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 (scientific track, SPI) that will be used and further developed as part TU the TU in the Master’s program in Science and Digital Technology for Health.TU to provide students with an overview of the concepts covered and a way to self-assess their mastery of these skills at the start of the program.

Objectives:
Acquisition of skills equivalent to a three-year post-secondary degree (Bac+3) 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:

A bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

All is well

More information

Knowledge Assessment:

Continuous Integral Control (CCI)

Course Outline:

Introduction:

Nature's model – time scales – the "physical" aspect of electronics – the concept of a building block

Three parallels between biological “systems” or “mechanisms” and electronic “systems” or “mechanisms”:

1- Regulating Blood Glucose Levels – The Artificial Pancreas.

Glucose: The Parameter to Be Measured and Regulated: Setpoint
Glycemic Homeostasis: Regulation
The Various Components of the Block Diagram

2. Extracellular 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 Physical Quantities: Voltage, Current, Power, and 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

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