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Undergraduate Course: Electronics Project Laboratory 2A (ELEE08014)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe students will design and analyse the analogue and digital sampling components for a speech digitiser circuit. The students will also undertake self-learning material that introduces them to the use of MATLAB software. The basic syntax of MATLAB is introduced, along with data plotting and scripting techniques for basic problem solving.
Course description In this course, students will take five laboratory sessions covering analogue circuit design for the speech digitiser circuit. They will also take five laboratory sessions covering MATLAB software.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Analogue Circuits 2 (ELEE08016)
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Electronics Project Laboratory 2C (ELEE08018)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs Purchase of laboratory notebook
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Course Start Date 18/09/2017
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 57 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% coursework
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Development of skill in the recording of laboratory investigations and the use of records in building up and reporting knowledge.
  2. Be familiar with the design and testing of analogue electronic circuits.
  3. Ability to use computer simulation software to evaluate and verify electronic circuit designs.
  4. Be able to use MATLAB software for mathematical problem solving.
  5. Capability to write scripts to undertake repetitive tasks and to use plotting functions to visualise datasets.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsAnalogue Circuits,Sampling,MATLAB,programming
Contacts
Course organiserDr John Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5585
Email: John.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lorna Brown
Tel: (0131 6)51 7073
Email: Lorna.Brown@ed.ac.uk
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