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Engineering 215 and Physics 262 are the same course taught by the same instructor. Engineering majors take EGR215 and physics majors take PHY262.

This course is a study of basic AC and DC circuits and their applications in instrumentation. Each student will get hands-on experience with electrical circuits and devices and learn how to design and build digital circuits.

Lecture
» Homework Documents
» PowerPoint Lectures

Review Sheets
» Review Sheet for Exam I
» Review Sheet for Exam II
» Review Sheet for Exam III
» Review Sheet for Exam IV

Electronics Links
» Engineering at SFA
» Electronics Lab
» Old Site

Email
Use your SFA email address
for all correspondence. You can forward your SFA e-mail if desired.

Dan Bruton, Ph.D
astro@sfasu.edu
Engineering 215 & Physics 215
Electrical Engineering & Electrical Circuits and Devices
Professor:
  Dr. Dan Bruton
  Engineering at SFA
  Department of Physics and Astronomy
  Stephen F. Austin State University

Information:
  Lecture Syllabus
  Lecture Calendar 
  Lab Syllabus
  Office Hours
  Course Grades

Text:
  Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications ISBN: 0131989227

Final Exam - Reminders
Posted: May 7, 2013

  1. Check your grades and attendance using the link above.
  2. Evaluate your professor at http://www.sfasu.edu
  3. The review sheet for the final exam is given to the left.
  4. Remember to bring your magnet and motor.  The motor must run for 60 seconds without touching it.     Please see the MIT lecture below related to these DC motor.   The link below will fast forward to 34 minutes into the lecture where the professor mentions "The Motor Contest".

MIT Lecture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkUeQ0nsF8&t=34m40s    

Course Evaluation
Posted: Apr 21, 2013
Student may now log into mySFA, click the myServices tab, and use the "Course Evaluation and Surveys" channel in the middle of the page to take the evaluation.
Exam 3 Review
Posted: Apr 4, 2013
Review Sheet for Exam 3
 
The practice Exam 3 is optional.  You do not need to turn it in.  They are just more examples that are similar to those found on the homework.  The review sheet for exam 3 has not been modified in several years and is still accurate.
 
 
The two videos below are from 2010 but they should still be helpful.
Homework Videos
Posted: Mar 10, 2013
Homework 0
  These exercises are from PhET (Physics Education Technology).   Troubleshooting Guide
  John Travoltage
  Balloons and Static Electricity
 
Homework 1
 
Homework 2
  Electron Drift Speed - http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/
 
Homework 3
 
Homework 4
Introduction and Page 1 of Homework 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd0fBVE7eo
 
Homework 5
 
Homework 6 
 
Homework 7
  P7.28 like P7.29 - http://youtu.be/4dcZWm1I7Y8
 
 
 
Lab Videos
Posted: Mar 10, 2013
Lab 3 - Resistor-Capacitor Circuits (Transients)
 
Lab 4 - AC Circuits Lab
  Part A - http://www.youtube.com/v/rKmccSTRj5w
 
Lab 5 - Phase Measurements Lab
 
Lab 6 - Computer Aided Circuit Construction
  Video Tutorial - http://astro.sfasu.edu/courses/PHY262/ElectronicWorkbench.htm 
  Word Document for Lab 6 - Download DOC File 
  Excel Document for Lab 6 - Download XLS File
Course Calendar
Posted: Feb 1, 2013
AARC
Posted: Jan 31, 2013
To get additional help on your homework, please visit the AARC on the first floor of the library during the following times between Monday and Thursdays:
 
6-8pm Engineering and Physics
1-9pm Math
Honors Assignments
Posted: Jan 15, 2013
For honors credit in EGR215 you can complete the following assignments.  These can be completed after each lab time or on Tuesday at 2:00pm.  
 
Use Electronic Workbench software on a computer in room 315 to construct the circuits for each lab.   For example, for the first lab you will want to create an Electronics Workbench file called:
  1. Figure2.1.EWB  
  2. Figure2.2.EWB
  3. Figure2.3.EWB
  4. Figure2.6.EWB
Be sure to create similar files for each of the 12 labs and ask your instructor for guidance when needed.
 
Create a folder on a single computer that contains the files and copy these files onto a jump drive provided by your instructor at the end of the semester.
Exam 2 Review
Posted: Oct 18, 2011
1. Check out the Review Sheet linked to the left or here.

2. The image below show the equations that will remain on the chalkboard during the exam.
     Note that the RL circuit is the one that will be on the exam.

 
 
Review your notes for the derivations of H(f) for lowpass and highpass filters.
 
Computer Exercises
Posted: Sep 1, 2011
Miscellaneous
Posted: Aug 20, 2008
MIT Physics Lectures
This is a great set of video lectures from MIT on Electricity and Magnetism.
 
Free Circuit Software
Operational Amplifier Electrocardiogram