COM4LAB: DC Technology I

The COM4LAB course entitled “DC Technology I” is the first course on the fundamentals of DC technology. The fundamental concepts and laws of electrical engineering are explained and practically devised using a number of experiments. The course comprises 14 chapters.

Total duration: Up to 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 are to:

• be able to understand the setup and effect of basic circuits and
• be able to understand and apply the fundamental laws of electrical engineering.

Topics

The course covers the following topics:

• (simple) electrical circuit with switch(es)

  series circuit – parallel circuit – multiway switching – polarity reversing circuit – relay

• conductivity and electrical resistance
• Ohm's law
• Kirchhoff's circuit laws
• analysis of resistive circuits

  series circuits – parallel circuits, unloaded/loaded voltage dividers – Wheatstone bridge

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.