Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Embedded Control Design Project | |||
| Reference | EN2107 | Version | 5 |
| Created | April 2023 | SCQF Level | SCQF 8 |
| Approved | July 2018 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | August 2023 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide the student with necessary knowledge, skills and experience to fulfil a simple embedded control brief from concept to fruition. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Infer required documentations for an embedded control application. |
| 2 | Plan work activities to enable maintainability of the solution and ensure protection of intellectual property. |
| 3 | Design an embedded controller to a design brief. |
| 4 | Undertake continuous improvement and its quality management of an embedded controller design. |
| 5 | Show the performance behaviour of an embedded controller against the original specification document |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Introduction to the embedded system, basics of C/C++ language, Hands-on: programming of digital, analogue and serial peripherals of a microcontroller, also interfacing to industrial sensors and implementation of signal processing for control operation. Prototype and development of embedded control system with user interaction. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| The module is delivered in Blended Learning mode using structured online learning materials/activities and directed study, facilitated by regular online tutor support. Workplace Mentor support and work-based learning activities will allow students to contextualise this learning to their own workplace. Face-to-face engagement occurs through annual induction sessions, employer work-site visits, and modular on-campus workshops. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 30 | N/A |
| Non-Contact Hours | 30 | N/A |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | 240 | N/A |
| TOTAL | 300 | N/A |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 240 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | Logbook portfolio. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Report based on an embedded controller project. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | E | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | Completion of Stage 1, SCQF Level 7, or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | MORTON, T D, 2000, Embedded Microcontrollers, Prentice-Hall |
| 2 | WHITE, E, 2012, Making Embedded Systems, DawsonEra (e-book) |
| 3 | ZHANG, P, 2010, Advanced Industrial Control Technology, 1st ed., Elsevier (e-book) |