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Key to Course Descriptions
Abbreviations
(C) City Campus
(N) North Campus
(S) South Campus
F Fall
S Spring
F/S Fall and Spring
SS Summer Session
F+ Offered every other Fall
S+ Offered every other Spring
N Non-Credit |
Course Descriptions by Curriculum
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Electrical Engineering Tech | | | | EL-010 | | INTRO TECHNOLOGY I | | Orientation to college and electrical engineering technology; study habits; fundamentals of materials; current, charge, voltage, resistance, power; Ohms Law, Kirchhoffs Laws defined; schematic interpretation, data taking, technical writing skills, and report organization. Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in MT 013 or higher. F (N) | | | | EL-060 | | Residential Wiring | | Introduction to residential wiring, electrical safety, and the National Electrical Code (NEC); Electrical plans and symbols, switches and receptacles, branch circuit calculations and design; Ground-Fault Interrupters, conductors, wiring methods, outlet boxes, grounding and bonding; appliances and motors, low-voltage wiring, service- entrance equipment. Laboratory projects provide practical experience in use of tools and wiring techniques. | | | | EL-070 | | Certification for Ansi/J-Std-001 | | This is a certification course for Requirements for Soldered Electronic Assemblies or ANSI/J-STD-001. The course is for assemblers, technicians, quality control inspectors, and other personnel working in an electronics fabrication or repair/rework environment. The prerequisite is EL 153 Electronic Fabrication or significant soldering experience and approval of the instructor. | | | | EL-110 | | ELECTRICITY | | Electron theory, conductors, insulators; electromotive force, direct current, conventional current, voltage; resistance, factors affecting resistance; Ohms law; resistors in series, parallel and series/parallel; distribution of voltage and current, voltage and current divider rule; electrical power; Kirchhoffs laws, capacitors or inductors in series or parallel, energy storage, time constant; sine wave form, alternating voltage and current, AC voltage and current in series/parallel resistive circuits. Use of PSpice software. Prerequisite: IE110. Co-requisite: concurrent registration in MT 126 or MT 122. F (N) | | | | EL-111 | | ELECTRICITY LAB | | Experiments emphasis: use of voltage, current, power and resistance measuring instruments; factors affecting resistance; distribution of voltage, current, and power in series, parallel, and series/parallel DC resistor circuits; maximum power theorem, Kirchhoffs Laws, Thevenin theorem verified; RC time constant; Measurement of AC voltage and current, AC voltage, and current in series/parallel resistive circuits; Use of Pspice Software to analyze circuits, data taking, and well-organized reports. Prerequisite: Concurrent registration in EL 110. F (N) | | | | EL-113 | | COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN | | Course includes hand sketching and layout of electromechancial assemblies, symbols and standards, and computer aided design using AutoCAD. The student will learn operation of a CAD station, editing, graphic primitives, linetypes, layers, blocks, libraries, dimensioning, isometric, and orthographic views. F (N) | | | | EL-121 | | Computer Applications in Electronics | | Introduction to Visual BASIC as a software tool for technology-based applications solutions. Events, data types, input/output, procedures, control of program flow. I/O programming applications using switches, LED's, serial and parallel ports. Electronic simulation using PSpice. Schematic entry, bias point, DC sweep, AC sweep, and transient analysis. Co-requisite: Concurrent registration in EL110. F (N) | | | | EL-150 | | ELECTRICITY II | | Alternating current and voltage, sine wave form, and values; complex numbers, polar/rectangular conversion, phase relationship, vector representation; AC series, parallel and series/parallel R, C, and L circuits, phasers; Kirchhoffs Law, network theorems, determinants, maximum power transfer applied to AC; Resonance; magnetism, electro-magnetics, magnetic circuits, B-H curves, hysteresis; Polyphase systems, delta-wye connections, three-phase voltage, current and power, vector representation; balanced and unbalanced loads, transformers; use of PSpice software. Prerequisites: EL 110. S (N) | | | | EL-153 | | ELECTRONICS FABRICATION | | Topics include: lab safety; soldering, desoldering, and rework of through-hole and SMT printed-circuit boards; autorouting and PCB fabrication; cable fabrication and testing electromechanical construction project including layout, fabrication, and assembly; use of drill press, shears, hole punch, and bend brake; electrical power wiring using the National Electrical Code. F/S (N) | | | | EL-154 | | ELECTRONICS I | | Presentation of solid-stat physics concepts underlying semi-conductors, P-N materials; diode characteristics, LED: half-wave and bridge rectifiers, simple capacitor filter; Zener characteristics, use as a voltage regulator; bipolar and FET transistor theory and characteristics, switching-mode operation, circuit configurations, biasing and amplification; use of PSpice for analysis. Concurrent registration in EL 150. S (N) | | | | EL-155 | | LAB FOR EL154 | | Introduction to oscilloscope measurement of DC/AC amplitude, frequency and time; characteristics of diodes, zener diodes, bipolar and FET transistors; device application to clippers, clampers, power supplies, regulators, switchingmode operation, DC biasing and smallsignal branching and loops; Introduction to PSpice, DC bias, transient analysis. F (N) | | | | EL-156 | | COMPUTER LOGIC | | Logic circuits and Boolean algebra, logic circuit design, logic familie-operation and specification, flip-flops, registers, counters, data handling, decoder and multiplexer, number systems and codes, arithmetic functions, input/output circuits, memory circuits. Concurrent registration in El 154, El 157. S (N) | | | | EL-157 | | LAB FOR EL156 | | Experiments and demonstrations using integrated logic circuits to develop logic designs and combinational logic circuits, flip-flops, data