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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Electronics 2
Reference EN2510 Version 7
Created January 2023 SCQF Level SCQF 8
Approved March 2004 SCQF Points 15
Amended August 2023 ECTS Points 7.5

Aims of Module
To provide the student with the knowledge and skills to enable analysis, synthesis and design of basic standard circuit configurations of analogue and digital circuits, and the use of hardware description languages.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Analyse standard digital and analogue circuits using appropriate engineering principles
2 Create sequential logic circuits to solve broadly-defined problems
3 Report upon the design, simulation, and application of standard analogue circuits

Indicative Module Content
Data conversion, Introduction to ADC and DAC circuits. Identification, analysis and elimination of circuit hazards. MSI circuits, including encoders, decoders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, applications. Sequential circuits, flip-flop types, characteristic equations, synchronous counters, shift registers; flow diagram representation of digital systems. Introduction to basic concepts and use of, Algorithmic State Machines; applications in sequential circuits. Introduction to programmable devices. Introduction to VHDL coding of digital systems. Simple transistor (low-frequency) model. Analysis and synthesis of feedback circuits, two-transistor feedback amplifiers. Non-ideal operational amplifier, typical operational amplifier circuit configurations and applications, eg amplifiers, filters, oscillators.

Module Delivery
This is a lecture based course supplemented with tutorial sessions, laboratory exercises and student centred learning.

Indicative Student Workload Full Time Part Time
Contact Hours 50 50
Non-Contact Hours 100 100
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
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type: Coursework Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 2, 3
Description: Laboratory investigation.
Component 2
Type: Examination Weighting: 50% Outcomes Assessed: 1
Description: Closed book examination.

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:
Examination: 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 EN1512 Introduction to Analogue Electronics and Signals or equivalent and EN1541 Introduction to Digital Electronics and Engineering Programming or equivalent.
Corequisites for module None.
Precluded Modules None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 BEARDS, P., 2002. Analog and Digital Electronics: A First Course. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
2 FLOYD, T., 2015. Digital Fundamentals. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
3 KATZ, R. and BORRIELLO, G., 2005. Contemporary Logic Design. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
4 ROTH, C.H., 2013. Fundamentals of Logic Design. 7th ed. Boston, MA: Thomson Brooks/Cole.

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