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ELCT 111 Industrial Electronics I

5 credits
This course covers basic electricity/electronics principles for the electronics manufacturing field. Fundamental concepts include safety, voltage, current, resistance, energy, analog and digital circuits, circuit schematics, circuit board building and assembling, circuit troubleshooting, testing tools, and soldering. 

Prerequisites: ENGL 93  (or placement into ENGL 99  or higher) and MATH 87  (or placement into MATH 98  or higher)

Corequisites: ELCT 110  and ELCT 112  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:  

  • Describe the role of electronics in the industry 
  • Define Ohm’s law, current, voltage, resistance, energy, and power 
  • Describe the basic principles of magnetism, inductance, and capacitance 
  • Identify electronic symbols, abbreviations, the Greek alphabet, and commonly used prefixes 
  • Identify the use operation types, categories, and code numbers of electronics components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, relays, and transistors 
  • Describe the components present in electronics such as optical display, opto-mechanical, and electronic audio 
  • Describe the role and the use of energy sources such as batteries and power supplies 
  • Describe processes for electrical and mechanical component rework 
  • Describe the types and use of integrated circuits (ICs) and their applications 
  • Apply the basics of soldering  
  • Troubleshoot DC and AC circuit functionality 
  • Comply with industry-standard safe practices 
  • Use electronic circuit test measurement tools and instruments such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, multimeters, and test probes

Total Hours: 80 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 20 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 60