CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY

Introduction to Electrical Engineering

Below are some resources which may help you get an idea of some of the concepts in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering. You can refer to these resources again if you want to learn more at a later
stage.
http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/index.php/Electronics_basics#Basic_Electronics

Basic Linear Circuits Review

Resistors (Ohm's Law), Capacitors, and Inductors
Voltage and Current Dividers
Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws
RC and RL Exponential Responses
Passive Filters
Potentiometers
Using LEDs & IREDs

If you want to learn more about the mathematics used in this material, the following resource may be
useful: http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/
Some people find it easier to learn when they can look at examples or try things out. The websites
below provide access to a simulator to simulate the concepts. Have a look at the simulations for the
Basics. You can see value for the current, voltage etc by putting the cursor on the relevant element or
wire. If you right click the mouse and select edit you can change some of the values in the simulation.
Try this out and see if you understand the effect of the change.

http://www.falstad.com/circuit/e-index.html
http://www.falstad.com/circuit/

Basics
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Ohm's Law
Resistors
Capacitor
Inductor
RLC Circuit
Voltage Divider
Series/Parallel
Inductors in Series
Inductors in Parallel
Capacitors in Series
Capacitors in Parallel
o Thevenin's Theorem
o Norton's Theorem
A/C Circuits
o A/C Response of Capacitor
o A/C Response of Inductor
o Caps of Various Capacitances
o Caps w/ Various Frequencies

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Inductors of Various Inductances

Inductors w/ Various Frequencies
Impedances of Same Magnitude
Series Resonance
Parallel Resonance
Passive Filters
o High-Pass Filter (RC)
o High-Pass Filter response (RC)
o Low-Pass Filter (RC)
o High-Pass Filter (RL)
o Low-Pass Filter (RL)
o Band-Pass Filter
o Notch Filter
o Twin-T Filter
o Crossover