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Part 1: DC CIRCUITS
I. Introduction.
II. Systems of units.
III. Charge and current.
IV. Voltage.
Control
Communications
Electric machines
Electronics
Instrumentation
etc.
A contact.
A lamp.
Connecting wires.
Quantity
Basic unit
Symbol
Length
Meter
Mass
Kilogram
Kg
Time
Second
Electric current
Ampere
Thermodynamic temperature
Kelvin
Luminous intensity
Candela
cd
battery
creat an
electric current
dq
i
dt
[C ]
; [ A]
[s ]
2A
2A
dw
vab
dq
[ J ] [Nm]
; [V]
[C ] [C ]
vab
b
vab vba
.
vi
i
dt dq dt
p = -vi
power is being supplied
by the element
b
a
Passive sign convension is satisfied
v
when the current enters through the
p = vi
positive terminal of an element, and p
= vi. If the current enters through the power is being delivered
to the element
negative terminal, p = -vi
p0
Energy is the capacity to do work, measured in Joules (J)
t
t0
t0
pdt vidt
The electric power utility companies measure energy in Watt-hours (Wh)
1 Wh = 3,600 J
10
11
v
DC or time varying independent
voltage source
DC independent voltage
source
i
Independent current
source
12
i
Dependent current
source
- +
v
Dependent voltage
source
Integrated circuits.
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits Viet Son Nguyen - 2011
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