Students explore the fundamentals of basic electricity for non-engineers.
Subject Matter Experts:
Kirsten D. Smith, MS
Stephan Jones, PhD
Lesson 1
Atomic Level
- Basic Atomic Structure
- Conductors & Insulators
- Resistance
Lesson 2
Components of Electricity
- Capacitors
- Resistors
- Diodes
- Batteries
- Electrical Circuits
Lesson 3
Ohm’s Law & The Power Law
- Ohm’s Law
- Power Law
- Relationship of Voltage
- Current
- Resistance
- Wattage
Lesson 4
Signals
- Source
- Destination
- Wave Forms
- Carrier Signals
- Encoding
- Decoding
Lesson 5
Capacitance and Inductance
- Frequency & Voltage
- Point of Resonance
- Frequency Filter
Lesson 6
Shannon’s Law
- Communication Networks
- Bandwidth
- Log2
- Signal to Noise Ratio
- Channel Capacity
Lesson 7
Digitization
- Nyquist’s Theorem
- Analog
- Digital
- Sampling
- Binary
- Modulation Techniques
Lesson 8
Multiplexing
- Time Division Multiplexing
- Frequency Division Multiplexing
Lesson 9
Review
- Mini-case studies pull together the concepts from previous lessons
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