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ECT 111 - Intro to Elect/Electronics (4)
Topics include an introduction to the origins of mankind’s awareness of electricity and the development of scientific understanding of it in the 19th and 20th centuries; static versus dynamic, DC vs. AC, power generation/distribution and uses, costs, electrical safety, and hazards; common electrical circuits, elementary use of Ohm’s law, power and cost considerations; electronics from a block diagram approach: power supplies, amplifiers, oscillators, RF devices, and systems, including radio, television, satellite communication, cellular phone technology, and GPS. Three lecture hours, three lab hours.
Prerequisite: MTH 112 (or concurrent)
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