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Joint Apprentice Training Committee of the Elevator Industry | Evaluated Learning Experience

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Solid State Electronics for Elevators I

Course Category: 
Retired and Earlier Versions of Learning Experiences - Joint Apprentice Training Committee of the Elevator Industry
Length: 
144 hours (36 weeks).
Location: 
Park West High School, 525 West 50th Street, New York, NY.
Dates: 
September 1993 - August 2000.*
Instructional delivery format: 
Traditional classroom model
Learner Outcomes: 

Students will be able to: analyze basic AC and DC circuits; apply fundamental laws to series, parallel and RC circuits; explain behavior of coils and transformers using arithmetic, not vector, solutions; discuss and explain the uses of Zener and conventional diodes, transistors, SCR's, diacs and triacs; explain basic behavior and application of op-amps; discuss fundamentals of binary numbers, TTL logic and CMOS technology; and discuss the application of motor generation and field regulation to elevator systems.

Instruction: 

Topics include: Ohm's law, series and series parallel circuits, scientific notation, capacitance and inductance, diodes, transistors, SCR's triacs, op-amps, TTL logic devices, hall effect sensors, motor-generation and field regulation. Lab exercises support lecture materials.

Credit recommendation: 
In the associate degree/certificate category, 3 semester hours as Basic Electrical Circuits (8/94) (9/99 revalidation). *NOTE: The current version of this course, dating from September 2000, appears in the preceding section.

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