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Electrical Engineering &

Telecommunications
Lecturer:
Ted Spooner
Intro & Admin bits
Elec1111 Elec1111
Rm124A EE email: e.spooner@unsw.edu.au
Warning!!!
Why Electrical Engineering?
Admin Bits
Circuit basics
TODAY TODAY S AGENDA S AGENDA
Why Electrical Engineering?
How much do we rely on Electrical
Systems?
What would the world be like if all
electrical systems suddenly stopped
working?
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Why do you do this subject?
Electrical systems are an integral part of many
modern systems.
Why Electrical??????
Many advances in electrical and electronic systems
eg computers and semiconductor systems.
Small, light weight.
Lot of computing power
Reliability
Flexibility
Lots of things need electricity and
hence ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
Hybrid Cars
Consider an Airbus 380
Slide Curtesy of Airbus S.A.S
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Airbus 380
Large Commercial Aircraft contain
many electrical systems eg:
Power systems
Control Systems
Communication Systems
Computer networks
Entertainment systems
Airbus 380
Slide Curtesy of Airbus S.A.S
Airbus 380
Slide Curtesy of Airbus S.A.S
Airbus 380
Slide Curtesy of Airbus S.A.S
Airbus
Interior?????
Airbus 380
4 x 150kVA Main Engine Generators
2 x 120kVA APU Generators
Total 840kVA of generation
Airbus 380
Slide Curtesy of Airbus S.A.S
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Ground rules
Respect others right to learn.
Please keep quiet in lectures.
Note: 1
st
yr is a greater challenge
than HSC!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Survey of
students at end of 1
st
year)
Course Outline
An introduction to the art and science of
Electrical Engineering and
Telecommunications.
Lab
Safety, Measurement, Circuit construction,
Interesting stuff.
Digital Logic
Op amps
Intro to Sinusoidal analysis
1st order Transients
Superposition, Ls and Cs
Node Equations, Thevenin
Node Equations & Circuit analysis
Circuit analysis
Introduction to Control Systems, Kirchhoffs laws continued
Introduction to Telecommunications
Introduction to EnergySystems
Introduction, Circuit Basics Overview +circuit elements, Kirchhoff's Law.
Summary of Lecture Program
Admin bits
Notes etc on web site:
Use link ELEC1111 - Electrical and
Telecommunications Engineering after you log on
to:
http://vista.elearning.unsw.edu.au/
important messages posted.
download lecture notes, lab notes, tutorial
handouts and other course-related materials
marks
Weekly notice
Things to do in Week 1:
Read all the Course Info handout.
Try out the web site
Have you done the safety lecture and
filled out the declaration form?
If not then purchase the safety video $4 at school of EE&T.
Watch the video.
Read Safety manual available from lab staff EE G14B
Sign declaration form and hand in to me or give it to the
school office marked to my attention.
Buy the Laboratory kit
Weekly notice
Buy the Laboratory kit
COMPULSORY:
$10 - soldering and components kit.
$5 Safety Goggles (or bring your own)
OPTIONS:
Pay extra $10 Lab Experimental notes or download
them from the web print them and bring them along to
each week.
Pay extra $15 for a prototyping board (Useful if you are
going on in EE & T)
Pay $ at School Office in Elec. Eng. Building (room EEG1)
for lab manual, soldering and components kit.
Get receipt, pick up goods from the Electronic Workshop
(room EEG14B)
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Admin bits
Lectures and Class- ATTENDANCE
UNSW requirement to attend 80% of classes.
Lab ATTENDANCE
Reports handed in at end of lab session.
Week 0 - lab Safety COMPULSORY
if you missed it then you need to:
Read the lab safety manual
purchase the video and watch it. THEN
read and sign the safety form.
Lab Exemption
Repeat students wanting exemption need
to fill out green format EE & T School
Office.
Course
structure
Lectures
Laboratory
Tutorial
3 hrs
1 hr
2 hrs
Every Week
Lectures
1- two hour lecture AND
1- one-hour lecture weekly
Etiquette:
Be on time
Contribute constructively
Tutorials
One- 1 hour tutorial weekly.
Go to your designated time-slot
What do you do ?
Solve problems from textbook and handouts
Occasional quizzes
What do we do ?
Answer your questions
Give example solutions
No marks awarded for tutorial work but attendance is
recorded.
Laboratory & Tutorials
GROUPS
Laboratory and Tutorial groups are
determined at enrolment.
Check your personalized timetable on:
myUNSWweb site
(http://my.unsw.edu.au).
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LABORATORY
Laboratory
Need help
Firstly, ask tutor in your tutorial class.
Post your question on WebCT Vista
discussion group or chat room.
Attend one-on-one mentoring
Send me an e-mail or phone me.
Drop into my office for a chat.
Assessment ELEC1111
100% TOTAL
65% 4. Final written examination
20% 3. 2 x Quizzes Weeks 5 & 9
in Friday lecture time.
5% 2. Lab Practical test
10%
1. Laboratory Expts
Assessment Acti vity
Assessment GMAT2610
100% TOTAL
75% 4. Final written examination
10% 3. 1 x Quiz Week 5 in Friday
lecture time.
5% 2. Lab Practical test
10% 1. Laboratory Expts
Assessment Acti vity
LAB
ELEC 1111 Attend 8/10 lab classes +
Safety lecture (Week 0) +Lab test.
AND
Pass mark average for experiments
AND
Pass lab EXAM
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Textbooks
"Fundamentals of Electric Circuits"
Alexander and Sadiku, McGraw-Hill
Electrical Engineering: Principles and
Applications, Hambley, Prentice Hall
OTHER
R.H. Katz, Contemporary Logic Design,
Addison Wesley, 1993
R. E. Zeimer & W. H. Tranter (2002),
Principles of Communication Systems,
Modulation and Noise, 5th edn (Wiley). (Also
text for Tele3013)
What you should get out of this
course!
Overview of many electrical and
telecommunication engineering concepts.
Introduction to circuit analysis techniques.
Excitement!
A reason for exploring further.
What you can give us!
Feedback
Both positive and negative
What you like about the course.
Suggestions for content / improvements
Input
Contributions on content good web sites/links to
share
Interesting & challenging problems to solve.