MCTR 202 - Electric Circuits for Mechatronics

3 units (fi 8)(FIRST, 3-0-3/2)

Circuit element definitions. Circuit laws: Ohm's, KVL, KCL. Resistive voltage and current dividers. Basic loop and nodal analysis. Circuit theorems: linearity, Thevenin. Dependent sources. Time domain behavior of inductance and capacitance, energy storage. Sinusoidal signals, complex numbers, phasor and impedance concepts. Diodes: ideal and simple and models. Treatment of RLC circuits in the time domain, frequency domain and s-plane. Prerequisites: MATH 101 and MATH 102.