Jorge Cortés

Professor

Cymer Corporation Endowed Chair

MAE 140: Linear Circuits


General Class Information

Lecture times:
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 9:00am-9:50am, Center Hall (Map Building 984), room 105

Discussion section:
Mondays, 12:00-12:50pm, Center Hall (Map Building 984), room 212

Extra discussion section (before midterm):
Thursday, Feb 4, 1:00-1:50pm, Warren Lecture Hall (Map Building 625), room 2205

Final exam will not take place be in our regular classroom, but instead at
Wednesday, Mar 16, 8am-11:00am, York Hall (Map Building 137), room 2722

Extra discussion section (before final):
Tuesday, Mar 15, 3:30-4:20pm, Faustina Solis Lecture Hall (Map Building 395), room 104

Instructor:
Jorge Cortes (cortes at ucsd.edu)
Office Hours: Mondays, 3:30-4:30pm @ EBU II, room 105

Teaching Assistant:
Rudra Pratap Singh (rudra.ptp.singh at gmail.com)
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm @ EBU II, room 305


Handouts

Course Syllabus: pdf, epub (optimized for ipad)

Quiz on complex numbers pdf

Lecture Notes: part I


Lecture Notes: part II


myDAQ Notes


Homework Assignments

We will use Piazza for Q&A related to homework problems

  • Homework #1 (due 1/13/16): 1.11, 1.19, 1.23, 2.6, 2.7, 2.9, 2.14, 2.16, 2.21, 2.22. [Sols]
  • Homework #2 (due 1/20/16): 2.25, 2.29, 2.33, 2.37, 2.39, 2.42, 2.51, 2.56, 2.72, 2.73. [Sols]
  • Homework #3 (due 1/27/16): 3.48, 3.51, 3.64, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.15, 3.17, 3.23. [Sols]
    IMPORTANT: If a problem asks you to solve it using mesh analysis (as in 3.15, 3.17, and 3.23), use nodal analysis instead. Also, you are not required to use MATLAB or OrCAD, just compute the answer by hand or use a calculator.
  • Homework #4 (due 2/3/16): 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.15, 3.17, 3.23, 3.91, 3.93, 3.95. [Sols]
    IMPORTANT: If a problem asks you to solve it using nodal analysis (as in 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, and 3.10), use mesh analysis instead. Also, you are not required to use MATLAB or OrCAD, just compute the answer by hand or use a calculator.
  • Homework #5 (due 2/17/16): 4.1, 4.5, 4.8, 4.28, 4.30, 4.31, 4.33, 4.36, 4.38, 4.39. [Sols]
  • Homework #6 (due 2/26/16): 4.42, 4.50 (no need for OrCAD), 9.2, 9.8, 9.11, 9.16, 9.22, 9.30(a), 9.32, 9.34. [Sols]
  • Homework #7 (due 3/4/16): 10.3, 10.5, 10.15, 10.17, 10.22, 10.23, 10.43, 10.45, 10.47, 10.67 [Sols]
  • Homework #8 (due 3/11/16): 10.35, 11.1, 11.11, 11.15, 11.35, 11.36, 11.63, 12.4, 12.9, 12.43 [Sols]
    No requirement to use MATLAB or OrCAD, Bode plot sketches are acceptable.

Exams

Midterm on 2/5/16, in class. You can download the midterm here and the midterm solution here
Final on 3/16/16, 8am-11am, in York Hall 2722. You can download the final here and the final solution here


Grades

The formula to compute the grade is
    grade = max(0.2 * homework + 0.3 * midterm + 0.5 * final, final)

Even if you count on getting the overall grade with only the final, you should still turn in all your homework. Past experiences reveal that it is nearly impossible to get a good grade in the final without having first done the homework.

You can check your grade online via Ted


Cool linear circuit experiment from MAE171a

Check out the following linear circuit experiment and the accompanying lecture from MAE171a "Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I" (prepared by Professor Raymond de Callafon)

You will really need to master all the material from MAE140 to perform the experiment successfully!


Past Years Websites

You might want to check out the websites for

where you will find links to older offerings of this class


Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California, 92093-0411

Ph: 1-858-822-7930
Fax: 1-858-822-3107

cortes at ucsd.edu
Skype id: jorgilliyo