Introducing Chaotic Circuits in Analog Systems Course

For decades, the engineering undergraduate education in the area of systems design has been mainly focused in linear models. Today, it is important for students to be exposed to chaos phenomena which exist in electrical, mechanical, biological and other systems. In this paper, we focus in electrical chaotic systems with the understanding that similar systems exist in other fields of study. We present two autonomous and two nonautonomous circuits that behave chaotically. We have selected simple circuits, such as the Colpitts oscillator, that are actually taught to students in electronics courses. Multisim is used to simulate circuits and show the presence of chaos. Complete circuits implementation and oscilloscope plots are all given. Student’s first time experience with these phenomena is discussed.

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