1 x 2 hour examination (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 1.
1 x written report 2,500 words (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 2

Learning on all aspects of the contents will be facilitated by attending lectures.
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment
Problem solving and student centred learning
Contact hours: 48 hrs lectures:24 hrs laboratory/tutorials

Electronics fundamentals: circuits, devices and applications / Thomas L. Floyd by Floyd, Thomas L. (2007), Edition: 7th Edition, Publisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007.
ISBN/ISSN: 013219709X, 9780132197090

Basic analogue electronics laboratory including op-amp trainers
Analogue simulation software Multisim V10
Component Data Sheets.

Discrete analogue transistor circuit design and analysis, introduction to feedback theory, introduction to the operational amplifier, operational amplifier circuit design and analysis. Application e.g. audio and signal amplifiers, waveform generation, oscillators, introduction to active filters, introduction to power supplies. Gain, frequency and bandwidth definitions, use of decibels. Use of analogue circuit simulation software. Class A and Class A B Power Amplifiers.
Introduction to typical microcontrollers, (e.g. Arduino, mbed, picaxe), microcontroller architecture, memory mapping of systems, numbering conventions, programming of microcontrollers using C, analogue and digital sensor interfacing and applications within microcontrollers, ADC and DACs, microcontrollers applications. Development tools, emulators, IDEs.