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Electronics
B |
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A one-hour lecture
and a one-hour
practical each week in Semester 2.
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| Prerequisite |
Satisfactory
completion of Electronics A. |
| Aim |
To gain a deeper
understanding of the theoretical foundations of electronics, and to
develop practical skills in analysing and repairing circuits.
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| Content |
Physics of
electricity: semiconductors, antennas, transmission (advanced) lines,
shielding, faraday cages, co-axial lines, balanced twisted pairs.
Electronic systems: motherboards, cardcages, busses. Electronic
communications: serial, parallel, handshaking, standards (e.g. RS232),
plugs, sockets, cabling. AC analysis: steady-state, transient,
impedance.
Audio analog circuits: tone generators, modulators, hi-fi amplifiers.
Video analog circuits: pattern generators, modulators, switchers,
genlocks, encoders, decoders.
Digital circuits: finite state machines, arithmetic logic units,
display controllers.
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| Assessment |
Assignments-60%.
Practical project 40%.
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| Texts |
Mimms III, EM., Getting Started in Electronics,
Radio Shack,1983.
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| References |
Chamberlin, H., Musical Applications of Microprocessors,
2nd edn, Hayden Books, 1985.
Horowitz, P, and Hill, W, The Art of
Electronics, Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Nilsson, J.W, Electric Circuits,
Addison-Wesley, 1983.
Pitt, VH. (ed.), The Penguin
Dictionary of Physics, Penguin, 1979.
Rowe, I., Fundamentals of Solid State,
Masterprint, 1979. (An Electronics
Australia Handbook)
Young, E.C. (ed.), The New Penguin
Dictionary of Electronics, Penguin, 1980.
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