Unit 2                                                             

1270                                                        STUDY GUIDE*                                                               

 

To pass the unit exam, you must be able to do the following (using books and notes):

Learning Objective

Reading

Circuits

Basic DC quantities

Power

 

 

2.1    Calculate power dissipated by circuit elements.

Chap 1:

Sec 1.6

Circuits

Node-voltage method

Example 1 (pdf)

Example 2 (pdf)

Example 3 (pdf) Matlab (txt)

Example 4 (pdf)

 

2.2    Use the node-voltage method in analyzing and designing circuits.

Chap 4:

Sec 4.1-4.4

Circuits

Mesh-current method

Example 1 (pdf)

Example 2 (pdf)

Example 3 (pdf)

 

2.3    Use the method of mesh currents in analyzing and designing circuits.

Chap 4:

Sec 4.5-4.8

Circuits

Thevenin equivalent

Thevenin<->Norton xform

Example (pdf)

 

2.4    Transform current sources to voltage sources and vice versa and take advantage of these transformations in analyzing and designing circuits.

Chap 4:

Sec 4.9

Circuits

Thevenin equivalent

Example (pdf)

 

2.5    Apply Thevenin's theorem and construct a Thevenin's model for a given circuit. Use Thevenin's models to find specified voltages and currents.

Chap 4:

Sec 4.10-

      4.11

 


*     The material in this handout is based extensively on concepts developed by C. H. Durney, Professor Emeritus of the University of Utah.