School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1A
  • Unit Code

    ENS1162
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Douglas Kian CHAI

Description

This unit introduces the fundamental principles of electrical and electronic engineering. Students will learn basic circuit analysis techniques and the background theories needed to understand the operation of simple electrical circuits and systems. The principles of digital systems are also introduced.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1153

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic concepts of electrical circuit description, simplification and analysis.
  2. Analyse simple electrical circuits and systems.
  3. Undertake problem identification, formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC electrical circuits and small-scale digital systems.
  4. Demonstrate theoretical and practical experience in building simple circuits and testing the operation of those circuits.

Unit Content

  1. Fundamentals – powers of 10, engineering notation, metric prefixes, charge, current, voltage, resistance.
  2. Circuits – elements, constructions and measurements.
  3. Resistors – Ohm’s law, power rating, series and parallel.
  4. Circuit analysis – Kirchhoff’s current law, Kirchhoff’s voltage law, voltage dividers, current dividers.
  5. Capacitors and inductors – voltage-current characteristics, series and parallel, DC steady-state behaviour.
  6. AC circuits – sinusoidal voltage and current, angular measurement and phase, complex numbers, RC and LC circuits.
  7. Diodes – ideal and real diode characteristics and models, simple diode circuits, rectification, light emitting diodes.
  8. Amplifiers – models, inverting, non-inverting, voltage follower.
  9. Digital fundamentals – number systems, boolean algebra, truth tables, logic gates.
  10. Power systems and transmission lines – sinusoidal waveforms, AC power, three-phase systems, transformers.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets30%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and practical test20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets30%
ExerciseCircuit simulation exercises20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Electrical Engineering 1A
  • Unit Code

    ENS1162
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Douglas Kian CHAI

Description

This unit introduces the fundamental principles of electrical and electronic engineering. Students will learn basic circuit analysis techniques and the background theories needed to understand the operation of simple electrical circuits and systems. The principles of digital systems are also introduced.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS1153

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply basic concepts of electrical circuit description, simplification and analysis.
  2. Analyse simple electrical circuits and systems.
  3. Undertake problem identification, formulation, solution and solution verification of small-scale DC electrical circuits and small-scale digital systems.
  4. Demonstrate theoretical and practical experience in building simple circuits and testing the operation of those circuits.

Unit Content

  1. Fundamentals – powers of 10, engineering notation, metric prefixes, charge, current, voltage, resistance.
  2. Circuits – elements, constructions and measurements.
  3. Resistors – Ohm’s law, power rating, series and parallel.
  4. Circuit analysis – Kirchhoff’s current law, Kirchhoff’s voltage law, voltage dividers, current dividers.
  5. Capacitors and inductors – voltage-current characteristics, series and parallel, DC steady-state behaviour.
  6. AC circuits – sinusoidal voltage and current, angular measurement and phase, complex numbers, RC and LC circuits.
  7. Diodes – ideal and real diode characteristics and models, simple diode circuits, rectification, light emitting diodes.
  8. Amplifiers – models, inverting, non-inverting, voltage follower.
  9. Digital fundamentals – number systems, boolean algebra, truth tables, logic gates.
  10. Power systems and transmission lines – sinusoidal waveforms, AC power, three-phase systems, transformers.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets30%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory work and practical test20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentProblem sets30%
ExerciseCircuit simulation exercises20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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