Undergraduate Course: Electronics and Electrical Engineering 3 (ELEE09036)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The first part of the course will introduce students to a holistic quantitative approach to maximising the quality of products and services via a range of tools and techniques selected from six sigma and lean six sigma methodology.
The second part of the course is designed as a 'structured mini project' for students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the previous semester to the design of a simple analogue electronic system. |
| Course description |
Part 1 of the course is designed to embed in the student mindset a structured approach to the design and manufacture/implementation of products and services.
Topics covered will include:
- concepts that link design & manufacture in products, circa 25%
- quality, reliability and cost, circa 25%
- statistical process control, circa 15%
- design & analysis of experiments, circa 15%
- Analysis, circa 15%,
- Other, e.g., markets, customers, end users, circa 5%
Delivery is expected to include (details may vary from year to year)
- lectures, examples classes, tutorials, and recommended reading
- individual simulation exercises, online research, group activities
- case studies and real-world examples
- external guest contributions and guest-delivered-activities.
In Part 2, the above design know-how is then applied through a lab-based electronic system design activity. In this hands-on learning,student will work on a 'structured mini project'.
The course overall is designed to support the development of some initial skills that will equip students for the more open-ended type of project work carried out in the fourth and/or fifth years of their degree programme. Until this point, students' experience is largely of analysis of circuits supplied to them. In this course, students are expected to synthesise their own designs and realise their own circuitry.
Assessment of Part 1 will be based on performance in a compulsory written exam paper.
Assessment of Part 2 will be based on: (1) a written report by the students explaining their design and the function of each subsystem. This report will be expected to include the circuit diagrams, design equations and a complete list of components and their values. In addition, the report should contain student attempts to specific questions in the provided laboratory script. (2) The PCB layout, efficient use of space on the PCB, good soldering/component placement on the PCB. (3) Finally, the design functionality. It is expected that, with the implemented design, it should be possible to achieve an end-to-endoptical signal transmission over an optical fibre channel. Assessment is based on the quality of the design and measured performance metrics stated in the lab manual.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Familiarity with op-amp circuits, basic competence with electronic design, competence is the use of simple electronic test equipment including oscilloscope, signal generator and soldering. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 36,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 6,
Formative Assessment Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 6,
Revision Session Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
109 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam %:50%
Practical Exam %:N/A
Coursework %:50% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Articulate and calculate/estimate the quantitative benefits of a six-sigma quality-based approach in (electronic) product and service design.
- Show convincing familiarity with the data-driven, team-focused, project-based, methodology of Lean six sigma that improves performance by eliminating waste (Lean) and reducing process variation (Six Sigma).
- Competently use some of the essential tools of lean six sigma e.g., Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DoE) and data analysis.
- Use discrete components and operational amplifiers to implement basic analogue designs and implement a multi stage amplifier design which withstands the effects of inter-stage loading between successive stages.
- Prototype their design on a breadboard.Layout their design using an appropriate software and implement a printed circuit board of their final design. Document the design and its performance.
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Reading List
Part 1
Essential.
Black Belt Memory Jogger Second Edition. A pocket guide for six sigma DMAIC success. https://goalqpc.com/product/black-belt-memory-jogger-2/
Reference.
Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Sixth Edition, Mendenhall.
Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Montgomery (JohnWiley)
Design and Analysis of Experiments, Montgomery (JohnWiley)
Statistical Process Control and Quality Improvement, Smith (Prentice-Hall)
Statistical Quality Control, Grant & Levenworth (McGraw-Hill)
Quality, Summers (Prentice-Hall)
Statistical Methods for Quality, Miller & Miller (Prentice-Hall) |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Product design and manufacture,communications engineering,optical communications,electronic design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Wasiu Popoola
Tel: (0131 6)50 8232
Email: W.Popoola@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ilaria Monfroni
Tel:
Email: imonfron@ed.ac.uk |
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