Course detail

Electrical Engineering 1

FEKT-BPC-EL1Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course deals with the basics of electrical engineering and in particular the theory of electrical circuits. At the beginning of the course universal and special methods of analysis of linear circuits in steady state are discussed. Next, students are introduced to the description and classification of time-varying quantities. The following part is an introduction to the analysis of nonlinear circuits using graphical and numerical methods. Another part of the course is dedicated to magnetic circuits, their description and basic methods of solutions, including circuits with permanent magnets. Important part of the course is laboratory exercises and computer exercises in which students will practice in the application of theoretical knowledge.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Drexler, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering (UTEE)

Entry knowledge

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required. In the range of the used mathematical tools students should be able to:
- editing mathematical expressions;
- explain the procedure of mathematical function examination in order to find extremes;
- calculate the solution of simple linear equations ;
- apply the basics of matrix calculus;
- calculate the derivative, definite and indefinite integrals of simple linear functions of one variable and basic trigonometric functions.

Work in the laboratory is subject to a valid "instructed person" qualification, which students must obtain before starting the course. Information on this qualification is provided in the Dean's Guideline on Student Familiarity with Safety Regulations. 

 

 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Total number of points is 100, including 25 points in two written tests in exercises, 5 points in laboratory tasks test and 70 points in final exam. All laboratory measurements are obligatory - to obtain examination it is necessary to measure all of laboratory exercises and to obtain 15 from maximum 30 points. Requirements for completion of a course are: to gain examination and to perform a final written test. Minimal necessary achieved total mark to pass this course is 50 points.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge of electrical circuit theory required as a broader basis for further study. The course prepares students for the following courses in electrical engineering specializations.
After completing the course student will be able to:
- describe the characteristics of electrical circuit elements and their models,
- apply basic circuit laws in the analysis of electrical circuits,
- analyze linear and nonlinear nonconservative electric circuits,
- interpret the quantities in electriccircuits,
- interpret the quantities in magnetic circuits,
- calculate the characteristic values of the time-varying voltage and current waveforms.

Study aids

Students have access to an e-learning website where all study materials are published and accessible. These are a set of presentations from the course lectures and presentations from the numerical exercises, textbook with the content of the lectured topics, textbook to support the numerical exercises and tutorials book with instructions for measuring and processing the results of laboratory tasks nad workbook for processing the laboratory tasks reports.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRANČÍK, L. Elektrotechnika 1. Elektrotechnika 1. Brno: FEKT VUT v Brně, 2004. s. 1 ( s.)ISBN: 80-214-2607- 1. (CS)
KALÁB, P.; STEINBAUER, M.; VESELÝ, M. Bezpečnost v elektrotechnice. Brno: Ing. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc, Ondráčkova 105, 628 00 Brno, 2009. s. 1-68. ISBN: 978-80-214-3952- 8. (CS)
SEDLÁČEK, J.; STEINBAUER, M. Elektrotechnika 1 (BEL1) - pracovní sešit. Brno: akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno, 2008. s. 1 ( s.)ISBN: 978-80-214-3707- 4. (CS)
SEDLÁČEK, J.; STEINBAUER, M.; MURINA, M. Elektrotechnika 1 (BEL1) - laboratorní a počítačová cvičení. Brno: Ing. Zdeněk Novotný, CSc., Ondráčkova 105, 628 00 Brno, 2008. s. 1 ( s.)ISBN: 978-80-214-3706- 7. (CS)
STEINBAUER, M.; KALÁB, P. Bezpečnost v elektrotechnice - pracovní sešit. Brno: CERM Brno, 2007. s. 1-41. (CS)

Recommended reading

EGUL, O. Introduction to Electrical Circuit Analysis. Wiley, 2017.
JILES, D.Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials. CRC press. 2015.
MIKULEC, M., HAVLÍČEK, V.: Základy teorie elektrických obvodů. Skriptum ČVUT v Praze, 1997. (CS)
NAGSARKAR, T. J., SUKHIJA, M. S. Basic Electrical Engineering. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2011.
VALSA, J., SEDLÁČEK, J.: Teoretická elektrotechnika I. Skriptum VUT v Brně, 1997. (CS)
WALECKA, J. D. Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism. World Scientific, 2018. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-NCP Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-EMU Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's

    specialization AUDB-TECH , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-IBE Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-SEE Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Drexler, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Electrical engineering, basic concepts and laws
2. Training for electrical qualifications
3. Maxwell's equations. Passive and active circuit elements, models, circuit laws
4. Analysis of electrical circuits using methods for special cases. Electrical work and power, power matching
5. Analysis of electrical circuits using universal methods. Mesh current method (MCM)
6. Nodal voltage method (NVM), two-port networks, dependent sources
7. Modified nodal voltage method (MMUN), method of equivalent source ( Thèvenin's and Norton's theorem)
8. Nonlinear elements and circuits, approximation of characteristics
9. Methods of solving nonlinear circuits: graphical, analytical and numerical
10. Time-varying quantities and their parameters, harmonic analysis
11. Magnetic circuits, basic parameters, basic laws, solving magnetic circuits
12. Electromagnets, magnetic circuits with permanent magnets, transformers 

Laboratory exercise

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Drexler, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Determine the parameters of a real source
2. Kirchhoff's laws and the method of proportional quantities
3. Method of equivalent source
4. Nodal voltage method (NVM)
5. Loop current method (LCM)
6. Superposition principle
7. Transfer of power
8. Magnetic field in the air gap
9. Properties of linear and non-linear circuit elements 

Fundamentals seminar

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Drexler, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Repetition - mathematics for electrical engineering
2. Training for electrical qualifications
3. Electrical qualifications examination
4 Basic laws, method of progressive simplification
5. Kirchhoff equation method, loop current method
6. Nodal voltage method
7. Written test No. 1
8. Stamp method
9. Method of equivalent source
10. Non-linear circuits
11. Written test No.2
12. Time-varying quantities
13. Magnetic circuits