520.137 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

520.137 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University
Fall 2018

Instructor
- Prof. Trac D. Tran
  Address: Barton 215
  Phone: (410) 516-7416
  Email: trac@jhu.edu
  Office Hours : Monday 2-4 or by appointment.

Teaching Assistants
- Annapurna Kala | Akshay Rangamani
  Address: Barton 322
  Email: akala1@jhu.edu | rangamani.akshay@jhu.edu
  Office Hours: Tues 12 -2 Barton 322 | Wed 4:30-6:30 Barton 322 | or by appointment.

Lectures
- Monday Wednesday Friday, 12:00 - 12:50, Shaffer 304
- Lab sessions: Barton 123

Announcements
- First two lectures are on Thursday - Friday, 08/30 - 08/31/2018, Shaffer 304. No class on Monday 09/03/2018.
- Exam I on Wed 10/10/2018 in class. ONE 8.5x11" cheat sheet allowed.

Homework Assignments
- Homework Assignment I, due Sep 14.
- Homework Assignment II, due Sep 21.
- Homework Assignment III, due Sep 28 | Solution
- Homework Assignment IV, due Oct 5.
- Homework Assignment V, due Oct 19.
- Homework Assignment VI, due Oct 31.
- Homework Assignment VII, due Nov. 16.
- Homework Assignment VIII, due Nov. 28.
- Homework Assignment IX, due Dec. 5.

Final Design Project
- Project Description: Channel Model
  Barton 123 12/04 - 12/06 - 12/08.

Lab Assignments
- Lab I: Voltage Divider. Friday 09/14/2018. Barton 123.
- Lab II: Lowpass Filter. Monday 09/24/2018. Barton 123.
- Lab III: XOR Gate. Fri 10/05/2018. Barton 123.
- Lab IV: BCD Display. Fri 10/12/2018. Barton 123.
- Lab V: Counter. Fri 10/26/2018. Barton 123.
- Lab VI: Communication. Fri 11/16/2018. Barton 123. Lab6.mdl

Course Handouts
- General Course Information
- Tentative Syllabus
- Ethics
- Other lecture handouts available in class

Required Texts
- R. Kuc, The Digital Information Age: An Introduction to Electrical Engineering,
  CL Engineering, 2014. ISBN: 1305077717.
- D. V. Kerns and J. D. Irwin, Essentials of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
  Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 0139239707.

Course Description
- An introductory course covering the principles of electrical and computer engineering including sinusoidal wave forms, electrical measurements, digital circuits, and applications of electrical and computer engineering. Laboratory exercises, the use of computers, and a design project are included in the course. Open to freshman Engineering majors and any Arts and Sciences majors. 3 credits.
- Prerequisites: high-school mathematics and physics, Calculus I.
- Corequisites: none.
- Computer Usage: Matlab for data analysis, plotting, and simulations.

Grading
- Exam I: 20%
- Exam II: 20%
- Final Exam: 30%
- Laboratory Assignments: 10%
- Homework Assignments: 10%
- Final Project: 10%

Ethics Issues
- Please read the information provided by the Academic Ethics Board
- Specific basic ethics rules for 520.137