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Welcometothisfirstcourseyouwilltakeonelectronicengineering.Thisismyfifthtimeteachingthismodule.Ihadagreatexperienceteachingthisclassforthepastfewyears,anditwasplannedthatIshouldpassthisontoDrDavidBoyle.However,duetoCovid-19andremoteteaching,Iamcontinuingtoleadthismoduleforthisyear.
Thiscoursepresentsapersonalchallengeevenbeforethecurrentcrisis:howtoselectandteachfromavastamountofmaterialswenormallyteachtofirstyearEEstudents,andcoverallthatwithyouinaquarteroftheavailabletime?Evenmorechallengingis:howtoensurethatyouretainwhatyoulearninelectronicsforyearstocome,whileyouonlyencounterthistopicrarelyduringtheentiredegreeprogramme?Allmyteachingmaterialsincludinglectureslideswithnotes,laboratoryworkandtutorialproblemsheets,canbefoundonthecoursewebpageshownhere.Furthermore,alllectureswillberecordedwithPanopto.
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Beinganelectronicengineeringprofessor,myopinionisbiased.However,Iwouldarguethatelectronicsisnowubiquitousinthemodernworld.Therearenowmoreelectronicpartsinacarthanmechanicalones.
Shownhereisapartiallistofwhatyoucanexpecttolearnfromthiscourse.Evenmoreimportantly,beforeIstartedprepareforthecontentsofthiscourse,IwroteadocumentstatingtheprincipleonwhichIwilldesignthiscourse.Init,Istatedfivebasicprinciples:
1. Lessismore–takingmaterialoutwillresultinstudentslearningmore.2. Conceptwithrigour–focusonconceptualunderstandinginsteadof
details,butatthesametimenotloosingrigour.Focusonfundamentals.3. Top-down,notbottom-up–wherepossiblegofromsystemlevelviewto
componentviewwherepossible.
4. Confidencenotignorance–bringaboutstudent’sconfidenceonelectronics.Knowwhatyouknow,butevenmoreimportant,knowwhatyoudon’tknow!
5. Formalteachingvsproblembasedlearning–blendingtogetherpracticallaboratoryandprojectworkwiththecoursematerialstaughtformallyinlectures.
Acopyofthisdocumentisputonthecoursewebpage.
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Remoteteachingisnewtoeveryone.However,Ihaveaplanasshownhere.Iwilladaptthisplanasweprogressthroughouttheterm.
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Iwillbeprovidingnotesthroughoutthiscourse.Sostrictlyspeaking,youcouldgetawaywithoutusinganytextbooks.However,Irecommendonlyonetextbook–Practicalelectronicsforinventors.ThisbookisparticularlysuitableforDesignEngineersbecauseithasagoodbalancebetweentheoryandpractice,itisrelativelylowcostinspiteofsize(>1000pages)anditcoverseverythingyouneedinelectronicsatsufficientdepth.
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Thismodulewillbebasedontalksandpracticallaboratoryexperiments.ThisisachievedthroughaHomeLabKitthatIhavepreparedforyou.Thesewillbesenttoyouviacourierinnextweek.Dependingonwhereyoulive,IexpectthatyouwillreceiveyourKitbytheendofnextweekorthefollowingweek.
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Pleasemakesurethatyoucompleteyouraddresssurveyasap,andnotlaterthannoonon2May2020.
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