The COM4LAB course entitled “DC Technology II” is the second course on the fundamentals of DC technology. Characteristics of various passive electrical components are recorded and the basic circuit types in electrical engineering are practically devised using a number of experiments. The course comprises 15 chapters.
Total duration: More than 5 hours
Target audience
Among others, the course can be used to support the training process for the following professions:
- electrical system fitter
- electronics technician for automation technology
- electronics technician for energy and building technology
- electronics technician for devices and systems
- electronics technician for information and system technology
- electronics technician for machine and drive technology
- aircraft electronics technician
- information electronics technician
- system electronics technician
Learning objectives
The students should be able to:
- record the characteristics of passive electrical components and
- understand the behaviour of passive electrical components such as capacitors, coils and batteries.
Topics
The course covers the following topics:
- characteristics of the following passive electrical components
incandescent light bulb – VDR – diode – LDR – NTC – PTC
- capacitor
series circuit – parallel circuit – RC circuit
- coil
inductance – moving coil instrument
- battery
series circuit – parallel circuit
Previous knowledge
The students do not need any previous knowledge of electrical engineering in order to be able to complete the course successfully. Dealing with simple formulas is, however, required.
