ECE 2270 - Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

ELECTRICAL and COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ECE 2270 - Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

Course Info Study Guides Homework Communications Assignments Labs Matlab Practice Exams

Instructor
Dr. Neil Cotter
Email: necotter@ece.utah.edu
Office: MEB 3104

Class Room and Lecture Times

TA Contact Information

Clear Center Instructors

Course Info | (pdf)

Syllabus | (pdf)

Course Procedure | (pdf) (grading, notebooks, reports, etc.)

Learning Objectives/Study Guides

Homework

HW errata | (pdf)
HW 1
- solution: prob 1 2
HW 2
- solution: prob 1, 2 3 4 5
HW 3
- solution: prob 1 2 3 4
HW 4
- solution: prob 1 2 3 4 3
HW 5
- solution: prob 1a 1b 1c 1d 2 3a 3b 3c 3d 4
HW 6
- solution: prob 1a 1b 1c,d 2 3
HW 7
- solution: prob 1 2 3
HW 8
- solution: prob 1 2 3a 3b
HW 9
- solution: prob 1 2 3 4
HW 10
- solution: prob 1a 1b 2 3

Communications Assignments

CLEAR Center:

CLEAR Center Mission Information (pdf)

Clear Center Instructors

Writing Assignments:

CLEAR: Writing Conclusions (pdf)

Writing a Conclusion (pdf)

Writing Lab 1 Conclusion (pdf)

Conclusion Peer Review Sheet (pdf)

Writing Center Help:

Location: floor of Marriott Library.

Phone # to make reservations: 587-9122

Oral Presentation:

Lab Presentations Handout (pdf)

Questions to Ask (pdf) when preparing for oral presentation

Oral presentation order (handed out in class only)

Oral presentation critique forms

Lab 1 Oral presentations (pdf)

Lab 2 Oral presentations (pdf)

Lab 3 Oral presentations (pdf)

Labs

Rules for lab notebooks
Instructions for writing lab reports:
- IEEE Pub on Conference Paper Format (Word) | (pdf)
- CLEAR: Inverted pyramid style (pdf)
- CLEAR: Outlining (pdf)
- CLEAR: Headings (pdf)
- CLEAR: Writing Conclusions (pdf)
- CLEAR: Writing Conclusions (pdf)
- CLEAR: Grammar (pdf)
- CLEAR: Equations (pdf)
- IEEE Tables and Figures (pdf)
- CLEAR: Writing Conclusions (pdf)
- CLEAR: References (Word) | (pdf)
Files with drawings of electronic components:
- Word file (use crop to hide extra parts)
- Appleworks file
A make-believe example of a lab and report:
- Pseudo Lab (pdf)
- Pseudo Lab Report (pdf)
- polyfit_diode.m
- fminsearch_diode.m
- tot_sq_err.m
Course labs:
Lab 1 | (pdf)
- Lab 1 Reports pts (pdf)
- Lab 1 Notebook pts (pdf)
Lab 2 | (pdf)
- Lab 2 Report pts (pdf)
- Lab 2 Notebook pts (pdf)
Lab 3 | (pdf)
- Lab 3 Report pts (pdf)
- Lab 3 Notebook pts (pdf)

Matlab

Matlab Intro
Saving scope data on a PC
Reading scope data into Matlab
Student Matlab XP fix
MathWorks (Type 'tutorial' in search box)

Practice Exams/Solutions

Practice Exam 1 | (pdf)
- solution: prob 1 | (pdf) prob 2 | (pdf) prob 3 | (pdf)
Practice Exam 2 | (pdf)
- solution: prob 1 | (pdf) prob 2 | (pdf) prob 3 | (pdf)
Practice Exam 3 | (pdf)
- solution: prob 1 | (pdf) prob 2 | (pdf) prob 3 | (pdf)
Practice Exam 4 | (pdf)
- solution: prob 1 | (pdf) prob 2 | (pdf) prob 3 | (pdf)
Practice Final Exam | (pdf)
- solution: prob 1 | (pdf) prob 2 | (pdf) prob 3 | (pdf) prob 4 | (pdf)