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Aims: • To introduce students to the language and methodologies that engineers use to solve problems. • To teach students to analyze DC circuits. • To provide students with an understanding of charge, electrostatic forces, energy systems (eg. ESB), electrical safety, engineering ethics, environmental responsibility and communications.
Electronics in Society Scientific Notation and Exponents; Engineering Notation; Electricity; Electric Potential and Current – Water Models; Voltage and Current; Resistance and Conductance; Resistivity Voltage Division; Current Division; Series and Parallel Circuits; Fundamental Relations: Ohm’s Law, Energy, Power; Ideal Circuit Elements; Kirchhoff’s Laws; Circuit Theorems: Source Transformations; Thevenin’s Theorem; Principle of Superposition Multiloop Circuits; Nodal Analysis; Mesh Analysis; Basic Electromagnetics: Charge, Vectors and Coulombs Law and Applications Electricity Generation and Distribution; Electrical Safety; Household Supply; Plugs and Fuses Impact of Electronic Products on the environment Communications: basic principles Concept of a "bit" of information Receivers and transmitters (architectural) Communication networks (wired and wireless) Principles of wireless communications (spectrum, frequency, interference) Privacy, health and environmental considerations for communications Engineering Ethics
For further information please use the following address: http://www.nuim.ie/electronic-engineering/current-students
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