Circuit Theory/Phasors/Examples

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The steps have changed due to the introduction of phasors and differential equations.

  1. Label currents and voltages
  2. Count knowns and unknowns
  3. Write terminal equations
  4. Write loop equations
  5. Write junction equations
  6. Solve equations:
    1. Phasors: Time domain -> phasor domain -> Time Domain
    2. Laplace: Time domain -> s domain ->Time Domain
    3. Symbolic & Numeric for both
  7. Simulate (circuitlab everycircuit icrcuit falstad animations)
  8. Voltage/Current Check
  9. Power Computations
  10. Build Intuition

All these problems assume steady state. Later this will be called the "particular" solution to a first-order linear differential equation. Click on the equations to see where they came from. Matlab and Mupad files are included for every calculation. Clicking on the homogeneous equations will jump forward in the course.

Calculus diff
eq
Constants Power
Factor
LR LR Solution Similar RC
A, C
found
after
homogeneous
.93




none .93




already solved ... no differential equation!
.37




already solved ... no differential equation!
A, C
found
after
homogeneous
.37




Capacitor problems require a change in symbols. Swap current and voltage sources, swap parallel and series, and replace inductor with capacitors and the math is the same. ICE instead of ELI .. for both the terminal relations and phase check.

More complicated problems involve multiple reactive components rather than just one. This could lead into doing the above math within the context of solving multiple differential equations simultaneously ... which is easy to do with phasors.

2 resistor, capacitor, inductor, voltage source
3R, 2C, 3L, current and voltage source

Here is a summary of what was learned about matLab.

Mupad seems to reduce the number of mistakes, but it is frustrating. So here are some tips:

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