Overview
An introduction to key concepts in analog and digital electronics. Linear networks and filters, operational amplifiers, simple transistor circuits, logic gates, microcontrollers and digital applications.
This paper takes a hands-on approach to equip students with the skills and confidence to design and build their own circuits. The lectures cover the fundamental tools for understanding a wide variety of simple and useful electronic circuits, and students get to test and explore these principles in the laboratory.
Lab projects include designing and assembling a custom PCB for a basic hand-held game console, analysing signal filters and amplifiers, and programming a WiFi-enabled microcontroller to create a functional weather station. Students are aided by comprehensive computer-based virtual instruments, coupled to a breadboard system that allows effective investigation and experimentation.
About this paper
| Paper title | Electronics for the Sciences |
|---|---|
| Subject | Physics |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,243.65 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- (MATH 130 or MATH 140) or one of PHSI 131, PHSI 132, PHSI 191
- Restriction
- ELEC 253
- Recommended Preparation
- PHSI 132 or PHSI 191
- Schedule C
- Science
- Contact
- Professor Niels Kjaergaard
- More information link
- Teaching staff
- Dr Tim Molteno
Dr Matthew Chilcott - Textbooks
Circuit Analysis and Design by Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Michel Mharbiz, and Cynthia Furse Michigan Pubklishing, 2018
(downlaodable from https://cad.eecs.umich.edu/)
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- After completing this paper students will be able to:
- Understand how electronic circuits and devices can provide high-speed, predictable, reliable functionality
- Mathematically analyse simple DC and AC circuits, including the use of complex numbers
- Build, debug and understand simple electronic circuits in the lab using a breadboard, electronic components, and virtual test equipment
- Present a well-structured report of the results of a laboratory investigation
- Understand how to design and program a simple microcontroller circuit to implement basic high-level functionality