Undergraduate Course: Analogue Mixed Signal Laboratory 3 (ELEE09025)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Electronics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is an exercise in analogue circuit design. The exercise is to design and realise the circuitry to display a television signal as a picture on a standard oscilloscope.
The exercise is designed to use knowledge gained by students in the earlier years of their course and aims to act a "structured project" to act as an introduction to the more open ended type of final year project work carried out in the fourth and fifth years. Until this point in the course the students experience is largely of analysis of circuits supplied to them. In this exercise they are expected to synthesise their own designs and realise their own circuitry.
The exercise is assessed in three stages. Firstly the students are required to produce a report in the form of a service document aimed at a service technician who is required to fault-find their design. This necessitates a circuit diagram for their design along with a PCB layout diagram and a components list. A further requirement is a brief description of the circuit and its function. Secondly the quality of the picture displayed by the final design is assessed and marked. Assessment is based on the sharpness of the picture, the contrast, sync. stability and the ramp linearity. Thirdly the physical layout and construction of the circuit is assessed for neatness and logical organisation and finally the quality of the fabrication and construction of the PCB is assessed. The criteria used for assessing the exercise are described in an appendix to the manual that is issued to each participant.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Familiarity with op-amp circuits, basic competence with electronic design, competence in the use of simple electronic test equipment. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the exercise the students should:
be able to design voltage amplifier, ramp generator and sync. pulse separator circuits.
be able to implement a multistage amplifier design which withstands the effects of inter-stage loading between successive stages.
be able to implement effective decoupling in a design.
be able to integrate a number of separate stages to implement a complete working system to a written specification.
be able to document a design that they have carried out.
be able to layout and implement a printed circuit board design.
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Assessment Information
| Coursework 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Electronics, design, laboratory |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Brian Flynn
Tel: (0131 6)50 5590
Email: Brian.Flynn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Tina Mcavoy
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: Tina.McAvoy@ed.ac.uk |
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