ACAT3004 Electronics B
A one-hour lecture and a one-hour practical each week in Semester 2.
Prerequisite
Satisfactory completion of Electronics A.
Aim
To gain a deeper understanding of the theoretical foundations of electronics, and to develop practical skills in analysing and repairing circuits.
Content
- Physics of electricity: semiconductors, antennas, transmission (advanced) lines, shielding, faraday cages, co-axial lines, balanced twisted pairs.
- Electronic systems: motherboards, cardcages, busses. Electronic communications: serial, parallel, handshaking, standards (e.g. RS232), plugs, sockets, cabling. AC analysis: steady-state, transient, impedance.
- Audio analog circuits: tone generators, modulators, hi-fi amplifiers.
- Video analog circuits: pattern generators, modulators, switchers, genlocks, encoders, decoders.
- Digital circuits: finite state machines, arithmetic logic units, display controllers.
Assessment
Assignments-60%. Practical project 40%.
Texts
| Mimms III, EM., Getting Started in Electronics, Radio Shack,1983. |
| References Chamberlin, H., Musical Applications of Microprocessors, 2nd edn, Hayden Books, 1985. |
| Horowitz, P, and Hill, W, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge University Press, 1980. |
| Nilsson, J.W, Electric Circuits, Addison-Wesley, 1983. |
| Pitt, VH. (ed.), The Penguin Dictionary of Physics, Penguin, 1979. |
| Rowe, I., Fundamentals of Solid State, Masterprint, 1979. (An Electronics Australia Handbook) |
| Young, E.C. (ed.), The New Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, Penguin, 1980. |
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