Develop Your Electrical Circuit Solver in Python

Discover the theory behind today's circuit simulators and implement it in Python.

Created by: Ossama El Sanharawi
Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Graph theory applied to Circuit Analysis
• Apply Modified Nodal Analysis (MNA) to electrical circuits in time domain and frequency domain
• Python Fundamentals
• Basics of version control, Git and GitHub
• Develop a circuit solver in time domain and frequency domain
• Get familiar with NumPy, the most popular Python scientific library
• Basics of the pandas library for easy data manipulation and nice output formatting
• Object-Oriented Programming with Python
• The Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle with class inheritance in Python
• Code refactoring to improve your program structure

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of electrical circuits: modelling independent voltage sources, independent current sources and RLC in time domain and frequency domain
• 1st year undergraduate level is enough (to understand basic matrix operations)
• No prior knowledge of Python is required
• A computer with an internet connection

Target audience

• Anyone studying electrical engineering or working in this field with the wish to start learning programming.
• Anyone aiming to develop a real-world programming project related to electrical engineering.
• This project may be suitable as a project proposal for university students.
• Electrical engineering students/professionals wishing to extend their career opportunities by developing multi-disciplinary skills.
• Anyone curious in understanding the theory behind the solvers implemented in modern circuit simulators.