EAS 199A Lecture 1:     26, 27 September 2011

1. Introduction, Ohm's Law

Class meeting on 26, 27 September 2011

Reading: Notes on electricity

Learning Objectives

1. Know how to contact instructors: email, telephone, office hours
2. Understand the goals and expectations of the class
3. Be able to explain the mechanism for conduction of electricity in solids
4. Be able to read data from the Periodic Table of elements
5. Be able to define current in terms of electron flows (in number and direction)
6. Be able apply Ohm's law to the prediction of voltage, current and resistance in simple DC circuits.
7. Understand the homework format

Notes and Supplemental Files

1. Syllabus
2. Liability release form
3. Course Overview presentation 3-up slide handout or the full version (3-up version of slides). Caution, these are large files, about 60 MByte each.
4. Notes on electricity, 11 pages of text and images.
5. Electricity presentation: 3-up slide handout or full version. These are small files, about 1.5 MByte each.
6. Study questions for electricity notes
7. Engineering format for homework solutions and Sample solution
8. Homework 1

Hardware Requirements

This course does not have textbook. You will be required to have a laptop for your private use during class (including exams). You will also need to purchase a Sparkfun Inventor's Kit at the PSU Bookstore, and assemble a modest collection of hand tools.