Monday, 22 June 2026

Lessons in Electric Circuits, Vol. 1-6


This curriculum for high school students was first published in 2000 as part of the Open Book Project.  It was last updated about 2008, depending which book you are looking at.  Each of the four lesson books is over 500 pages, then there is a reference manual and a book of experiments.  (There will of course be sections of this that are out of date, like the computing section.)


Volume One - DC (560 pages)
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  1. Basic Concepts of Electricity
  2. Ohm's Law
  3. Electrical Safety
  4. Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes
  5. Series and Parallel Circuits
  6. Divider Circuits and Kirchhoff's Laws
  7. Series-Parallel Combination Circuits
  8. DC Metering Circuits
  9. Electrical Instrumentation Signals
  10. DC Network Analysis
  11. Batteries and Power Systems
  12. Physics of Conductors and Insulators
  13. Capacitors
  14. Magnetism and Electromagnetism
  15. Inductors
  16. RC and L/R Time Constants
  1. Basic AC Theory
  2. Complex Numbers
  3. Reactance and Impedance - Inductive
  4. Reactance and Impedance - Capacitive
  5. Reactance and Impedance - R, L, and C
  6. Resonance
  7. Mixed-Frequency AC Signals
  8. Filters
  9. Transformers
  10. Polyphase AC Circuits
  11. Power Factor
  12. AC Metering Circuits
  13. AC Motors
  14. Transmission Lines

  1. Amplifiers and Active Devices
  2. Solid-State Device Theory
  3. Diodes and Rectifiers
  4. Bipolar Junction Transistors
  5. Junction Field-Effect Transistors
  6. Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistors
  7. Thyristors
  8. Operational Amplifiers
  9. Practical Analog Semiconductor Circuits
  10. Active Filters
  11. DC Motor Drives
  12. Inverters and AC Motor Drives
  13. Electron Tubes
  1. Numeration Systems
  2. Binary Arithmetic
  3. Logic Gates
  4. Switches
  5. Electromechanical Relays
  6. Ladder Logic
  7. Boolean Algebra
  8. Karnaugh Mapping
  9. Combinational Logic Functions
  10. Multivibrators
  11. Sequential Circuits
  12. Shift Registers
  13. Digital-Analog Conversion
  14. Digital Communication
  15. Digital Storage (Memory)
  16. Principles of Digital Computing

  1. Useful Equations and Conversion Factors
  2. Color Codes
  3. Conductor and Insulator Tables
  4. Algebra Reference
  5. Trigonometry Reference
  6. Calculus Reference
  7. Using the SPICE Circuit Simulation Program
  8. Troubleshooting - Theory and Practice
  9. Circuit Schematic Symbols
  10. Periodic Table of the Elements

Volume 6 - Experiments (425 pages)
  1. Introduction
  2. Basic Concepts and Test Equipment
  3. DC Circuits
  4. AC Circuits
  5. Discrete Semiconductor Circuits
  6. Analog Integrated Circuits
  7. Digital Integrated Circuits
  8. 555 Timer Circuits

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