Course Learning Objectives

This course will focus on specific learning objectives, which are key concepts required to succeed in this course and retain knowledge for future academic and professional endeavors. Your mastery (i.e. understanding) of each learning objective will be assessed with quizzes, projects, and examinations (midterm and final).

You will see each of these learning objectives referenced across course material by the number you see on this list. The objectives are listed in the order in which they will be covered. Specifically, you will see these learning objectives in your syllabus, reading materials, slides, quizzes, and exams.

Note that the number to the left of the decimal for your learning objective is the block number within which the objective resides. The number to the right of the decimal is the objective number within that block, in the order content will be covered.

Block 1: Resistive Circuits Analysis and Power Distribution

LO#	Description
1.1	I can calculate the voltages, currents, and power associated with devices in a simple DC-powered circuit using tools such as KVL, KCL, voltage and current dividers, Ohm’s Law, and the power equation.
1.2	I can determine appropriate circuit breaker values for adequate system protection.
1.3	I can calculate the voltages, currents, instantaneous power, and average power associated with devices in a simple AC-powered circuit using tools such as KVL, KCL, voltage and current dividers, Ohm’s Law, RMS values, and the power equation.
1.4	I can compute the reactive and apparent power values for an AC-powered circuit.
1.5	I can calculate the efficiency of a system modeled as an electrical circuit.
1.6	I can use a transformer’s turns ratio, input voltages and currents, and output voltages and currents to calculate the efficiency, source voltage, and current of a power transmission system with one or more transformers.
1.7	I can calculate the efficiency, source voltage, and current of a power transmission system with one or more power converters.
1.8	I can use a decision matrix to quantitatively compare various measures of merit.

Block 2: Signal Processing

LO#	Description
2.1	I can graph a given sinusoidal signal, including DC components, in both the time and frequency domains and determine its bandwidth.
2.2	I can identify types of ideal filters, determine their cutoff frequencies, and analyze their output given an input sinusoidal signal or signal spectrum.
2.3	I can model capacitors and inductors as complex resistors and use circuit analysis tools (such as voltage dividers, Ohm’s Law, and the power equation) to calculate voltage and power in AC circuits containing these components.
2.4	I can determine the filter type, gain, and cutoff frequency of simple series circuits containing a resistor, capacitor, and/or inductor.
2.5	I can calculate the ADC sampling rate, voltage resolution, and digital output based on a given input voltage and the ADC’s operational parameters.
2.6	I can implement signal conditioning to avoid aliasing and clipping and to ensure maximum compatibility of the dynamic ranges between two devices.
2.7	I can relate digital inputs to digital outputs using tools such as fundamental digital logic gates (AND, OR, NOT), truth tables, and Sum of Products (SOP) and Product of Sums (POS) Boolean expressions.
2.8	I can model Moore and Mealy Finite State Machines (FSMs) using tools such as state transition diagrams, transition tables, and combinational and sequential logic circuits.

Block 3: Communication Systems, Radar, and Electronic Warfare

LO#	Description
3.1	I can determine the modulation index, output signal, and output signal bandwidth of an Amplitude Modulation (AM) system and assess whether the system is under-modulated, over-modulated, or fully modulated.
3.2	I can design a demodulator given a modulated signal for envelope and synchronous detection.
3.3	I can calculate the signal wavelength, antenna size, max antenna gain, and basic gain pattern for dipole, monopole, and parabolic dish antennas.
3.4	I can calculate the maximum line-of-sight (LOS) distance between two terrestrial objects.
3.5	I can calculate the maximum communication distance between a transmitter and receiver using the Friis and Line-of-Sight equations.
3.6	I can calculate the distance from a monostatic radar to a stationary target based on pulse timing, assuming a direct line-of-sight path.
3.7	I can calculate the maximum detection range from a radar antenna to a target using the Radar Range equation.
3.8	I can calculate the range resolution, unambiguous range, and target velocity for pulse Doppler radar.
3.9	I can calculate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and determine the effects on wireless communications.
3.10	I can analyze jamming scenarios using the Friis equation, RADAR equation, and SNR.