Semester 3, 2022 External | |
Units : | 0 |
Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
School or Department : | School of Engineering |
Grading basis : | Pass/Not Pass |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Overview
The assessment in this course is competency-based. Students will achieve either a pass or fail for each assessment. Students need to pass all assessment items to successfully complete the course. These competency items form part of the USQ accreditation agreement with the accrediting organisation/s (where relevant).
The purpose of this practice course is to provide experimental support for the first level of all day or first and second level of all external programs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Power Engineering and Instrumentation and Control Engineering. This course provides equipment familiarisation and safety information, together with experimental work in analog and digital electronics, waveform generation, combinational and sequential logic, DC circuits and machines, rectification, series resonance, power factor correction, transformers, AC motors and generators. The principle objectives are to allow the student to develop practical skills, and knowledge of devices, equipment and techniques, to reinforce the learning of theory and develop observation and interpretation skills, and to stimulate interest and develop self confidence.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students.
Course learning outcomes
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- observe appropriate safety procedures;
- describe the characteristics, operation and application of a broad range of electrical and electronic components, devices and equipment;
- select and use appropriate test equipment and procedures;
- assemble or connect circuits correctly and predict the consequences of incorrect connection;
- use electronic devices and microprocessors in simple applications;
- measure the characteristics and/or performance of a range of electrical and electronic circuits and devices;
- analyse and interpret test results and measurements on electric and electronic circuits, in terms of their theory of operation;
- predict the performance of simple electric and electronic devices from their characteristics.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Equipment familiarisation | 7.00 |
2. | Amplifier characteristics | 6.00 |
3. | Logic characteristics | 6.00 |
4. | Waveform generation | 6.00 |
5. | Combinational logic | 5.00 |
6. | Sequential logic | 15.00 |
7. | Microprocessors | 20.00 |
8. | PLC applications | 10.00 |
9. | DC circuits, motors and generators | 6.00 |
10. | Power factor and resonance | 6.00 |
11. | AC machines | 6.00 |
12. | Technical reporting | 7.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Assessment details
Description | Group Assessment |
Course learning outcomes |
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Portfolio | No | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |