The Ultimate Electric Circuits for Electrical Engineering

Learn DC electric circuits, Electronics, AC Circuits, AC power, Three phase circuits, and Resonance in ONE COURSE !

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  • This course is designed to provide a complete understanding of electric circuits starting from the basics and fundamentals of electrical engineering moving to advanced topics in electric circuits for complete beginners without any previous knowledge.

Electric circuits analysis is the fundamental theory upon which all branches of electrical engineering are built. Many branches of electrical engineering, such as power engineering, electric machines, control, electronics, communications, and instrumentation, are based on electric circuit theory.


  • The course is roughly divided into the following topics:

                                    <<<< Basics and fundamentals of electrical engineering and electronics >>>>

  1. What is an electric circuit?

  2. System of Units & SI Prefixes

  3. Definitions of electric charge, current, voltage, power and energy

  4. Basic circuit elements and their applications

  5. DC current vs. AC current

  6. Difference between independent and dependent sources

  7. Power balance in electric circuits

                                    <<<< Fundamental laws in DC electric circuits >>>>

  1. Ohm's law in electric circuits

  2. Various properties of resistors

  3. Kirchhoff’s current law (KCL) and Kirchhoff’s voltage law (KVL)

  4. Short circuit and open circuit

  5. Circuit reduction topology using series and parallel resistors

  6. Voltage and current divider rules

  7. Star and delta connections

  8. Star to Delta transformation and vice versa for the circuit reduction

  9. Nodal analysis method and concept of super node

  10. Electric circuit applications as lighting systems

                                    <<<< Advanced theorems in DC circuit analysis >>>>

  1. The concept of linearity and  linear circuits

  2. Different electric circuit theorems such as superposition and source transformation theorems

  3. Thevenin theorem in electric circuits

  4. How to apply Thevenin with dependent sources?

  5. The maximum power transfer theory using Thevenin

  6. Norton theorem in electric circuits

                                    <<<< Capacitors and Inductors in Electric circuits >>>>

  1. Various properties for capacitors and inductors

  2. The voltage and current relations in capacitors and inductors

  3. The energy stored in capacitors and inductors

  4. How to simplify capacitive, and inductive circuits?

  5. Series and parallel capacitors and inductors

                                    <<<< Operational Amplifiers >>>>

  1. Basics of operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)

  2. Difference between ideal and practical Op-Amps

  3. Different types of Op-Amps such as inverting, non inverting, summing and difference amplifiers

  4. Different applications on Op-Amps such as differentiator, integrator, cascaded Op-Amps

  5. How to implement digital to analog converter (DAC) using Op-Amps?

  6. How to build instrumentation amplifier (IA) using Op-Amp circuits?

                                    <<<< DC transient circuits >>>>

  1. First order DC transient circuits

  2. Forced and free response of R-L circuit

  3. Forced and free response of R-C circuit

  4. The key to working with any R-L or R-C circuits

  5. The analysis of second order DC transient circuits

  6. Analysis of series RLC circuit

  7. Different responses for RLC circuit

  8. How to analyze any general RLC circuit?

                                    <<<< AC Electric Circuit Analysis >>>>

  1. Practical difference between AC and DC circuits

  2. AC sinusoidal sources and phasors

  3. Identify the phasor representation for AC sources

  4. V-I relations for resistors, inductors and capacitors in AC circuits

  5. Definitions of impedance and admittance

  6. Apply different circuit techniques and theorems in AC circuits

  7. Apply KVL, KCL, impedance combinations, mesh and nodal techniques in AC circuits

  8. Apply superposition, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton theorems in AC circuits

  9. Realize Cramer's rule and the elimination technique in analyzing any AC electric circuit

  10. Analysis of  Op Amp AC circuits

                                    <<<< Power in AC Circuits >>>>

  1. Practical importance of AC power analysis

  2. Difference between instantaneous and average power

  3. Apply maximum power transfer theory  in AC circuits

  4. The root-mean-square (RMS) value and its importance in AC circuits

  5. Identify the apparent power (S) and power factor (PF)

  6. Discuss the complex power and its importance in AC power analysis

  7. Difference between active power (P) and reactive power (Q)

  8. Realize the power triangle in relating the different types of AC power

  9. Realize the consequences of low power factor in AC power system

  10. The role of capacitors in improving the power factor

                                    <<<< Three Phase Circuits >>>>

  1. The advantages of using 3-ph systems

  2. The origin of balanced three phase supply

  3. Study different possible connections in balanced 3-ph circuits

  4. Apply (star-star), (star-delta), (delta-star), (delta-delta) 3-ph connections

  5. Discuss the difference between (3-wire) and (4-wire) 3-ph systems

  6. The difference between line and phase voltages

  7. The relations between line and phase currents

  8. How to analyze unbalanced star or delta loads in any 3-ph system

                                    <<<< Power in Three Phase Circuits >>>>

  1. Power calculations in balanced 3-ph system

  2. Power calculations in unbalanced 3-ph system

  3. How to calculate the power losses in any 3-ph system?

  4. How to improve the power factor in 3-ph circuits?

                                    <<<< Resonance in Electric Circuits >>>>

  1. Realize the electric resonance phenomena in electric circuits

  2. Series resonance vs. parallel resonance

  3. Properties of resonant circuits

  4. Half power frequencies in resonant circuits

  5. Bandwidth and quality factor for electric resonance

  6. Applications of resonance circuits

  7. Drawbacks of unwanted resonance

  •    You will find several solved examples and practical applications to illustrate the analysis of practical circuits

                By the end of this course, you will be able to start your career in electrical engineering, power and

               computer engineering and electronics so that you will be able to analyze different electric circuits

               from basics to advanced

I thank you very much for taking the time to check the course content.

