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EEEN10010

Academic Year 2024/2025

Electronic and Electrical Engineering I (EEEN10010)

Subject:
Electronic & Electrical Eng
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Electrical & Electronic Eng
Level:
1 (Introductory)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Simon Kelly
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module provides an introduction to concepts and applications in the area of electronic and electrical engineering and a fundamental grounding in elementary electrical concepts, basic DC circuit analysis, electrical signals, the frequency spectrum, analogue signals, amplifiers, digital signals, Boolean algebra, basic logic circuits, and elementary electromagnetics. The module also teaches practical problem solving and the practical elements of designing and building electrical circuits for simple applications.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of electricity and magnetism
- Analyze electric circuits, and calculate voltage and current at any given point in a circuit
- Understand basic electric circuit components and their practical applications
- Understand basic concepts of Boolean algebra and digital logic
- Understand basic concepts of digital/analogue signal representation, transduction and processing, and frequency-domain representations
- Design and implement practical applications using principles of electricity and magnetics (e.g. a motor)
- Design and implement simple digital logic circuits

Indicative Module Content:

The module can be broken into 4 parts, covering:
1) Intro to electricity and circuit theory
2) Electromagnetics
3) Digital electronics
4) Signal processing

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

7

Autonomous Student Learning

60

Lectures

36

Tutorial

5

Practical

4

Total

112


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module achieves its learning outcomes through a combination of lecture content, tutorials for tackling example problems, and active task-based learning in labs, to develop communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving.
The labs will be run in-person in the electronics lab room 329 to the extent permissible under public health guidelines, with some preparatory work at home.
Lecture content will be delivered through three scheduled lecture slots per week.
A tutorial will be run online in some weeks with half of the class at a time, concurrent with the lab. A couple of drop-in clinics will also be run at strategic points in the trimester.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Leaving Certificate Physics or any Level-1 Physics module.
Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics, or any Level-1 Mathematics module covering calculus.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): Two sections worth equal marks: Section A is a set of MCQs based on short calculations and some theory; Section B has 4 long-calculation questions, from which 3 must be chosen to be marked. End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
65
No
Report(s): Reports from two in-person labs come in the form of a quiz completed and submitted online Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
10
No
Quizzes/Short Exercises: 3 Online quizzes: 1) circuit analysis (Approximately week 6, worth 5%), 2) circuit analysis and electromagnetics (Approx week 8, worth 10%), 3) digital electronics (approx week 11, worth 10%) Week 6, Week 8, Week 11 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
25
No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

online assessments, once completed, will be discussed in lectures with particular emphasis on common pitfalls across the students' answers, to prepare students for improved performance on later assessments and exams.

Name Role
Dr Emer Doheny Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Deepu John Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Brian Mulkeen Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Mon 09:00 - 09:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Thurs 14:00 - 14:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Wed 09:00 - 09:50
Autumn Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 6, 10, 12 Mon 13:00 - 13:50
Autumn Tutorial Offering 2 Week(s) - 5, 7, 9, 11 Tues 14:00 - 14:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 1 Week(s) - 5, 10 Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 2 Week(s) - 6, 9 Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 3 Week(s) - 7, 12 Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 4 Week(s) - 8, 11 Tues 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn Laboratory Offering 5 Week(s) - 7, 11 Mon 15:00 - 16:50