Technological design principles (electronics)
A Zahedi
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 13 tutorial/laboratory hours * First semester * Caulfield/Peninsula
Nature of electricity, voltage, current, frequency. Signals: their measurement and display. Passive components: resistance, inductance and capacitance and typical circuits. Semiconductors and electronic components: diodes, transistors and integrated circuits. Circuits and characteristics of typical analogue electronic circuits - power supplies, amplifiers, operational amplifiers. Circuits and characteristics of typical digital electronic circuits - logical circuits. The use of computer software in electronic circuit analysis.
Assessment
Practical work, laboratory work, tests: 30% * Examination (3 hours): 70%
Recommended texts
Boylestad R and Nashelsky L Electronics: A survey 3rd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1989
Faissler W L An introduction to modern electronics Wiley, 1991