Undergraduate Course: Electronics Project Laboratory 2C (ELEE08018)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Electronics | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | The students will design and analyse the analogue and digital 
sampling components for a speech digitiser circuit. 
 
The fundamental characteristics of the digital signal abstraction 
are investigated along with the properties of basic logic 
function gates. Using a progressive modular approach, simple 
arithmetic and control function hardware is constructed and its 
performance measured and analysed. 
 
The laboratory lays the foundation for measurement, analysis 
and interpretation of the performance of digital systems 
studied in later years. The content is directly linked to the 
course Digital System Design 2. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Purchase of laboratory notebook | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14  Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
16/09/2013 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 60,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
38 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
100 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Be familiar with the design and testing of analogue electronic 
circuits. 
 
Understand the use of analogue-to-digital converters to sample 
analogue signals. 
 
Development of skill in the recording of laboratory 
investigations and the use of records in the inference of knowledge. 
 
Understanding of key features of the digital signal and its 
fundamental interactions with combinational and sequential 
gates. 
 
Understanding of the meaning and significance of worst-case 
performance specifications. 
 
Ability to measure and recognise circuit-level failures resulting 
from incorrect use of design constraints. 
 
Ability to diagnose abstraction-level design errors from analysis 
of circuit-level measurements. 
 
Appreciation of the significance of modularity and iterative 
structure in digital design. 
 
Appreciation of the significance of alternate abstraction-layer 
design choices on the physical properties of resulting 
hardware. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| 100% coursework |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
Not entered | 
 
| Syllabus | 
Not entered | 
 
| Transferable skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Reading list | 
Digital Design: An Embedded Systems Approach Using Verilog 
Peter J. Ashenden Morgan Kaufmann (Elsevier), 2008 
ISBN 978-0-12-369527-7 | 
 
| Study Abroad | 
Not entered | 
 
| Study Pattern | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | Analogue Circuits, Sampling, Digital Logic, State Machine. | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr John Thompson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5585 
Email: John.Thompson@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Lucy Davie 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687 
Email: Lucy.Davie@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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