ELEC1310
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course introduces students to fundamental electrical elements including voltage, current, resistance, inductance, capacitance and ideal operational amplifier. It provides students with an understanding and appreciation of techniques for analysing and designing simple dc and ac circuits including balanced 3 phase circuits. It also introduces the principles behind simple electrical machines, and provides hands on experience in using a microcomputer to control a simple electrical device.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore PSB
- Trimester 1 - 2024 (Singapore)
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate safe working practices in laboratories
2. Demonstrate familiarity with the problems and theoretical tools to be further developed in the electrical engineering degree
3. Analyse and design ac and dc circuits using fundamental techniques
4. Explain the operating principles of electrical machines
5. Apply knowledge and gain practical 'hands on' experience through a design exercise in the laboratory
Content
- Voltage, current, reference point, Ohm's law, resistivity
- DC Circuits: Kirchoff’s laws, series circuits, parallel circuits
- Capacitors and inductors: definition, characteristics, analogies, response to sinusoidal excitation
- AC circuits: Complex numbers, phasors, impedance, series circuits, parallel circuits, complex power
- Balanced 3-phase circuits: Star, Neutral, Delta
- Principles of electromechanical energy conversion: laws of electromagnetism and their application in explaining the basics of electrical machines
- Common component limitations
- Notation and units. Circuit topologies
- Operational amplifiers
- Superposition for DC and AC
- Simple design project using an Arduino Uno board
Requisite
Students who have successfully completed FNEG1005 cannot enrol in this course.
Assumed knowledge
MATH1110 Mathematics 1
Assessment items
Online Learning Activity: Lab Induction
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Laboratory exercises x 3
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement 50% - Must obtain 50% in this assessment item to pass the course.
Quiz: In class quizzes x 3
Project: Group project
Formal Examination: Final examination
Contact hours
Trimester 1 - 2024 (Singapore) - Singapore PSB
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Course outline
- ELEC1310 - Trimester 1, 2024 (Psb) (PDF, 642.9 KB)
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