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2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PDES2525 Advanced Electronics for Product Design

20 creditsClass Size: 54

Module manager: Dr Jordan Boyle
Email: J.H.Boyle@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisites

PDES1365Basic Electronics for Product Design

Module replaces

PDES 2520 Electronics for Product Design

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Interface sensors and transducers to microcontrollers or similar devices of which facilitates digital and analogue input and output channels,
2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of programming microcontrollers or similar devices using off-the-shelf software,
3. Design products that incorporate electronic sensing and control elements,
4. Decompose a design problem into smaller and solvable tasks;
5. Build and operate proof-of-concept prototypes to demonstrate solution principles of their own designed products using standard electronic parts;


Learning outcomes
At the end of this module, student will have learned how to:
1. Apply engineering reasoning and problem solving to analyse, build and debug moderately complex electronic circuits.
2. Interpret a moderately complex specification, decompose it into smaller design a circuit that satisfies this.
3. Use basic mathematical knowledge in an applied context.
4. Devise an algorithm to achieve desired functionality, and implement this as a microcontroller program.
5. Understand how to write a technical report that effectively communicates the details of a design.


Syllabus

- Using pulse width modulation (PWM) to drive direct current motors, servo motors and loads
- Charging and discharging of capacitors
- Resistor and capacitor (RC) circuits and band pass filters
- Using operational amplifiers (Op Amp)
- Using accelerometers and Hall effect sensors
- Microcontroller concepts using Arduino platform
- Boolean logic AND, OR, NOT, XOR
- Iterative programming structures, while loop, for loop, case structure
- Data acquisition and data manipulation
- Simple programming and debugging
- Finite state machines

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture212.0042.00
Practical102.0020.00
Tutorial71.007.00
Private study hours131.00
Total Contact hours69.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Private study will be a combination of lecture, practical and tutorial preparation and review, completing the two coursework items and revision and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Verbal feedback in synchronous sessions and potentially short MCQ based on each week’s material.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
ProjectPrototype demonstration and report25.00
ProjectPrototype demonstration and report25.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Unseen exam 2 hr 50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/08/2020 08:42:19

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