ECE 112 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Winter 2008
CRN 22586

When:
   Meets Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-10:50 am

Where:
    Dearborn Hall (DB) 118 (lecture)
    Dearborn Hall (DB) 302 (lab)

Lecturer:
    Roger Traylor
    Office:              3095 Kelley Engineering Center
    E-mail:              traylor@NOSPAM.orst.edu (replace NOSPAM with ece)
    Office Hours:   3:30-5pm Tuesday

TAs:
TAs and their email.

New information: last update: 1/23/08, 5:39pm

Resources:

• Mouser Electronics Catalog
  
• Digikey Electronics Catalog
  
• Electrical Engineering Honor Societn (HKN) Tutoring Help
  

Class Goals

The goals of ECE 112, Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering are:
  (1) to introduce basic concepts in Electrical and Computer Engineering in a integrated manner,
  (2) to motivate basic concepts in the context of a simple student constructed robot, and
  (3) to illustrate a logical way of thinking about problems and their solutions.

Lecture Topics - subject to change

• Electrons, Current, Voltage and basic definitions.
• Circuit elements and schematics.
• Resistors and Ohms law.
• Modeling circuits with voltage and current sources.
• Power calculations.
• Applying Kirchoff's Voltage and Current laws to analyze simple circuits.
• Analyzing basic circuits with the circuit simulator SPICE.
• Analyzing basic transistor and diode circuits.
• Understanding the operation of logic gates.
• Analysis of the Robot circuits.

Required Reading

A lab notebook will be furnished with your robot kit. It is also available at: ECE112/272 Lab Handbook

Getting Class information

The mailgroup is how I communicate with you outside the classroom. It can also be used as an interactive forum where you discuss homework problems and solutions. Such usage is encouraged. You are welcome to discuss homework solutions or approaches to solving a problem.

Students who register early for ECE112 during the fall term are automatically given ENGR computing accounts and are added to the class mail list. You will receive a notification from the list manager when you are added to the list.

The name of the class list for ECE112 is: ece112-001-w08@engr.NOSPAM.edu This name is case sensitive. Replace NOSPAM with orst.

Laboratory

Tools needed
  * Tool Box
  * Flat Head Screw Driver
  * Philips Head Screwdriver
  * Wire Strippers
  * Side (diagonal) Cutters
  * Needle Nose Pliers
  * Solder Sucker ( we supply the solder)
  * Digital Multimeter (DMM)
  * Alligator clips
  * Eye Protection (glasses work too)

Soldering irons and solder are supplied in the lab. We will be using industrial quality irons to make learning to solder as easy as possible.

If you have never soldered, don't worry. We will teach you. This is not a soldering class, but it is a fundamental EE skill that everybody should be proficient with. Besides, its fairly easy to learn.

If you have all the tools and also a soldering iron, you are free to work on the robot kit at your residence.

All lab sections meet in DH302.

Lab Conduct
No food or drink is allowed in the lab. No horseplay is allowed. Take care of the lab equipment. We can have a fun time if we act like mature adults.

Homework

Do not use spiral bound paper. I suggest you use the green "engineering pad" available in the bookstore. Its what engineers use.

Unorganized or sloppy work will be returned with a grade of zero. Late homework is not accepted.

If you have a missing grade but neglect to tell anybody about it for more than 1 week after it should have been posted, it will be too late. In other words, you have one week to complain about a missing grade. After that, its too late.

If you don't pick up your homework in lab, it will be held there for 1 week and then discarded. If you don't care about it, why should we?

Across the top of each page put:

Lab Section #        Homework #        Name        last 5 of student ID

Write the question or show the original circuit, then show your solution. Show all work. Zero credit will be given for wrong answers with no work shown, and right answers with no work shown. Get the idea?

I strongly encourage you to work all of the problems till you understand them. You won't learn how to do the problems watching me do them on the blackboard. Learning is active and takes effort.

The exam questions will be taken from the problem sets with minor changes. The exams are constructed such that if you understand all the lecture material, and can do all the homework without help, you will do well.

Homework solutions will be made available on a timely basis (as I can get them done) so you can check your homework.

Grading

Current Grades

Midterm Keys from 2007

Midterm Keys (2008)

Sample Finals

Questions, suggestions? Let me know......Mail to: traylor@NOSPAM.orst.edu
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