Introduction to Electronics (1 ECTS)
Overview
Description:
The Introduction to Electronics course is designed to review or introduce the electronics concepts at the L3 level (Science SPI track) that will be used and further developed within the TU the Master’s in Science and Digital Technology for Health.TU to provide students with an overview of the concepts covered and a means of self-assessing their mastery of these skills at the start of the program.
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.
Skills to be acquired:
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.
Hourly volumes:
Lectures: 10.5 hours
Tutorials: 10.5 hours
Lab sessions: 0 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours
Required prerequisites:
Bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.
Recommended prerequisites:
No changes
More information
Assessment:
Continuous Integral Control (CIC)
Course Syllabus:
Introduction:
nature's model – time scales – the "hardware" aspect of electronics – the concept of a building block
Three parallels between biological "systems" or "mechanisms" and electronic "systems" or "mechanisms":
1. Regulating blood sugar levels – The artificial pancreas.
Glucose: The Parameter to Measure and Regulate: Setpoint
Glycemic Homeostasis: Regulation
The Various Components of the Block Diagram
2. Intercellular Communication – Communication Between Microcontrollers
concept of a message – nature of the message – message-generating components – message-transmitting components – message-receiving components – effect of message reception
3- The quantities: Voltage – Current – Power – Conductor/Insulator
Time-varying signals
Series and the Fourier transform
4. Hearing – The Cochlear Implant
Auditory signal: characteristics of the signal: amplitude, frequency, time/frequency
Transducers: middle ear – inner ear (cochlea)
Transmission: the auditory nerve
Signal processing: the cochlea, brain
Cochlear implants
Contacts
Contact person: Pascale Gall-Borrut
Administrative contact(s): Claudie Fabry