Course: Basics of Electronics

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Course title Basics of Electronics
Course code ITE/ZELB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Holada Miroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Plíva Zdeněk, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Basic electronic elements and circuits (RLC, diodes). 2. Transistors, parameters, functions and applications. 3. Operational amplifier, characteristics, important circuits with OC used in practice. 4. Introduction to digital electronics, characteristics of digital signals, basic logic operators, notation of logic functions, number systems, codes. Combinational logic circuits, basic logic circuits, truth table, implementation of problems with basic NAND logic circuits, decoder and multiplexer. 5. Sequential logic circuits; principle of implementation, R-S and D-loop circuit, registers, counters, memories and their distribution. 6. AD and DA converters, properties, conversion principles. Industrial buses and basic communication interfaces (UART, USB, RS485, I2C and SPI). 7. ARM microprocessors and their development and development environments. Microcontroller programming (Nucleo STM32L4R5), writing code in C. Data communication between microcontroller and PC (MATLAB). 8. Microcontroller parameters - configuration of pins, clocks and other interfaces (UART, USB, and I2C). Principle of infinite loop, interrupts. Use of libraries (HAL, CMSIS, Arduino). 9. Design of measurement chains with sensors and actuators. 10. Summary of the material covered, preparation for the exam. Exercise: 1. Introduction of the instruments in the workplace including basic operation: multimeter, oscilloscope, generator. Basic measurement of voltage (mean and rms), frequency, capacitance, el. Measurements on DC circuits with resistors and diode. Ohm's law. 2. Transistor switch measurements with bipolar and unipolar transistor. Properties and applications of the photoresistor. 3. Operational amplifiers (comparator, feedback circuit). PWM generator implementation. 4. Characteristics of logic gates. TTL and CMOS technologies. Implementation of specified logic functions using NAND gates, multiplexer and decoder. 5. Sequential circuits - RS and D flip-flop circuits. Application of JK and D type flip-flop circuits - register, shift register and counter circuitry. 6. Measurements on D/A and A/D converters, use of binary and hexadecimal code. Sampling rate and resolution of converters. Analysis of serial communication at signal level using oscilloscope. 7. Development kit with microcontroller - features and applications. Writing a control program, modification of sample tasks. 8. Peripherals testing - ADC and DAC measurements, PWM, GPIO. Communication with MATLAB environment. 9. Implementation of selected tasks with measurement chain. 10. Testing and automated measurements.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Laboratory work
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course deals with the basics of analog and digital electronics on the explanation of the functions, properties and applications of basic elements (passive components, bipolar and unipolar transistors, operational amplifiers, gates and flip-flops) and simplest circuits (amplifier, register, counter, memory, processor).
Theoretic piece of knowledge and practical skills from requered areas
Prerequisites
No condition of registration

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination, Oral exam, Written exam

A requirement for credit is active participation in the exercises and submission of satisfactory protocols from the measured tasks. The examination is written and oral.
Recommended literature
  • DOLEŽAL, I. a kol. Analogová elektronika. TUL, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7494-136-8.
  • NOVÁK, O. a kol. Číslicová elektronika. TUL, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7494-137-5.
  • NOVÁK, O., NOUZA, J., DOLEŽAL, I., KOLÁŘ, M. Elektronika, Skriptum TUL. Liberec, 2001. ISBN 80-7083-499-4.


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