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About mistakes in wording/data in the final exam, session 2

There were the following errors in wording/data in the final exam, session 2. Note that there were no errors in session 1.

1. In one of the questions, the wording just before the decimal specification for the final answer said "v1 in milliwatts". But, the question statement clearly states "Determine the power dissipated in the 2kΩ resistor when ..." There is only one 2kΩ resistor.

There is no change in marking of this question

2. In one of the two part questions, there is a 4V source in the figure and it is mentioned as 5V in the text.
(a) The first part is "Determine the value of RL which dissipates the maximum possible power when connected to this network.". The answer to this is independent of the voltage source value. This is just the Thevenin resistance looking back into the network.

For this question, full marks have been given to all candidates who attempted the question and 4 bonus marks have been given to those who got it correct.

(b) The second part is "Determine the maximum possible power dissipated in RL.". The answer to this is proportional to the square of the voltage source.

Because this depends on the voltage source value, this question has been discarded from the marking.

We sincerely regret these errors.

Nagendra

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About assignments 1 and 3

Changes have already been made to any errors in the answer key of assignments 1 and 3 and these assignments have been re-evaluated based on the revised key well before the exam.

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Feedback for Basic Electrical Circuits

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://goo.gl/forms/efMFcXuXDB34pRc53

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basic Electrical Circuits: About Final Exam

Scientific calculators are allowed inside the exam hall. 

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Assignment 8 solutions are uploaded

Dear Students
Week 8 Assignment 8 Solutions are uploaded in the course portal.

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Feedback for week 8

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 8 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 8

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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About the exam

The exam will have about 25 questions. There will be 4-6 multiple choice questions. The rest will be problem solving type where you have to enter the  answers in the space given. Similar to the assignments, the units for the answers would be given and you have to enter the values in the space given.

Calculator will be provided in the online exam interface. You are allowed to use only that calculator.

All the best.

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Assignment 7 solutions uploaded.

Dear Students
Assignment 7 solutions are uploaded.

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Assignment 7 due date extended by 1day.

Dear Students
Assignment 7 extended by 1 day (15/09/2017 23:59). Please note that assignment 8 due date won't be extended as we have final exam on 24/09/2017.

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Hall ticket for September 24th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the September 24th NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on September exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the September 24th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/52541/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on September 24, 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Gate Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team

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Feedback for week 7

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 7 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 7

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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week 8 Assignment

week 8 Assignment will be available shortly

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 8 Lecture Videos are uploaded

Dear Students
Week 8 Lecture videos  are now available under the course outline.

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Feedback for week 6

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 6 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

week 6

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 7 Lecture Videos and Assignment are uploaded

Dear Students
Week 7 Lecture videos and Assignment are now available under the course outline.

Note: Please solve all the activity questions before solving assignment questions. Many activity questions are given so that you will get enough practice before attempting assignment questions. Post your doubts in the discussion forum.

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 5 Assignment 5 Solutions uploaded

Dear Students
Week 5 Assignment 5 Solutions video is uploaded in the course outline under week 5.

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Assignment 5 deadline extended and included "check answer" option.

Dear Students
Assignment 5 deadline is extended till 01/09/2017. From this assignment onward we are going to include "check answer" option. Please us this option to know whether your answers are correct or wrong before submitting the assignment. It is included to send the student back to the notebook in case of silly errors. For those who have already submitted can also use this option and you can again re-submit the assignment. It is included to send the student back to the notebook in case of silly errors.

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Feedback for week 5

Dear student

We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 5 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

Week 5

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Week 6 Content

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos and Assignment of Week 6 are available in the course outline section under "Week 6 : More circuit theorems; Two port parameters".

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 4 Solutions uploaded

Dear Students
  Week 4 Assignment 4 Solutions are now available in the week 4 contents under the course outline.

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 4 Solutions uploaded

Dear Students
  Week 4 Assignment 4 Solutions are now available in the week 4 contents under the course outline.

