Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ELECTRONICS II | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | AELE337 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 6 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | AELE237 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | • Basic Operational Amplifier Circuits: Inverting and non-inverting amplifier, voltage follower, comparators, summing and difference amplifier. Frequency response, gain-bandwidth product and cascaded amplifier analysis. Programmable Analog Technology and Field Programmable Analogue Arrays.
• Instrumentation Circuits: Data Converters, Anolog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog basics and characteristics, data converter circuits. Instrumentation amplifier, Isolation amplifier and the trans-conductance amplifier. Analogue multiplexers, digital potentiometers and digital volume control.
• Square Waveform and Pulse Generators: Types and characteristics of oscillators and square waveform generators. Feedback RC square wave generators using op-amps, Schmitt trigger and logic gates. Crystal square wave generators. Lookup table based complex waveform generators. Monostable multivibrators, one-shot circuits and applications. The 555 timer as a monostable, square waveform generator, and PWM oscillator.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures are supplemented with individual student assignments. The students familiarize with EDA tools for simulating electronic circuits. The circuits are built and tested in the laboratory. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |