Re: 12 vdc

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Now *this* would be a little closer:
2425 (PHYS 2426) Electricity and Magnetism.
Note:
>Credit in both Physics 1420 and Phys 2425 cannot be given.
It is virtually the same class. One is for Physics majors.

> But *here* is the course that would have taught any usable circuit design:
I wasn't after a EE degree.
So that takes us back to the beginning when I said to call the physics
department at a  local university. I am glad you now agree.

"G. Morgan" <no_em@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bfdb9c150624e402ff68546bbf908379np@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Just Looking wrote:
>
> > >Last time I took  physics they didn't teach DC circuit analysis.
> >
> >Really? Were you awake the whole time? I think you missed a big part of
the
> >class.
>
> Nope, I did very well in physics, I found it fascinating.
>
> >Here is the class I took where I learned DC circuit analysis (AC too for
> >that matter). The professor was so old school he taught using the old way
of
> >electron flow from positive to negative, instead of negative to positive
(he
> >knew the difference, it was just easier to teach it the way he learned
it)
> >1420 (PHYS 1402) General Physics II. (3-2) This is the second course in a
> >two semester sequence which is a survey of the basic laws and principles
of
> >physics and includes the topics of waves, electricity and magnetism, and
> >light. PHYS 1410 and 1420 are designed for those students whose program
> >requires technical physics but who are not pre-engineering students or
> >majors or minors in physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 1410; MATH 1315 with a
> >grade of "C" or higher. MATH 1317 is recommended.
>
> You didn't learn DC or AC circuit analysis in the course you quoted below
> because it is a PHYSICS course.  Sure you may have gotten the theory of
> electron flow there -- but not in-depth circuit analysis...
>
> 1420 (PHYS 1402) General Physics II. (3-2) This is the second course in a
two
> semester sequence which is a survey of the basic laws and principles of
> physics and includes the topics of waves, electricity and magnetism, and
> light. PHYS 1410 and 1420 are designed for those students whose program
> requires technical physics but who are not pre-engineering students or
majors
> or minors in physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 1410; MATH 1315 with a grade of
"C"
> or higher. MATH 1317 is recommended.
>
> Now *this* would be a little closer:
>
> 2425 (PHYS 2426) Electricity and Magnetism. (3-3) A study of the field of
> electricity and magnetism for physics majors and minors. PHYS 1430, 2425
and
> 2435 are designed for students majoring in physics and for pre-engineering
> students. Credit in both Physics 1420 and Phys 2425 cannot be given.
> Prerequisites: Phys 1430. Corequisites: Math 2472.
>
> But *here* is the course that would have taught any usable circuit design:
>
> 3416 Applied Electronics. (3-4) Laboratory/lecture course introducing
> electronic test bench methods for the construction, operation and analysis
of
> important DC/AC circuits utilizing resistors, capacitors, diodes, BJT's,
> FET's, OpAmps, and analog/digital ICs. The behavior of the circuits will
be
> modeled in SPice, Elementary semiconductor device physics and
microfabrication
> methods will be discussed. Prerequisite: PHYS 2435.
>
> http://www.txstate.edu/physics/underpc.html
>
> --
>
> -G