registers, counters, encoding and decoding circuits, arithmetic circuits, RAM operation, DAC. Concurrent registration in EL 156. S (N) | | | | EL-161 | | LAB FOR EL 150 | | Experiments emphasis: use of AC voltage, current and power measuring instruments; measurement of voltage, current and power in series and parallel RC, RL and RLC single phase circuits; vector diagrams of circuit voltage and current; power factor improvement; current, voltage and power in three-phase circuits, balanced and unbalanced loads; deltawye connections; use of PSPice to analyze circuits; data collection and analysis, well-organized reports. Prerequisite: EL 111 and concurrent registration in EL 150. S (N) | | | | EL-200 | | MICROCONTROLERS | | This course includes a study of microcontroller hardware, software, interfacing, applications, and troubleshooting. The architecture, instruction set and programming of a modern microcontroller are covered. Special features including A/D conversion and PWM control are included. Applications to data acquisition and control are presented. Prerequisites: EL 156 and EL 157. F (N) | | | | EL-201 | | LAB FOR EL 200 | | Experiments with a modern microcontroller include arithmetic logic, digital I/O, serial communications, interrupt operations, data acquisition, and PWM control. Programming is via a cross assemble with download from a host computer. Concurrent registration in EL 200 required. F (N) | | | | EL-204 | | ELECTRONICS II | | Analysis of small and large signal BJT and FET amplifier response; broad band frequency characteristics; multi-stage circuits; power amplifiers; characteristics and circuit use of SCRs, DIACs and TRIACs; operational amplifier circuits, active filters; linear integrated circuits (LIC), timers, and three-terminal regulators. Prerequisites: EL 154 and concurrent registration in EL 205. F (N) | | | | EL-205 | | LAB FOR EL 204 | | Experiments demonstrate the characteristics of various transistor and FET amplifiers, operational amplifiers, timers, three-terminal regulators, switching circuits, LEDs, SCR circuits, and multistage amplifiers. Concurrent registration in EL 204. F (N) | | | | EL-206 | | MACHINES AND CONTROL | | Principles of DC motors and generators; principles of AC motors and alternators; single and polyphase induction and synchronous motors; transformers; magnetic contactors, drum and centrifugal devices, dynamic braking and jogging; SCR, DIAC and TRIAC devices; variable speed DC/AC motor control. Prerequisites: EL 150 and EL 156. F/S (N) | | | | EL-207 | | LAB FOR EL206 | | DC and AC machinery characteristics and operation; industrial motor applications, single and three-phase motor operation and characteristics; solid state machine control; PLC programming interfacing, and operation; transformers. Prerequisite: EL 161; concurrent registration in EL 206. F/S (N) | | | | EL-256 | | CONTROL SYSTEMS | | Process control concepts; analog and digital signal conditioning; position, motion, force and process variable sensors; discrete state control; LaPlace Transforms; dc servo motors, stepper motors, linear actuators, control circuits; PID control; analog controllers, digital controllers, control loop characteristics and tuning; virtual instruments, data acquisition and control using LabVIEW. Prerequisite: EL 204. S (N) | | | | EL-257 | | LAB FO EL256 | | Experiment topics include: position, motion, force and process variable sensor characteristics; analog and digital signal conditioning; LaPlace Transforms; servo and stepper motor characteristics; control circuit hardware; virtual instruments and control using LabVIEW; PID control; analog and digital controllers; control loop characteristics and tuning. Concurrent registration in EL 256. S (N) | | | | EL-260 | | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONROLLERS | | Introduction to PLCs, PLC architecture; memory addressing and I/O addressing; scan time; ladder logic programming; timers and counters; I/O modules; arithmetic instructions; sequencer instructions; troubleshooting PLC systems; plant floor communications and industrial networks. Experiments include: PLC I/O characteristics, sinking and sourcing; reading digital inputs and producing onoff outputs; window comparators and alarms; fail-safe circuits; industrial process programming; motor control logic; time delays and timer intervals; counting events; reading AC inputs and controlling AC loads; sequencer control; troubleshooting PLC systems; PLC communications; PID control applications. Prerequisite: EL 156 S(N) | | | | EL-270 | | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION | | This course is an introductory study of communications theory, systems, and circuits. Analog topics include modulation techniques, noise, tuned circuits, oscillators, AM, FM, and SSB modulation, demodulation, mixers, transmission lines, and applications. The digital communications circuits and systems considered include PCM, codecs, and the telephone system. Basic breadboard and simulation (PSpice) experiments include resonance, impedance matching, oscillators, class C tuned amplifiers, modulators, detectors, filters, and mixers. Additional and/or substitute experiments and simulations selected from frequency multipliers, PLL, transmission lines, transmitters, receivers, television, telephone circuits, PCM and other topics as approved by instructor. Prerequisite: EL 204. S (N) | | | | EL-274 | | EET COOPERATIVE INTERNSHIP | | Coop/Internship The cooperative/internship is designed to provide job success skills and on-the-job work experience in local electronics industries. The course emphasizes job search techniques, resume preperation, effective interviews, self-assessement and improvement, motivation, interpersonal skills, time management and problem resolution. Work in a local industry may provide a job oppurtunity or at least imporve the resume by providing job experience. Prerequisties: 2.00 GPA, completion of first semester EL courses, recommendation by EET department chair, and acceptance by a local employer or an ECC department that can provide electronics/computer work experience. S/F (N) | | |
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