Integrative approach to teaching electronics design

Donald G. Bailey; Ken Mercer; Bob O'Driscoll; Colin Plaw; Wyatt H. Page; Ross Nilson

doi:10.1117/12.405416

24 October 2000 Integrative approach to teaching electronics design

Donald G. Bailey, Ken Mercer, Bob O'Driscoll, Colin Plaw, Wyatt H. Page, Ross Nilson

Proceedings Volume 4228, Design, Modeling, and Simulation in Microelectronics; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405416
Event: International Symposium on Microelectronics and Assembly, 2000, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Students in the introductory electronics papers work together on a group project in parallel with their regularly scheduled lectures and laboratories. Each team of four students has to design and construct a complex electronic system. The staff involved with the project act as consultants to the design teams. The project is integrative in that it combines together a wide range of tools and techniques form across the spectrum of topics covered in lectures. The system to be designed is split into seven modules, with each module defined explicitly through a set of specifications. For each module, students are required to design a suitable circuit to meet the specifications, verify their design through simulation, prototype their design on breadboard, and realize their design on a PCB. By running the design project in parallel with the theory, the project improves the students understanding of the theory at the same time as developing design skills. An important factor to the success of the project is that the students find it fun.

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Donald G. Bailey, Ken Mercer, Bob O'Driscoll, Colin Plaw, Wyatt H. Page, and Ross Nilson "Integrative approach to teaching electronics design", Proc. SPIE 4228, Design, Modeling, and Simulation in Microelectronics, (24 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.405416

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