1. Description

A continuation of ECE 263. Topics include AC circuits, power computations, transformers, frequency response, filters, Laplace transforms, and Fourier series.

Credits

3+3, 4 Credits
Prerequisites

ECE 263 with minimum grade of C, MATH 270

2. Learning Objectives

  • Analyze power consumption of AC circuits

  • Analyze polyphase circuits

  • Analyze circuits containing mutually-coupled inductors

  • Analyze containing transformers

  • Analyze circuits with the Laplace transform

  • Analyze circuits with Fourier series

  • Analyze and design filters

3. Information

3.1. Required resources

Textbook

  • Hayt, Engineering Circuit Analysis, 8th edition. 2012. McGraw-Hill
    ISBN: 9780073529578
    (You probably already have this from ECE 263)

  • Ulaby, Maharbiz, Furse, Circuit Analysis and Design. 2018. Michigan Publishing
    ISBN: 9781607854838
    PDF version is free — This particular version (48 MB) adds proper PDF bookmarks.
    Book website: http://cad.eecs.umich.edu/

Hardware

3.2. Lecture

Dan White

11:30 AM — 12:20 PM; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, GEM 162

3.3. Lab

Zaklina Duleva

  • zaklina.duleva@valpo.edu

  • Slack: @zaklina.duleva

  • Office hours:

    • Monday 11:30 am — 1:30 pm

    • Wednesday 11:30 am — 1:30 pm

    • Friday 11:30 am — 12:30 pm

  • No in-person office visits. Questions and other individual support will take place virtually.

3.3.1. Section B

3:10 PM — 5:40 PM, Tuesdays, GEM 159

Zoom meeting ID 988 7287 3605 then enter passcode ece264labb

3.3.2. Section C

7:30 AM — 10:00 AM, Thursdays, GEM 159

Zoom meeting ID 977 6398 3611 then enter passcode ece264labc

3.4. Blackboard

Blackboard will be the authoritative, official, and potentially only, source of the following information:

  • Announcements and updates.

  • Homework assignments, their due dates, and digital submission.

  • Quiz and in-class activity links.

  • Laboratory procedures and digital submission.

  • Gradebook scores.

3.5. Slack #circuits

Course-wide discussion and questions will use the chat application Slack. The College of Engineering has our own workspace (valpo-engr.slack.com) which keeps all of your CoE-related channels in the same account for convenience. Slack signup for an account.

Valpo Engr Slack Invite link, then join the #circuits channel.

You may request to have new public channels added to consolidate other engineering course or organization channels.

4. Policies

Attendance

You are expected to attend and participate in every class and lab session. It is your responsibility to contact the instructor ahead of time if you will not be able to attend. In-class quizzes and other point-bearing activities can not be made up later.

Homework

Homework assignments are due by the date and time specified. Late submissions will not be accepted for points. Frequenty, the work due will form the basis of the following in-class activities and discussion — arriving unprepared will affect both your ability to participate meaningfully and hinder fellow students you are paired with. Collaborating on homework tasks is good, but the work you turn in must be yours. If you have questions about what would be acceptable, please ask.

Exams

There will be no make-up exams. If you must miss an exam due to a University sanctioned event, then it is your responsibility to make arrangements with your instructor one week (7 days) prior to the event.

“smart” devices

Put your not-smart-enough-to-leave-you-alone devices into Do Not Disturb mode during class time — you should not respond to messages or notifications not related to the course.

5. Schedule

6. Grading

Table 1. Score weighting
Category Percentage

Laboratory

20

Homework

30

Exams

50

The following percentages on the weighted score for the semester will guarantee the letter grades shown.

Table 2. Percentage to letter grade
Percentage Letter

≥ 93

A

≥ 90

A-

≥ 87

B+

≥ 83

B

≥ 80

B-

≥ 77

C+

≥ 73

C

≥ 70

C-

≥ 67

D+

≥ 63

D

≥ 60

D-

< 60

F

7. Honor Code

I have neither given or received, nor have I tolerated others' use of unauthorized aid.

This statement is written on all homework, quizzes and exams at Valparaiso University. Every student must write it out the Honor Code in full and sign it for all work submitted for academic credit. It expresses the promise of the student not to cheat through action or inaction. This allows unproctored examinations and expresses the faith of the faculty in the student body.

The student initiated Honor System, administered by the Honor Council and its constituent bodies, is recognized and approved by Valparaiso University as an integral part of the regulations under which students in the undergraduate colleges become members of the university community. Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to become a member of the university without both explicit and implicit adherence to the Honor System.

Every student has the responsibility to keep academics free of dishonesty, that is, to neither give or receive unauthorized aid. Non-toleration of the use of unauthorized aid is a further responsibility that is inherent in the Honor System. Each student must report to the Honor Council any violation of the System of which the student becomes aware, free from the pressure of ensuing penalty.

Remember, it shall be the responsibility of the student, when in doubt, to ask the instructor what is or is not authorized aid.

For more information: http://www.valpo.edu/student/honorcouncil

8. Access and Accommodataion

The Access & Accommodations Resource Center (AARC) is the campus office that works with students to provide access and accommodations in cases of diagnosed mental or emotional health issues, attentional or learning disabilities, vision or hearing limitations, chronic diseases, or allergies. You can contact the office at aarc@valpo.edu or 219.464.5206. Students who need, or think they may need, accommodations due to a diagnosis, or who think they have a diagnosis, are invited to contact AARC to arrange a confidential discussion with the AARC office. Further, students who are registered with AARC are required to contact their professor(s) if they wish to exercise the accommodations outlined in their letter from the AARC.

9. Academic Support Services

To get help in this course, the best place to start is to work with your instructor during office hours and ask your professor if there are any Help Sessions or department-level tutoring offered for this course. The next step is to use the Academic Success Center (ASC) online directory (valpo.edu/academicsuccess) or contact the ASC (academic.success@valpo.edu) to help point you in the right direction for academic support resources for this course. Valpo’s learning centers (Writing Center, Language Resource Center, Hesse Learning Resource \& Assessment Center, and Academic Success Center) offer a variety of programs and services that provide group and individual learning assistance for many subject areas.

10. Class Cancellation Policy

Notifications of class cancellations will be made through Blackboard with as much advance notice as possible. It will be both posted on Blackboard and sent to your Valpo e-mail address. If you don’t check your Valpo e-mail account regularly or have it set-up to be forwarded to your preferred e-mail account, you may not get the message. Please check Blackboard and your Valpo e-mail (or the e-mail address it forwards to) before coming to class.

11. Emergencies

VU’s Emergency Notification System (ENS) uses multiple forms of communication, including e-mail, building alarms, outdoor sirens, message boards, computer alerts, Twitter, and public address messaging. Please review the specific procedures for this class found in Blackboard. Remember: “Siren inside, GO outside; Siren outside, GO inside.” To evacuate, gather your personal belonging quickly and proceed to the nearest exit. Do not use the elevator. To shelter in place, move away from the windows and stay low to the ground; lock or barricade the door if there is a threat of violence.