Some college classes incorporate the use of a web site into the
curriculum. For instance, in a chemistry class, I took tests on a site
called the OWL site (http://owl.chem.umass.edu/, although currently
nothing is coming up). I've also heard of the COW (Calculus On the Web)
site (http://fourier.math.temple.edu/).
At the end of the last semester, I was talking to my Circuit Theory
professor, and he thought it would be a good idea to use a site similar
to OWL and COW in the course, only it would pertain to circuit theory.
The problem is, how do you find a site like that?
Circuit theory, as the class is called at my school, is a two semester
course for computer and electrical engineering majors in the sophomore
year. Paraphrasing the syllabus, the first semester covers basic theory
of circuit analysis and time domain solutions of differential equations
of first and second order. Topics include network theorem review, nodal
and mesh circuit analysis, dependent sources (including applications to
transistors and ideal op-amp modeling), time domain solution of first
and second order networks, applications to transient analysis of
lossless transmission lines including the effect of mismatches and
reflections, Thevenin's and Norton's equivalent circuits, natural and
forced response, rms voltage and current, the maximum power transfer
theorem, balanced three-phase systems, and power and energy
computation. The course requires a basic engineering class and physics
II (electricity and magnetism) as prerequisites and differential
equations as a corequisite. The second semester covers basic circuit
theory and design. Topics include applications of Laplace transforms to
solutions of switched circuits and differential equations with initial
conditions, impulse response, stability, poles/zeros, frequency
response, graphical convolution, coupled inductors and ideal
transformers, Fourier transform, Fourier series, Bode plots, network
analysis, equivalent circuits, and applications to filter design and
modulation.
I realize that's quite a description, but I have a feeling that circuit
theory isn't something that I can just type into a search engine and get
a good answer. Can anyone help me find a good educational web site for
this course? Or at least, can you give some search tips that will point
me in the right direction?
Andrew
