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This course defines the basics of electrical circuits, including the three passive elements (resistance, inductor and capacitor), linear circuits and voltage and current sources.
The elementary laws of electricity are applied to these circuits, followed by a series of methods for combining the elements and transforming the circuit, leading to their simplification and enabling easy analysis of the currents, voltages and powers present. Some classic special circuits are presented.
All these methods are first developed for d.c. operation and then generalized to a.c. operation, involving complex calculations. The importance of alternating current lies in the fact that it is omnipresent in domestic and industrial electrical distribution.