ENGR 261 – Circuits & Devices Lab. (CRN: 95486)

ENGR 261 CIRCUITS AND DEVICES LABORATORY (1) (Letter grade.)

Hours/semester: 48-54 lab.

Prerequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGR 260.

Recommended: Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ENGL 105, or equivalent; and completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 275.

An introduction to the design, construction, and measurement of electrical circuits. Basic use of electrical test and measurement instruments including multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, and network and spectrum analyzers. Use of circuit simulation software. Interpretation of measured and simulated data based on principles of circuit analysis for DC, transient, and sinusoidal steady-state (AC) conditions. Practical considerations including component value tolerance and non-ideal aspects of measurement instruments. Design, measurement, and analysis of circuits with resistors, inductors, capacitors, transformers, diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers.

Transfer credit: UC; CSU.