Things you should have learned on your way to ECE 410

• Algebra
• Graphs
  1. Equation of a line (can you sketch y(t) = -5t + 10 ?)
  2. Trigonometry (can you sketch y(t)=3 + 5cos(200t + 30°) ?)
  3. Exponential functions (can you sketch y(t) = 10 - 20e^-100t ?)
• Solutions of linear sets of equations
• Basic element current/voltage characteristics
  1. Ideal DC Voltage Source
  2. Ideal DC Current Source
  3. Resistor
  4. Dependent sources
• Passive sign convention
• Power absorbed and delivered to an element or network
• Power balance
• Kirchoff's Voltage Law - KVL
• Kirchoff's Current Law - KCL
• Ohm's Law
• Short Cuts
  1. Series and parallel resistance and reduction
  2. Voltage division
  3. Current division
• Basic storage elements
  1. Capacitors
  2. Inductors
• Current-Voltage characteristics of storage elements
  1. Time domain
  2. Frequency domain
• Sinusoidal Analysis (As in Mallard)
  1. Complex numbers and arithmetic
  2. Frequency Domain Problems
  3. Time Domain Problems
  4. AC Power (From Text)
  5. Complex Power (From Text)
• Mesh Current Analysis
  1. Basic Mesh Analysis
  2. SuperMesh Circuits
• Node Voltage Analysis
  1. Basic Node Analysis
  2. SuperNode Circuits
• Superposition
• Source Transformation
• Thevenin Equivalent Circuits
  1. Finding V_TH and I_SC
  2. Finding R_TH
• Maximum Power Transfer
• OP AMP Circuits
• Transient Analysis of
  1. RC Circuits
  2. RL Circuits
  3. Time constants
  4. Be able to find X(0^-) and X(0⁺) of any voltage or current variable in the circuit.
  5. Be able to sketch the exponential function of time solution.
• Solutions to Differential Equations in the Time Domain
• Solutions to Differential Equations Using LaPlace Transforms
• All of the above material with dependent sources