                See you in the course !


What You Will Learn!

  • Electrical engineering and electronics fundamentals
  • Learn basics of simple electric circuit
  • Identify electric charge, current, voltage, power and energy
  • Identify the basic circuit elements and their applications
  • Realize the difference between independent and dependent sources
  • Discuss the various properties of resistors
  • Apply Ohm's law in electric circuits
  • Explain Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws used in circuit analysis
  • Learn how to apply circuit reduction topology using series and parallel resistors
  • Explain the concept of Star and Delta transformations in reducing the electric circuits
  • Apply the rules of current and voltage divider in electric circuits
  • Discuss electric circuit applications as lighting systems
  • Learn electric circuit analysis techniques using Mesh and Nodal analysis
  • Realize the concept of super mesh and super node in electric circuits
  • Identify the concept of linear circuits
  • Learn different electric circuit theorems such as superposition and source transformation theorems
  • Learn how to apply Thevenin theorem in electric circuits
  • Discuss the maximum power transfer theory using Thevenin
  • Learn how to apply Norton theorem in electric circuits
  • Discuss the various properties for capacitors and inductors
  • Obtain the voltage and current relations in capacitors and inductors
  • Identify the energy stored in capacitors and inductors
  • Learn how to simplify capacitive, and inductive circuits
  • Learn the difference between resistor, capacitor and inductor
  • Identify basics of operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)
  • Discuss the difference between ideal and practical Op-Amps
  • Discuss different types of Op-Amps such as inverting, non inverting, summing and difference amplifiers
  • Realize different applications on Op-Amps such as differentiator, integrator, cascaded Op-Amps
  • Learn how to implement digital to analog converter (DAC) using Op-Amps
  • How to build instrumentation amplifier (IA) using Op-Amp circuits
  • Explain the first order DC transient circuits
  • Apply forced and free response to R-L circuit
  • Apply forced and free response to R-C circuit
  • Realize the key to working with any R-L or R-C circuits
  • Explain the analysis of second order DC transient circuits
  • analyze series RLC circuit
  • Identify the different responses for RLC circuit
  • Learn how to analyze any general RLC circuit
  • Complete analysis of AC electric circuits
  • Realize the practical difference between AC and DC circuits
  • Discuss AC sinusoidal sources
  • Identify the phasor representation for AC sources
  • Identify the phasor representation for resistors, inductors and capacitors in AC circuits
  • Realize the definitions of impedance and admittance
  • Apply different circuit techniques and theorems in AC circuits
  • Apply KVL, KCL, impedance combinations, mesh and nodal techniques in AC circuits
  • Apply superposition, source transformation, Thevenin and Norton theorems in AC circuits
  • Realize Cramer's rule and the elimination technique in analyzing any AC electric circuit
  • Learn how to analyze Op Amp AC circuits
  • Complete AC power analysis
  • Explain the practical importance of AC power analysis
  • Explain the Difference between instantaneous and average power
  • Apply maximum power transfer theory in AC circuits
  • Realize the root-mean-square (RMS) value and its importance in AC circuits
  • Identify the apparent power (S) and power factor (PF)
  • Discuss the complex power and its importance in AC power analysis
  • Discuss the difference between active power (P) and reactive power (Q)
  • Realize the power triangle in relating the different types of AC power
  • Realize the consequences of low power factor in AC power system
  • Learn the role of capacitors in improving the power factor
  • Complete analysis of three-phase circuits
  • Explain the advantages of using 3-ph systems
  • Learn the origin of balanced three phase supply
  • Study different possible connections in balanced 3-ph circuits
  • Apply (star-star), (star-delta), (delta-star), (delta-delta) 3-ph connections
  • Discuss the difference between (3-wire) and (4-wire) 3-ph systems
  • Identify the difference between line and phase voltages
  • Identify the relations between line and phase currents
  • Complete study on Unbalanced 3-phase systems
  • Learn how to analyze unbalanced star or delta loads in any 3-ph system
  • Discuss the power analysis in balanced 3-ph system
  • Explain the power analysis in unbalanced 3-ph system
  • How to improve the power factor in 3-ph circuits
  • Realize the electric resonance in electric circuits
  • Series resonance vs. parallel resonance
  • Explain different terms related to electric resonance
  • Identify applications of resonance circuits
  • Realize the drawbacks of unwanted resonance

Who Should Attend!

  • Anyone with passion in learning about electrical engineering from scratch without any previous knowledge