy Please refer the student to the Honor Council Rules and
Procedures on the web: http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu.
“An Aggie does not lie, cheat or steal, or tolerate those who do.”
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation
requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable
accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,
please contact Disability Services, in Cain Hall, Room B118, or call 845-1637. For additional information
visit http://disability.tamu.edu.
Tentative Lecture, Quiz & Exam Schedule
Lecture Section(s)
Week Topics (tentative, subject to change)
Modules in Text
1. 1.2. Aug. 28 Course Intro, Math Review 1-Solving Simultaneous Equations 0, MR1
Aug. 30 Electrical Quantities, Passive Sign Convention 1, 2 1.3-6
Sep. 1 Conservation of Energy, Sources, Ohm’s Law 3, 4, 5 1.6, 2.1-2
3. 2. Sep. 4 KVL, KCL 6 2.4-5
Sep. 6 Equivalent Resistances, Voltage/Current Dividers 7,8 3.1-4
Sep. 8 Wheatstone Bridge, -Y equivalent circuits, Quiz 1 9, 10 3.5-7
4. 3.5. Sep. 11 Node-voltage analysis 11 4.1-4
Sep. 13 Mesh-current analysis 12 4.4-8
Sep. 15 Source transformations, Quiz 2 13 4.9
6. 4.7. Sep. 18 Thevenin/Norton equivalent circuits 14 4.10-11
Sep. 20 Power Transfer, Superposition 14, 15 4.12-13
Sep. 22 Intro to Op Amps, Quiz 3 16 5.1-2
8. 5.9. Sep. 25 Op Amp Configurations, 17 5.3-6
Sep. 27 Non ideal op amps, 18 5.7
Sep. 29 Fundamentals of Inductors and Capacitors, 19 6.1-2
Exam 1 Covers Chs. 1-4
10. 6.11. Oct. 2 Serial Parallel Combinations of Is and Cs 20 6.3
Oct. 4 Math Review 2 – First Order Differential Equations MR2
Oct. 6 1st order circuits, Quiz 4 21 7.1-3
12. 7.13. Oct. 9 More 1st order circuits 22 7.5-6
Oct. 11 1st order AC circuits 23
Oct. 13 Math Review 3 – Second Order Diff. Equations, Quiz 5 MR3
14. 8. Oct. 16 2nd order circuits – finding the differential equation, 24
Oct. 18 2nd order circuits – finding the initial conditions, 25
Oct. 20 2nd order circuits – examples 26
Exam 2 Covers Chs. 5-7
15. 9.16. Oct. 23 2nd order circuits – more examples 26
Oct. 25 2nd order op-amp circuits 27
Oct. 27 Math Review 4 – Complex Numbers, Quiz 6 MR4
17. 10.
18. Oct. 30 Intro to Phasors 28 9.1, 9.3
Nov. 1 Complex Impedance 29 9.4
Nov. 3 AC circuit analysis using phasors, Quiz 7 30 9.5-9
19. 11.
20. Nov. 6 More AC Circuit analysis 30 9.5-9
Nov. 8 Phase relationships in passive circuit elements, 31 10.1-2
Nov. 10 AC power, Quiz 8 31 10-3-5
21. 12.
22. Nov. 13 AC power transfer 32 10.6
Nov. 15 TBD
Nov. 17 TBD, Exam 3 Covers Chs 8-9
23. 13.
24. Nov. 20 TBD
Nov. 22 No classes, reading day
Nov. 24 No classes, Thanksgiving Holiday
25. 14.
26. Nov. 27 TBD
Nov. 29 TBD
Dec. 1 TBD, Quiz 9
27. 15.
28. Dec. 4 TBD
Dec. 6 TBD
Final Exam, Monday Dec. 11, 10:30am-12:30pm

Lab Schedule
Date Lab
Week of Aug. 28 No Labs
Week of Sep. 4 No Labs
Week of Sep. 11 Lab #1 - Introduction to ECEN 214 Lab
Lab #2 - Non-Ideal Sources and Renewable Energy
Week of Sep. 18 Sources
Lab Report #1 Due
Week of Sep. 25 LAB PRACTICUM #1
Lab #3 - Equivalent Networks and Superposition
Week of Oct. 2
Lab Report #2 Due
Lab #4 - OpAmps/Security System Part 1
Week of Oct. 9
Lab Report #3 Due
Week of Oct. 16 LAB PRACTICUM #2
Lab #5 - OpAmps/Security System Part 2
Week of Oct. 23
Lab Report #4 Due
Lab #6 - Transient Response of a 1st Order Circuit
Week of Oct. 30
Lab Report #5 Due
Lab #7 - Transient Response of a 2nd Order Circuit
Week of Nov. 6
Lab Report #6 Due
Lab #8 - AC Steady State Response of 2nd Order Circuit
Week of Nov. 13
Lab Report #7 Due
Week of Nov. 20 LAB PRACTICUM #3
Lab #9 – AC Power Transfer
Week of Nov. 27
Lab Report #8 Due
Week of Dec. 4 Lab Report # 9 Due
Weekly Lab Activities

For most weeks of the semester (see schedule above), you will be turning in a prelab assignment
for the current lab, a lab report for the previous week’s lab, performing the specified measurements
for the current week’s lab, and attending a 15 minute meeting with your lab TA. The specific due
dates and times for all these items will vary depending on your section/TA. Your TA will provide
you with more details during the first two weeks of class. There is no lab work the first two weeks
of class, but your TA may schedule a meeting during your regularly scheduled lab time to go over
some details on how things will work throughout the semester.

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ECEN 214 – Electrical Circuit Theory

Instructor: Scott L. Miller

Textbooks: 1) Nilsson, Riedel, Electric Circuits, 10th ed. Prentice Hall,

Prerequisites: Upper division status in ECE

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement

Final Exam, Monday Dec. 11, 10:30am-12:30pm

Weekly Lab Activities

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