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ECE 1: Circuits and Electronics

Resistive networks, the digital abstraction, MOSFET switches and amplifiers, and RC/RLC dynamics.

Resistive networks, the digital abstraction, MOSFET switches and amplifiers, and RC/RLC dynamics. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 1 of the Varsity Curriculum: Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Part of: Electrical & Computer Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Learn Differentiation (MIT Calculus 1A)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the course work in public
  2. 2Show a derivative at work in code
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Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism

Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism (reused from the Physics curriculum; optional here).

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4 milestones

  1. 1Charges, fields and Gauss's law
  2. 2Potential, capacitance and current
  3. 3Magnetism, induction and Maxwell's equations
  4. 4Solve for the field of a capacitor in code
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ECE 1: Circuits and Electronics

Course 1: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Resistive networks and the lumped abstraction
  2. 2The digital abstraction, MOSFET switches and amplifiers
  3. 3Energy storage, dynamics and sinusoidal steady state
  4. 4Build and measure an RC and an RLC filter
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Circuit Analysis and Design

Practice: design and test a real circuit (reused; optional).

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3 milestones

  1. 1Analyse a given circuit and calculate voltages, currents, and power
  2. 2Design a circuit to meet a performance specification
  3. 3Produce a design specification document and present for technical review

Resources for this path

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Free MIT course: lecture videos, notes, homework and exams.

Free open textbook on resistive circuits, network theorems, capacitors and inductors.

Free open textbook on phasors, AC networks and frequency response.

Free open textbook (CC BY 4.0): circuits, inductance and AC circuits.

Free electronics textbook, DC to semiconductors. Extra reading.

Free circuit simulator in the browser: check each answer a second way.

Free, open-source SPICE circuit simulator.