Program Overview
This course will cover Ohm’s Law, Power formulas, Kirchhoff’s Laws, and the rules governing series and parallel circuits. The operation of capacitors and inductors is explained as well as how they behave as reactive components in AC circuits including the formulas used to calculate reactance and impedance. Transformers, Power Factor, resonant circuits, and frequency filters are also discussed.
Digital and Analog testing instruments are presented along with how to perform resistance, voltage, and current measurements of electrical circuits. Learn best troubleshooting practices, safety considerations and rules when working with electrical power.
The course concludes with a presentation on decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbering systems as well as how to convert values from one numbering system to another. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate how to build AC and DC circuits, calculate circuit values and perform measurements to validate their calculations. This will be accomplished in a series of hands-lab exercises designed to reinforce concepts learned throughout the course.
