CPA (Diploma Electrical Engineering 3rd)

1. Algorithm and Program Development (4 hrs)

a) Steps in development of a program

b) Flow-charts, algorithm development

c) Introduction to various computer languages

d) Concept of interpreter, compiler, high level language(HLL), machine

language (ML) and Assembly Language

2. Program Structure (C Programming) (24 hrs)

a) History of ‘C’, data types, input output statements, arithmetic and

logical operations, data assignments, precedence and associatively

b) I/O statements

 Assignment, Variables, arithmetic operation- their precedence, data

types standard I/O function, formulated I/O

c) Control Statements

Logical and relational operators; if-else, while, do- while, for loops,

breaks, switch statements

d) Functions: Function declaration, parameter passing- by value,

storage classes (Local, Global and Static variables), standard

library functions

e) Arrays:

Single and multi dimensional arrays, character arrays

f) Pointers:

To various data types, pointers in parameters passing, pointers to

function

g) Structures:

Definition of a structure, pointer to structure, union and array of

structure

h) Strings:

String processing, functions and standard library function 

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i) Data files

 File handling and manipulation, file reading and writing, Binary and

ASCII files, file records using standard function type mouse

3. Software Applications in Electrical Engineering (4 hrs)

Computer application overview through various applications software

related to Electrical Engineering branch viz: MATLAB, PSIM, MULTISIM,

PSPICE Autocad in Electrical Engineering