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ENEX12002 - Introductory Electronics

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will introduce you to the fundamentals of analog and digital electronics. You will learn the theory of operation of commonly used in active and passive electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, signal & power amplifiers, oscillators, and Op-amps . This unit will provide you with sufficient knowledge of Boolean algebra necessary to understand digital electronics. You will learn logic gates, combinational logic circuits, logic minimization, flip-flops, counters, shift-registers, memory, and multiplexers. You will develop skills in analysing electronic circuits and modelling of analog and digital circuits using industry standard simulation software packages. During this unit you will design analog and digital systems for real world applications and test them in simulation software. This unit will also provide you with an opportunity to further develop their professional skills such as communication, technical writing, and individual presentations.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: MATH11219 Applied Calculus AND (ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Energy and Electricity or PHYS11185 Engineering Physics B)

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2020

Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 20%
2. Written Assessment 20%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 20%
4. Practical and Written Assessment 20%
5. Practical and Written Assessment 20%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.00% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Some students found that completing five assessment tasks was time-consuming and the assessment workload in the latter part of the term was high.
Recommendation
Assessment tasks should be reviewed to better manage staff and student workloads.
Action Taken
Consolidation of the laboratories was completed to streamline the number of tasks and combine lab reports into one assessment piece.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
The use of Microsoft teams was very useful as the basis of the communication for the entire unit. This gave students a forum-like approach to solving problems and answering questions that proved more user-friendly than the moodle platform
Recommendation
Continue to use Microsoft Teams over Moodle forum to give assessment feedback and answer questions from students.
Action Taken
Microsoft Teams and Moodle Q&A forum continued to be used as means for learning support in a timely fashion.
Source: Unit Survey
Feedback
The design project requirements can be specified more specifically.
Recommendation
The project task description should be revised to improve the clarity of design requirements.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Survey
Feedback
Some tutorial problems are quite difficult and abstract. It is beneficial for learning to have questions start simple and then progressively become more complex.
Recommendation
Intermediate steps and questions should be added to tutorial problems to scaffold answering abstract and more difficult questions.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Survey
Feedback
There were too many assessments in this unit. The design projects were big assessment tasks and required much time doing.
Recommendation
The unit assessment should be further consolidated and streamlined to reduce the number of assessment pieces and workload without compromising rigorousness.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the operation of semiconductor devices and use them to design circuits for practical applications.
  2. Discuss digital number systems and explain how these systems are applied in digital information processing hardware
  3. Analyse the operation of analogue and digital electronic circuits, and model them using industry standard simulation tools to verify their behaviour
  4. Interpret function requirements, evaluate circuit options and design analog and digital electronic circuits to solve real world problems
  5. Construct analog and digital electronic circuits to a given design and validate their operation
  6. Solve real life problems and communicate professionally using electronic engineering terminology, symbols and diagrams that conform to Australian and international standards
  7. Work collaboratively and autonomously and communicate professionally in presenting your solutions

Learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies and also discipline capabilities. You can find the mapping for this on the Engineering Undergraduate Course website.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Practical and Written Assessment
4 - Practical and Written Assessment
5 - Practical and Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
8 - Ethical practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Practical and Written Assessment
4 - Practical and Written Assessment
5 - Practical and Written Assessment