Electrical and Electronic Engineering Design

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Appreciate the problems in dealing with uncertain and possibly ambiguous specifications
• Develop a plan for the implementation of the design and the undertake those activities
• Synthesise simple circuits and systems, including the design of simple digital ICs
• Analyse the design as it evolves, and deduce problems with the subsequent rectification
• Undertake an evaluation of the complete design and prepare a critical precis

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The design process and the processes involved in project management
• Defining the specification of an artefact that needs to be designed, tested and commissioned
• The problems associated with designing practical circuits and systems

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Address problems associated with personal and group time management in a problem solving environment.
• Write formal reports in a clear, technical style
• Demonstrate an awareness of team structure and dynamics, together with an appreciation of individual responsibilities working both as a pair and in a larger grouping

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand and interpret technical literature and data sheets.
• Undertake realtime programming
• Undertake small scale mechanical and electronic construction
• Undertake detailed faultfinding of the developed circuits if required
• Demonstrate familiarity with the advanced use of function generators, oscilloscopes and complex devices such as logic analysers and spectrum analysers

• The development of individual practical skills through completion of a simple build and test exercise, incorporating soldering, circuit construction and the manufacture of a container.
• Groups of students are required to undertake a design, build and test project against a predefined specification. The project assessment includes a competitive trial, individual log books, group reports and quality assessment of the designed system.
• The groups will have seminars on project management and principles of design to support the activities.
• The specific design exercises will include: An IC design exercise incoporating design and test and a power engineering design exercise.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.