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AE 123Electrical Circuits and Instrumentation

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Architectural Engineering
Cross-listed
CIVE 123, ENVE 123, GEOE 123

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Charge, current, and voltage. Voltage and current sources, resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, nodal analysis, instrumentation amplifier circuits, impedance. Function and characteristics of basic electrical transducers. Resolution, precision, and accuracy. Basics of data acquisition.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • GENE123 - Electrical Circuits and Instrumentation (0.50)
    • ME123 - Electrical Engineering for Mechanical Engineers (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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  • Very fun, the questions are like puzzles! Just make sure to watch the youtube videos.

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Winter 2022

Should I give up? 14 points, 9 comments

u/Mishoire: “… Now that AE 123 (circuits) is over, I'm not really interested in any of my classes in 2A, except the ones which aren't directly related to ArchEng, like statistics and calculus. …”

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