Pre-Class Monday What do you think an Electrical Engineer does?

Electrical Engineering The world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology

Electrical Specifics  The most common/populated engineering field  Responsible for the design, development, testing, and supervision of the manufacture of electrical equipment (from household appliances to satellite systems)  Any product that has electricity falls under their “jurisdiction”  Main areas: Power generation, transmission, and distribution; communications; computer electronics; electrical equipment manufacturing

Pre-Class Tuesday Why is Electrical Engineering so important to everyday life?everyday

8 Major Categories  Computers  Computer Engineering branch  Communications  Global Positioning Systems (GPS), fiber optics, and lasers  Circuits and solid-state devices  making electronic devices smaller and more efficient  Control  reliable, efficient, and safe electronics  Instrumentation  measuring how an electronic device is performing as compare to its specs  Signal processing  filtering, amplifying, and modifying any signal (digital or otherwise)  Bioengineering  non-invasive techniques (Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, or Computer Automated Tomography, CAT, scan)  Power  the most traditional of them all, electrical power

Making a Testing Apparatus  Objective Design and construct a battery holder.  Materials Index card■ C-cell battery 2 paper clips■ 10 cm of masking tape  Procedures Design a battery holder for a C-cell that allows for connection to wires on both sides. Use materials to construct it. Use your testing apparatus in the following lab.

Pre-Class Wednesday What is the word in black? If it were resting on a mirror or a light were behind it to cast a shadow below it, what would it read?

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS INSULATOR  charges do not flow freely  impedes electricity CONDUCTOR  charges flow freely  allows electricity to flow through it NOTE: Wood is not a good conductor nor insulator.

Insulation vs. Conduction  Objectives To determine what conducts electricity  Materials Wires Light bulbs  Procedures Divide into groups of 2 or 3. Obtain materials from cart. Test 8-10 items. C-cell Battery Other?

Pre-Class Thursday If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes, how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes? 5

The largest, most prominent engineering field  Aerospace  Antenna  Broadcast  Communications  Computer  Control Systems  Lasers  Power Power  Robotics  Signal Processing  Wireless Starting salary in 2011: $61,420 (BS), $72,340 (MS), $88,970 (PhD) Average salary in 2005: $51,773

CURRENT  The flow of positive charges (in theory)  The flow of negative charges (in real life)  A river of electrical energy that moves through a wire  Must have a closed continuous loop to work

 Current number of charges that travel per second  Battery voltage (source)  Resistance impedes current uses energy  Ammeter measures current  Voltmeter measure voltage  Measured in Amperes Amps or A  Measured in Volts Volts or V  Measured in Ohms ohms (  )  Measures Amps  Measures Volts

 A sketch of what the circuit looks like  Represents how the current will flow in the circuit  Specific types of symbols for sketches Schematics

Pre-Class Friday  Draw and label a circuit with the proper schematic symbols containing a battery, a resistor, and a switch.

CIRCUITS  PARALLEL current has multiple paths to follow broken circuit may not stop electrical flow voltage is the same through each resistor current adds for each  SERIES current has only one path to follow broken circuit stops all flow of electricity current is the same through each resistor voltage adds for each

Schematics Lab  Objective Construct two simple circuits. Draw schematics of simple circuits.  Materials Battery holder■ C-cell battery Wires■ Voltmeter 2 light bulbs■ Ammeter  Procedures Construct a simple series circuit. Measure and record the current and voltage through the light bulb. Draw a schematic of the series circuit. Construct a simple parallel circuit. Measure and record the current and voltage through each light bulb. Draw a schematic of the parallel circuit.  Questions The ammeter was to be wired in series. Explain why. The voltmeter was to be wired in parallel. Explain why. For a circuit to work (assuming you have power and proper equipment), what is vital?

