Engineering: Electronics (4 ECTS)

Overview

Description:
The central theme of this course is the signal (message), its generation, transmission, measurement, and processing. The course is designed to provide introductory training in electronics to students with a bachelor’s degree in biology.

Objectives:
Understand what a signal and a message are in electronics (nature and temporal characteristics).
Understand that electronic components are used to generate, transform, and process signals and messages.
Understand what voltage and current represent in circuits
Distinguish between an analog signal and a digital signal.
Know and understand the relationship between voltage and current across the terminals of basic electronic components (R, C, diode, MOSFET, AO) and the resulting concept of function.
Calculate the transfer function of a few simple circuits.
Build simple analog circuit assemblies (RC filter, AO amplifier).
Visualize and measure voltages in analog circuits (oscilloscope, multimeter).
Identify the function of simple analog circuits based on their electrical schematics.
Understand basic logic gates and the adder.
Concepts of sequential logic versus combinational logic.

Hourly volumes:

Lectures: 4.5 hours
Tutorials: 3 hours
Lab sessions: 33 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours

Required prerequisites:

Bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

No changes

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Assessment:

Continuous Integral Control (CIC)

Course Syllabus:

A- Analog Signals:
I- Fundamentals: conductors, insulators, current, voltage, time-varying signals
II- Basic Components: Resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers
III- System Transfer Functions
IV- Signal Processing Devices: filters, amplifiers, comparators, oscillators

B- Digital Signals
I- Logic: Binary system, logic states, Boolean algebra, logic systems
II- Basic logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.) and their implementation
III- Simple logic functions: combinational circuits – adder
IV- Sequential logic: flip-flops, memory, counters

Practical Exercises:
Getting Started with the Equipment – Basic Measurements
Transfer Function and Passive Filters
Amplifier Circuits in Linear Mode
Amplifier Circuits in Nonlinear Mode (Oscillators) A Simple Application of a Microcontroller
Objectives*:
Acquisition of skills equivalent to a three-year degree in Electronics.

Introduce the concept of “building blocks” and the basic concepts of electronics by drawing analogies based on three parallels between a biological system/device (familiar to students with a background in biology) and an electronic system/device (understood by students through analogy).
The common thread running through these three examples is the “message”—its generation, transmission, reception, and processing.

Contacts

Contact person: Pascale Gall-Borrut
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry