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Electrical Engineering
Katie Wilson [email protected]
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What is Electrical Engineering ?
Designing systems and components that use electricity.
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Where is electrical engineering ? Electronics
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Where is electrical engineering ? Communications
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Where is electrical engineering ? Power and Energy
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Where is electrical engineering ? Nanotechnology and Devices
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Where is electrical engineering ? Medical Applications
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Where is electrical engineering ? Unusual places
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Some example systems we use every day?
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Automobiles
Tesla's Model S
§ Sensors § Smart control § Power
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What are Electrical Signals
Oscillating waveform of voltage or current Contains information to represent data
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Making the Real World Digital
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Digital Systems Boolean algebra Logic gates
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Design Example Hall Way Light
Any switch can turn the light off or on
Truth Table ? Logic gate?
INPUT A B
OUT
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 0
n Test this out using simulation n Help save resources, time and effort before we
actually build it
n XOR
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Questions? Lets go hands on !
Katie Wilson EC 215
[email protected]