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Basic Electrical Circuits

Please ignore the previous announcement of week 4 assignment solutions.

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Last date for Exam Registartion Extended

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration have been extended till August 28 10:00 AM (Monday).

Payment for the exam can been made till August 28 5:00 PM (Monday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

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Week 5 Content

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos and Assignment of Week 5 are available in the course outline section under "Week 5 : Mesh analysis; Circuit theorems".

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Regarding Asssignment marks

Dear Students
Assignment 1 and Assignment 3 answers will be re-evaluated. Please give us some time. We will re-evaluate these assignments and give you the new scores.

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Feedback for week 4

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3 Solutions uploaded

Dear Students
  Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3 Assignment Solutions are now available in their respective week contents under the course outline.

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Week 4 Assignment

Dear all,

Week 4 Assignment is now available for submission please go through the instructions given in question carefully before answering matrix type questions.

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A Reminder on Certification Exam - Register Today

GET CERTIFIED

Registration is open from 2nd Aug 2017 until 23rd Aug 2017 10:00am. Hurry up to get certified from IIT's and IISc

Register Now

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Feedback for Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3

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Exam and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)

Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 -16th September 2017. We will notify the same through email.

FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/cert_preview/certificate_latest.pdf

-NPTEL Team

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Basic Electrical Circuits: Week 3 Lecture Videos and Assignment are available.

Dear Students,
 Lecture Videos and Assignment of Week 3 are available in the course outline section under "Week 3: Power and energy in electrical elements; Circuit analysis method".

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Week 1 Assignment 1 submission deadline has been extended.

Dear participants,
Submission deadline of Week 1 Assignment 1 has been extended up to 07.08.17.

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REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2017 (Wednesday) until 23rd AUGUST 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 24th September 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/Sep%202017%20Exam%20Cities%20-%20Default+alternate%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 -16th September 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, only basic details will be editable.


2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1
1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.
2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.
3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.
4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2
1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature.  Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till August  23, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after August  23 2017.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

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Week_2 lectures

Week_2 lectures and assignment is now available in the portal. 

TAs

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Assignment 1

Assignment 1 is now available.
Dead line: 02/08/2017   23:59.

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Welcome to "Basic Electrical Circuits"

Welcome to "Basic Electrical Circuits"

2017-07-16

A warm welcome to all of you to "Basic Electrical Circuits" from our team. Please take a few minutes to go through a few basic points about the course given below. Feel free to use the online forum for any queries you have. Enjoy!

Nagendra Krishnapura

About the course

• The course officially starts on 24th July 2017.
  
• The course lasts 8 weeks.
  

Lectures

• Each week, one unit, with a number of lessons under each unit, will be released. The total duration of lectures will be about 2.5 hours per week. The lectures will be released as per the schedule which is given at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ee13/course
• The first unit, which is for the week of 24th July, has already been released to give you a flavor for the course. The second unit will be released on 31st July, and there will be a unit every week thereafter.
  
• The last unit will be released on September 11th.
  
• It is best to watch the lessons in sequence the first time around. You can go back to the any (part of any) lesson any time afterwards. You can cover the unit in several sessions. 

Activity questions

• These are important. Work these out immediately after each lesson to ensure that you absorbed what was covered in that lesson. Also, these are not timed tests. Take your time to understand the questions and the concepts behind them.
  

Assignments

• The assignment covering the contents of a particular week will be due on Wednesday of the following week. The schedule of assignments will be announced with the lecture schedule. 
• Do not leave all assignment problems to the last day/hour!
  
• After the deadline, the correct answers to assignment questions will be displayed. The deadline is "hard" and no extensions are possible.
  
• The first assignment is due on 2nd August. This will be released later today.
  
• The last assignment will be due on 20th September. The exam will be on 24th September.
  

Announcements and Forum

• Important announcements will be put up under this section. The forum is for general discussion. Make sure to follow both of these regularly.

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2017-05-24

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Welcome to NPTEL Online Course : Basic electrical circuits