24 hours lectures and 12 hours tutorials to support indicative content, student centred learning. Lab-based practical work and written work.

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

Laboratory facilities with circuit hardware and pc-based simulation software such as:-

Electronics, Electrical and Mathematics Principles
Electronics Workbench and/or PSpice

A practically based assignment (50%) and an end of module 2 hour class test (50%):-

1. The practically based assignment will involve 4 laboratory based practical investigations, computer simulation and written report, which will assess the measurement aspects of learning outcomes 1 to 4.

2. The end-of-module 2hr class test will assess the analysis and prediction aspects of learning outcomes 1 to 4.

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1. Digital Fundamentals, Thomas L. Floyd, 10th Edition, 2009, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0-13-235923-5
2. Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory, Louis Nashelsky & Robert L. Boylestead, 10th Edition, 2008, Pearson Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780135026496
3. Introductory Circuit Analysis, Robert Boylestead, 11th Edition, 2006, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780131730441

- The equivalent-circuit technique for analysing dc and ac circuits with series-parallel connected resistors.
- AC sources. Sinusoidal waveforms, amplitude, rms values, frequency, phase shift. Phasor representation.
- AC voltage-current relationships for circuit elements, R, L and C. Inductive and capacitive reactances and resonance.
- Simple series ac circuits. Impedance. Phasor addition of component voltages.
- OP amp and applications. Filters, intgrator, summing amplifier
- Simple RC filters. The decibel. Frequency response curves.
- Bipolar transistors. Construction and characteristics. Simple biasing
- Digital representation of numbers, text and analogue signals
- Logic functions, truth tables and simple logic statements and simplifications
- Logic gates and circuits
- Simple flip-flops, registers and data storage