Industry with accessible electronic systems (e.g. infrastructure or under manufacture) and test equipment.
PC-based simulation software such as Electronics Workbench and/or PSpice

Contact time includes a 2 hour lecture/practical each week.

This module may be delivered full-time on a block delivery basis at West Cheshire College.

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Electronics Fundamentals, T Floyd, 7th Edition, 2006, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0131995855
Principles of Electronic Circuits, T Floyd, 8th Edition, 2007, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-027367509

A folder of work covering laboratory work and tutorial examples (75%), learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3
10 minute presentation by the student to module tutor(s) outlining the work in the folder followed by an interview of 20 minutes (max) on the folder contents (25%), learning outcome 4.

This section of the module introduces students to the fundamentals of electronic circuits and systems. The treatment concentrates on basic understanding coupled with the minimum necessary quantitative analysis. PC-based circuit simulation software is introduced but the emphasis is on practical hands-on experience with real circuits:
The electric circuit. Voltage, current and resistance. Ohm's law.
Measurements with multimeter. SI units. Circuit diagrams and component specification and symbols.
Simple dc circuits with series- and parallel-connected resistors. Equivalent resistance. Kirchoff's laws.
Alternating current and voltage. Frequency. Peak and rms values.
Use of signal generator and oscilloscope. Simple ac resistive circuits.
Capacitors. Qualitative response of RC circuits to sinusoidal sources and step input
Observation of phase shift.
Electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction. Qualitative behaviour of inductors and transformers.
Semiconductor devices. Diodes, LEDs , transistors and op-amps. Qualitative principles of operation.