2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
Fundamentals of electrical and electronic engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Mechanical Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tadahiko Shinshi / Kazuhiro Yoshida
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MEC.I212
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
All mechanical systems such as automobiles, aircraft, rockets, robots, information equipment, and medical equipment are integrated systems of mechanical engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, and information engineering.
This course teaches students the electrical and electronic engineering fundamentals necessary for designing, prototyping, measuring, and controlling mechanical systems.
1) Analog circuits (fundamental laws, resistors, inductors, capacitors, power supply, transient analyses, AC circuits, filters, amplifiers)
2) Digital circuits (logic circuits, microcomputers)
3) Semiconductor devices (diode, FET, BJT)
4) Applications (motors, power electronics, batteries, microcomputers)
Course description and aims
To acquire the basic knowledge required to research and develop mechanical systems in cooperation with electrical, electronic, and information engineers. By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand and explain the fundamentals of analog circuits.
2) Understand and explain the fundamentals of digital circuits.
3) Understand and explain the fundamentals of semiconductor devices.
4) Understand and explain the application of electric and electronic circuits.
Keywords
analog circuits, digital circuits, magnetic circuits, op-amp, digital controller,
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The lecture's main points will be presented on the board and in PowerPoint, and a quiz will be given to confirm the basics.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Brief description of this lecture. | Overall overview of electronic and electrical engineering |
| Class 2 | direct-current circuit | Understanding how to derive currents and voltages in basic circuits consisting of resistors |
| Class 3 | Transient analysis of passive circuits comprising resistance, inductance, and capacitance. | Understanding the transient response of passive circuits comprising resistors, inductance and capacitors. |
| Class 4 | AC circuits | Understand AC circuits and the treatment of complex numbers. |
| Class 5 | Filters | Understand the input-output relationship of electrical signals. |
| Class 6 | Logic circuits | Understanding of positive and negative logic and combinational circuits |
| Class 7 | Diodes | Understanding of semiconductor diodes and rectification action. |
| Class 8 | FET/BJT | Understanding and application of FET/BJT operating principles |
| Class 9 | Amplifier fundamentals (gain, input, and output impedance) | Understanding of amplification circuits and gain, input, and output impedance |
| Class 10 | Operational amplifiers | Understanding how operational amplifiers work and simple circuits |
| Class 11 | Magnetic circuits | Fundamentals of magnetic circuits |
| Class 12 | Motors | Understanding DC and AC motors |
| Class 13 | Power electronics and batteries | Fundamentals of power electronics and batteries |
| Class 14 | Digital controllers | Understanding and application of microcontrollers, DSPs and FPGAs for machine control. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Lecture materials are distributed electronically each time.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
This lecture will be conducted with "Electrical Engineering: Principles & Applications, Global Edition, 7th edition, Pearson".
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation by quiz and final exam. The score distribution is 30:70.
Related courses
- Instrumentation engineering 1
- Modeling and Control Theory
- Robot Kinematics
- Robot Technology
Prerequisites
This course is a replacement for the former MEC.N231.L "Fundamentals of Electronics.
Students already earning "Fundamentals of Electronics" credits cannot take this course.
If a student who entered before March 31, 2023 (～22B) earns credits for this course, the credits will be converted to two L (elective) credits.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Prof. Kazuhiro Yoshida：yoshida.k.ab[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Prof. Tadahiko Shinshi: shinshi.t.ab[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Appointment is by email, and response is by Zoom or in person.