Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE TET3014

 
TITLE Electrical Waveform Design for Technology

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Technology and Entrepreneurship Education

 
DESCRIPTION A graphical item is usually produced with commonly established tools such as pencil and paper, mouse and computer screen or stylus and touchscreen. A waveform on an oscilloscope or a screen can be interpreted as a graphic item produced by discrete or programmable electronic devices, or mathematics as the drawing tools. This graphical item usually has a definite function linked to electrical engineering applications, nevertheless creative graphical items unrelated to engineering applications can also be design through mathematics and displayed on the oscilloscope or a computer screen. This study-unit explores methods of producing conventional and unconventional waveform shapes on the oscilloscope or computer screen using the behaviours and characteristics of discrete or programmable electronic devices together with the mathematical descriptions of functions.

Study-Unit Aims:

- To link mathematics to the design of waveforms through the application of electrical/electronic devices or through software coding;
- To present the study of electronics as a creative activity through the use of visual representations of signals.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- Design and display conventional waveforms such as sine wave, rectangular waves, sawtooth etc… and manipulate parameters such as amplitude, frequency, phase, pulse width etc.;
- Employ conventional processes for the formation of waveforms e.g. modulation, rectification, clipping etc.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- Use various function settings and features on the oscilloscope including the XY feature for lissajous figures;
- Draw upon and link diverse knowledge within the electrical / electronics and mathematics knowledge domains;
- Program waveforms and visualize them;
- Simulate circuits using a software package.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

- cherz, P. and S. Monk (2013). Practical Electronics for Inventors, McGraw-Hill Education TAB.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Pre-requisite Study-units: Foundations of Electrical Theories for Technology (TET1003), Introduction to Solid-State Devices and circuits for(NO CHANGE) Technology (TET1004), Transducer circuits (TET1009)

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture, Independent Study and Practical

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Portfolio SEM1 Yes 50%
Project SEM1 Yes 50%

 
LECTURER/S Sarah Pule

 

 
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