Pre-Class Monday  At the recent web developer's bowling match, two games were played. Kev beat Stuart in both games, also Richard beat John in both games. The winner in game 1 came second in game 2. Richard won game 2 and John beat Stuart in game 1. No player got the same placing twice. Can you determine who finished where in each game? Name #1 #2 Kev 1 2 Richard 2 1 John 3 4 Stuart 4 3

OHM’S LAW  Ohm defined how current(amps), voltage(volts), and resistance(ohms=  ) relate V = I R  V : voltage of battery (e.g. 9 V battery)  I : current (number of charges per second)  R : resistance (e.g. light bulb, stereo, etc.)

Electrical Power P = I 2 R = V 2 / R = I V P : power (Watts) I : current (Amps) R : resistance (  ) V : voltage (Volts) Remember: Power is energy per time (P=E/t)

CIRCUITS  PARALLEL current has multiple paths to follow 1/R equivalent = 1/R 1 + 1/R 2 voltage is the same V total = V 1 = V 2 current adds for each I total = I 1 + I 2  SERIES current has only one path to follow R equivalent = R 1 + R 2 voltage adds for each V total = V 1 + V 2 current is the same I total = I 1 = I 2

Pre-Class Tuesday  What is Ohm’s Law?

Producing Light Incandescent A piece of metal in a closed space is heated by electricity Filament (glowing metal) made of tungsten Fluorescent An electric current is sent through a gas (mercury and argon) in a closed space Similar to lightning All artificial producers of light follow one of these two methods, except for a laser or LED.

Lightning (and electrical) Safety  Lightning Attracted to tall, pointy conductors Safest place: carcar  Beware of storing charge accidentlyaccidently  Always switch off the breaker before working on wires in the home.

Ohm’s Lab  Materials 1.5 V battery 4 sets of wires Ammeter Voltmeter 2 light bulbs Switch  Objectives To explore how to wire a circuit correctly To use Ohm’s Law in calculations To practice drawing schematics

Procedures 1. Determine the voltage of your battery. Record its values. 2. Connect the 1.5 V battery to the light bulb and switch. Measure the current through the circuit (ammeter) and the voltage drop across the light bulb (voltmeter). Record their values. 3. Draw a schematic of step Add another light bulb to the circuit (series). Measure the current through the circuit and the voltage drop across both light bulbs. Record their values. 5. Draw a schematic for step Repeat steps 4 and 5 with the light bulbs being in parallel. 7. The 6 V battery provides too much energy for the light bulbs for an extended time. Using the resistors provided and the knowledge gained already, make a stable circuit to provide a bright, long-lasting bulb. 8. Draw a schematic for step Measure the current through and the voltage drop across each resistor and light bulb. Record their values. 10. Find the resistance of each light bulb and resistor for every step. Record their values.

Table StepV 1 ( )V 2 ( )I 1 ( )I 2 ( )R 1 ( )R 2 ( ) Questions: 1)What happens to the current in a series circuit? Parallel? 2)What happens to the voltage in a series circuit? Parallel?

Pre-Class Friday  There are four ways to change the internal resistance of a wire. Give me one of them.

Pre-class Monday A 1.5 Volt battery is connected to a small light bulb with a resistance of 9 . What is the current in and power used by the bulb? I = V/R = 1.5 / 9 = 1/6 or Amps P = I V = x 1.5 = 0.25 Watts

Solid Edge Fundamentals ST4 Getting started in Solid Edge

Solid Edge Environments: Part Sheet Metal Part Weldment Assembly Draft Start  Programs  Solid Edge V20

Schematics in Solid Edge ST4  Solid Edge is a 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) program. Solid Edge allows you to take hand sketches and turn them into professional drawings. The draft environment will produce 2D drawings.  Using the Ohm’s Law Lab from this week, draw one of the schematics in Solid Edge and show it to me. Each person in the group has to draw one.  I will check your name off the paper when you have completed the schematic. Be sure to turn in the paper when everyone is done.

Pre-class Monday Write: “Reviewing for written test” or “Finishing performance test”.

Pre-class Tuesday 4x3=12 Write: “Written and performance test today.”

Pre-class Thursday Guest Speaker: Adam Panagos

Pre-Class Friday If  were a shape, what shape would it be? Happy  Day!

Pre-Class Tuesday Today’s date is a binary number. What would be the decimal (base 10) value for it?