CENG 215
Circuits and Electronics
2025-2026 Fall Semester
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Schedule
Session I: Mon 9:45-12:30, Wed 8:45-10:30
Session II: Wed 13:30-16:15, Wed 10:45-12:30
Session II: Wed 13:30-16:15, Wed 10:45-12:30
Credits
3+2
Instructor
Prof. Dr. Tolga AYAV
MS Teams
s0znooi
Lab Assistants
Res. Asst. Burak Korcuklu,
Res. Asst. Ertuğrul Demir,
Res. Asst. Uğurcan Akdemir
Res. Asst. Ertuğrul Demir,
Res. Asst. Uğurcan Akdemir
Course Contents
Objective
1. Understanding basic electrical engineering principles and abstractions
2. Using engineering abstractions to analyze and design electronic circuits
3. Understanding relationship between discrete structures and digital circuit implementations
2. Using engineering abstractions to analyze and design electronic circuits
3. Understanding relationship between discrete structures and digital circuit implementations
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of physics and calculus required
- 1. Introduction: Circuit Abstraction
- 2. Resistive Networks (Basic analysis, Kirchhoff's Laws, Dependent Sources)
- 3. Resistive networks cont'd
- 4. Energy Storage Elements
- 5. First-order Circuits
- 6. Second-order Circuits
- 7. Second-order Circuits cont'd
- 8. Diodes and Applications
- 9. Transistors - Integrated Circuits
- 10. The MOSFET Switch, Logic Gates
- 11. Amplifiers, OPAMP abstraction
- 12. Digital Abstraction, Analog-to-Digital Conversion
- 13. Discrete-time Systems and Z-transform
Course Schedule
Section I
| 2025-2026 Fall Semester - Section I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | October | November | December | January'26 |
| 6: Lecture 2 | 3: Lecture 5 | 1: Lecture 8 | 5: Lecture 13 | |
| 13: Lecture 3 | 10: Lecture 6 | 8: Lecture 9 | ||
| 20: Lecture 4 | 17: Midterm Exam | 15: Lecture 10 | ||
| 27: No Lecture | 24: Lecture 7 | 22: Lecture 11 | ||
| 29: Lecture 1 | 29: Lecture 12 | |||
Section II
| 2025-2026 Fall Semester - Section II | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| October | November | December | January'26 |
| 1: Lecture 1 | 5: Lecture 5 | 3: Lecture 8 | 7: Lecture 13 |
| 8: Lecture 2 | 12: Lecture 6 | 10: Lecture 9 | |
| 15: Lecture 3 | 17: Midterm Exam | 17: Lecture 10 | |
| 22: Lecture 4 | 26: Lecture 7 | 24: Lecture 11 | |
| 29: No Lecture | 31: Lecture 12 | ||
Lab Sessions
| 2025-2026 Fall Semester - Lab Sessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| October | November | December | January'26 |
| 1: No Lab Session | 5: Lab 4 | 3: Lab 6 | 7: Project 2 |
| 8: Lab 1 | 12: Lab 5 | 10: Lab 7 | |
| 15: Lab 2 | 19: No Lab Session | 17: Lab 8 | |
| 22: Lab 3 | 26: Project 1 | 24: Lab 9 | |
| 29: No Lab Session | 31: Lab 10 | ||
The schedule is subject to change.
Lecture Notes
Laboratory Work
Text Book
Anant Agarwal, Jeffrey H. Lang
Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits
2005. Morgan Kaufmann Pub
Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits
2005. Morgan Kaufmann Pub
Grading
35%
Written Midterm Exam
20%
Project Studies
45%
Written Final Exam