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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Introduction to Digital Electronics and Microcontrollers | |||
| Reference | EN1513 | Version | 2 |
| Created | August 2021 | SCQF Level | SCQF 7 |
| Approved | September 2017 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2021 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
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| To provide the student with the ability to describe and utilize digital electronic devices, circuits and systems and to carry out analysis of simple digital circuits. To provide the student with the ability to describe, program and utilize simple microcontroller-based circuits. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Describe digital electronic devices, systems and microcontrollers and explain their principles of operation. |
| 2 | Design and analyse basic digital circuits. |
| 3 | Write software for and construct simple interface-based microcontroller systems and observe, record and interpret their operation. |
| 4 | Construct digital electronic circuits and systems and observe, record and interpret measurements made on them. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Introduction to digital electronics: Boolean algebra, truth tables and Karnaugh maps. Synthesis and analysis of basic combinatorial circuits. Sequential logic, flip-flops, registers and counters. Introduction to computer systems: binary number systems, computer types and application areas. System block diagram (CPU, memory, input/output, buses). Introduction to microcontroller software: edit-compile-execute cycle, syntax of a high-level language, input, process, output program operation, selection and repetition structures. Introduction to microcontroller interfacing: I/O ports types and their use. |
| Module Delivery |
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| This module is taught using a structured programmed of lectures, tutorials and laboratory exercises supplemented by directed reading and student-centred learning. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 60 | 60 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 90 | 90 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2 |
| Description: | Assessed tutorials or quizzes under exam conditions. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3, 4 |
| Description: | Logbook. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The module has 2 components and to gain an overall pass a minimum D grade must be achieved in each component. The component weighting is as follows: C1 is worth 50% and C2 is worth 50%. | ||||||||
| Coursework: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | E | E | ||
| B | A | B | B | C | E | E | ||
| C | B | B | C | C | E | E | ||
| D | B | C | C | D | E | E | ||
| E | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| F | E | E | E | F | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
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| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
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| An Indicative Bibliography will normally reference the latest edition of a text. In some cases, older editions are equally useful for students and therefore, those are the editions that may be stocked. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | FLOYD, T.L., 2015. Digital Fundamentals. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson. |
| 2 | STOREY, N., 2013. Electronics: a Systems Approach. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson. |