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