401-Series: Principles of DC Power & Circuits
401-01 Electron Theory
This course explores basic electron theory. Course highlights include:
- Definitions of electricity, current, voltage and resistance
- How the interactions of electrons and protons creates electricity
- Atomic structure
- How voltage is produced
- Factors that affect electron movement
- The nature of magnetic fields
401-02 Magnetism & Electromagnetism Explained
This course covers the principles of magnetism. Course highlights include:
- The interactions between electrical current, magnetic fields and moving or stationary conductors
- The right-hand rule for conductors, generators and electromagnets
401-03 Ohm's & Kirchhoff's Laws Relating to DC Circuits
This course covers Ohm’s Law, which is the basic formula for determining power in watts. Also covered are Kirchoff’s first and second laws, which are used in the study of DC circuits. Course highlights include:
- Ohm’s Law and its relationship to DC circuits
- How to determine the power in a DC circuit
- Kirchoff’s current law
- Kirchoff’s voltage law
- Applying Kirchoff’s laws to DC circuits
401-04 Evaluating Series & Parallel DC Circuit Performance
This course covers series and parallel DC circuits in terms of current, voltage, resistance and power flow and how to determine their values. Course highlights include:
- How current flows through DC series and parallel circuits
- How to determine voltage in DC series and parallel circuits
- How to determine resistance in DC series circuits
- How to determine power in DC series and parallel circuits
- Techniques for evaluating DC circuit performance
401-05 Determine Circuit Outputs From Specified Inputs
This course explores the use of formulas to determine the output of DC and parallel circuits based on known inputs. Course highlights include how to determine:
- Total current flow through a DC series circuit
- Resistance in a DC series circuit
- Voltage drops through the resistors in a DC series circuit
- Power dissipation in DC series circuits
- Total power in a DC series circuit
- Current branches of a parallel DC circuit
- Total current in a DC parallel circuit
- Voltage drop across resistors in a DC parallel circuit
- Power dissipation in a DC parallel circuit’s resistors
- Total power in a DC parallel circuit
- Total resistance in a DC parallel circuit
