Seminar: Electronics

Higher education teachers: Jankovec Marko

Subject description

Prerequisites:

• No special prerequisites.

Content (Syllabus outline):

1. Product Specifications. Time and financial plan. Using a computerized planning and production plan. Optimization of the time from idea to market. The technologies available for PCB manufacturing. The choice of technology according to the complexity and product specifications.
2. Using of resources: books, internet, companies’ datasheets. Compliance with safety and EMC standards. Block diagram of electronic and programming work. Choice of electronic and mechanical components of a circuit.
3. Construction of the electrical design with standard design software. List of connections documenting the plan.
4. Design testing: test point, test procedure, testing of printed circuit boards (connections). Testing equipment and software testing. Types and Troubleshooting.
5. Manufacture of printed circuit board design with standard design software. Output file and review boards. Connection of designer with manufacturers of printed circuit boards. Technology to manufacture prototype printed circuit boards. Documentation of the project. The financial recap. Presentation of the project: creating a presentation environment, using technical equipment for presentations. Performance in front of an audience.

Objectives and competences:

The course combines knowledge of all technical subjects of the study so far and enables students to use their theoretical knowledge in a practical application, where they design and realize an electronic device.

Intended learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding:The students are able to design a simple electronic product, using the knowledge acquired during their studies.

Application:The use of acquired knowledge from technical courses for the practical realization of an electronic system.

Reflection:Observation and coping with the process of contacting the manufacturers of components and printed circuit boards. Taking into account financial aspects of the design.

Transferable skills:The realization of electronic circuits from design to testing. Creating relevant technical documentation and presentation of the product in front of the critical audience.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures,
• laboratory exercises,
• project work.

Study materials

1. Mark I. Montrose, Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance, Wiley-Interscience IEEE, ISBN 0-7803-5376-5, New York, 2000.
2. Tehnična dokumentacija programov za načrtovanje električnih in tiskanih vezij. / Technical documentation of PCB design software.
3. Spletne strani izdelovalcev elektronskih in elektromehanskih komponent. / Web pages of manufacturers of electronic parts and ICs.
4. Spletne strani distributerjev elektronskih in elektromehanskih komponent. / Web pages of the distributors of electronic parts and ICs.