Reverse engineering of RLC circuits using Matlab: An experiment for electrical circuits course. Issue 3 (July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alizadeh, Tohid; Barzegari, Soheila; Alizadeh, Abdollah
• Is Part Of: International journal of electrical engineering education. Volume 53:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 237
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2016-07
• Subjects: Electrical circuit simulation -- second order RLC circuit analysis -- reverse engineering of electrical circuits -- steady-state response; Electrical engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Periodicals; Electrical engineering -- Periodicals; 621.30711
• DOI: 10.1177/0020720915622472
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7209

Abstract

Identifying the contents of a black-box electrical circuit is a challenging experiment. In this paper, we present an approach for identifying the topological structure of the circuit and estimating the values of the internal components, by applying input signals and measuring available signals. The black-box model is provided as a Simulink model, whose contents are not accessible to the students. The overall procedure is performed in Matlab/Simulink environment and the results are obtained for a given circuit and compared with the actual values. The experiment is performed by a group of undergraduate students and the assessment results show its effectiveness in challenging their knowledge.