EE100 Fall 2008 Guest Lecture 1 Nodal Analysis Bharathwaj Muthuswamy NOEL Laboratory 151M Cory Hall Department of EECS University of California Berkeley mbharat cory eecs berkeley edu http nonlinear eecs berkeley edu Slide Number 1 Three announcements 1 Please DO NOT individually email the TAs or me conceptual questions about the homework lecture lab or exam USE BSPACE 2 READ the policies on the course website especially the General Course Information handout this is also duplicated on bspace 3 IF you email me conceptual questions or obvious course policy questions I WILL NOT RESPOND Slide Number 2 Recap of EE100 so far Prof Chua 1 Circuit variables voltage current power 1 Element Laws linear resistors etc 2 KCL and KVL cutsets 3 Associated reference convention 4 op amps MOTIVATION Reading Textbook and Online notes 1 Textbook Chapters 1 through 4 2 Online notes Supplementary notes from Prof Chua s book Slide Number 3 This week Nodal and Mesh analysis UNDERSTAND NODAL ANALYSIS Turns out incorrect nodal analysis is the number one A grade killer in EE100 EE42 Slide Number 4 R2 3 I1 4 5 A R1 1O 6O 5 R3 2O R5 2 4O 1 V1 30 V R4 12O 0
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