Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies - AP
Department of Electronics & Communications Engineering
Basic Electrical and
ECXY08 ESC 3L: 0T: 0P 3 credits
Electronics Engineering
Course Learning Objectives
1. Impart a basic knowledge of electrical quantities such as current, voltage, power,
energy and frequency to understand the impact of technology.
2. Provide knowledge for the analysis of basic DC and AC circuits used in electrical
and electronic devices.
3. To explain the working principle, construction, applications of DC machines, AC
machines.
4. Realize the importance of electronic devices in the present technology.
Course Content:
Unit-I (10 Hours)
DC Circuits
Parallel circuits, Star-delta and delta-star transformations, equivalent resistance
calculation, Mesh and Nodal analysis, superposition theorem, thevenin‘s theorem and
maximum power transfer theorem.Introduction, Basic definitions, Types of elements,
Ohm‘s Law, Kirchhoff‘s Laws, Series,
Unit-II (05 Hours)
AC Circuits
Single-phase: Inductive circuits, capacitive circuits, series RL, RC and RLC circuits,
resonance
Three-phase: star connection and delta connection.
Unit-III (8 Hours)
DC Machines
Generator: Principle of operation of DC Generator, EMF equation, types, applications
Motor: DC motor types, torque equation, applications, three point starter.
UNIT-IV (08 Hours)
AC Machines
Transformers: Principle of operation of single phase transformers, EMF equation, losses,
efficiency and regulation.
Induction Machine: Principle of operation of induction motor, slip-torque characteristics,
applications.
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UNIT-V (07 Hours)
Semiconductor Devices
Diode: types of semiconductors, P-N junction diode, V-I Characteristics, zener diode,
Diode Applications. Rectifiers: Half wave, Full wave and Bridge rectifiers.
UNIT-VI (07 Hours)
Transistors
PNP and NPN Junction transistor, Transistor configurations, Transistor as an amplifier
Learning Resources
Text book
1. Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering by Kothari and Nagarath, TMH
Publications, 2nd Edition.
Reference Books
1. Principles of Electrical and Electronics Engineering by V.K.Mehta, S.Chand & Co.
2. Basic Electrical Engineering by Kothari and Nagarath, TMH Publications, 2nd
Edition.
Web Resources
1. Prof T S Natarajan, NPTEL-IIT Madras, 'Basic Electronics'
URL: https://nptel.ac.in/courses/122106025/
2. Prof U Umanand, IISC Bangalore, 'Basic Electrical Technology'.
URL: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108108076/
3. Prof S Aniruddhan, IIT Madras, 'Basic Electrical Circuits'.
URL: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ee03
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO 1 Predict the behaviour of any electrical and magnetic circuits.
CO 2 Formulate and solve complex AC, DC circuits
CO 3 Identify the type of electrical machine used for that particular application
CO 4 Realize the requirement of transformers in transmission and distribution of electric
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power and other applications
CO 5 Utilize the semiconductor devices like diodes and transistors
CO 6 Internlink Knowledge of electrical and electronic circuits to general problems
Assessment Method
Assessment Tool Weekly Monthly tests End Semester Total
tests/Assignments (In semester) Test
(In semester)
Weightage (%) 10% 30% 60% 100%
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Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies - AP
Department of Electronics & Communications Engineering
Basic Electrical and Electronics
ECXY88 ESC 0L: 0T: 3P 1.5 credits
Engineering Laboratory
Course Learning Objective:
3. To make student get familiarized with the electrical and electronic measuring
equipments
4. To make understand the student the concepts of characteristics of Resistors,
Capacitors and Inductors
5. To understand the behaviour of electrical equipments
6. To understand the concepts of diodes, transistors and amplification
List of Experiments:
Familiarization with DSO, Function generators, RPS, FPS, Multimeters and other lab
equipments
Section A: Electrical Engineering Laboratory
1. Verification of ohm‘s law, series and parallel circuits
2. Verification of Kirchhoff‘s Laws
3. Verification of Voltage division and Current division principles
4. Verification of circuit theorems
5. V-I characteristics of Incandescent and CFL lamp
6. V-I characteristics of Fluorescent lamp
7. A.C analysis of series R-L circuit and R-C circuit
8. Calibration of Energy meter
9. Open circuit characteristics of D.C Generator
10. Speed control of D.C shunt Motor
11. Three phase power measurement
12. Lab project
Section B: Electronics Engineering Laboratory
1. Familiarization with any CAD tools like multisim/Pspice/ngspice for doing basic
experiments
2. V-I characteristics of a P-N junction diode and zener diode
3. Half wave and center tapped full wave rectifier
4. Full wave bridge Rectifier with and without filters.
5. Design of a simple amplifier using BJT
6. Experiment on simple analog-modulation scheme
7. Simple experiment on Arduino kit and interfacing with sensors
8. Lab project
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Course outcome
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO 1 Design basic circuits using P-N junction diode and Zener diode
CO 2 Design rectifier circuits considering the practical aspects into consideration
CO 3 Design simple amplifier with required gain
CO 4 Use circuit knowledge in analyzing Arduino boards
CO 5 Designing simple experiments using Arduino board and sensors interfacing
CO 6 Experimental verification of basic circuit laws and circuit theorems
CO 7 Experimental analysis of V-I characteristics of different electrical and electronic
equipments
CO 8 Experimental analysis of electrical machines likes motors, generators etc
CO 9 Design of a simple prototype project
Assessment Method
Assessment Tool Experiments Report/Viva-Voce/ Quiz/MCQ/Lab project Total
Weightage (%) 25% 15% 40%
End Semester Examination weightage (%) 60%
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