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Part I: definition of basic electronic quantities; identification of nodes and branches in simple circuits; annotation of simple circuit diagrams with node and branch voltages and with branch currents; writing Kirchoff's laws for simple circuits; identification of circuit elements including voltage and current sources, resistors, switches, short circuits, open circuits; combination of elements in series and parallel; use of voltage and current division rules; design of some simple instruments including ammeters and voltmeters.
Part II: Conversion of decimal numbers to binary and hexidecimal; conversion of ASCII text to binary (and vice versa); comprehension of sampling and quantisation on 1D and 2D signals; explanation of digital cameras and bitmap files; knowledge of AND/OR/NOT logic gates and truth tables; interpreting boolean statements and converting to/from logic gate representation; basic knowledge of history of telecomms, computing and the internet; knowledge of Moore's law; OSI 7 layer model of networks; definition of basic communication terms including broadcast, one-way, duplex, packet switching, star network, mesh network; simple representation of digital signals as electrical signals, including eye diagrams and basic understanding of channel effects including noise, delay, distortion, attenuation; description of structure and operation of optical fibre; basic structure of frames, synchronisation, error correction codes; operation of link layer including acknowledgements; character level and bit level encryption, substitution ciphers and their weaknesses, one time pads and their strengths and weaknesses, RSA and PGP; definition of the internet of things, with examples; design of a service.
This module deals with the fundamentals of circuit theory and an introduction to computing, networking and communications.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Autonomous Student Learning | 70 |
Lectures | 35 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Laboratories | 15 |
Total | 122 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): Timed, proctored, closed-book exam. | End of trimester Duration: 2 hr(s) |
Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 80 |
No |
Quizzes/Short Exercises: Lab work followed by online quizzes, and other opportunistic in-class quizzes. Timing varies depending on when labs are timetabled. | Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 14, Week 15 | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Class feedback is integrated into lectures. Individual feedback on request.