EEEN10010 Electronic and Electrical Engineering I

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module provides an introduction to concepts and applications in the area of electronic and electrical engineering and a fundamental grounding in elementary electrical concepts, basic DC circuit analysis, electrical signals, the frequency spectrum, analogue signals, amplifiers, digital signals, Boolean algebra, basic logic circuits, and elementary electromagnetics. The module also teaches practical problem solving and the practical elements of designing and building electrical circuits for simple applications.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand the fundamental concepts of electricity and magnetism
- Analyze electric circuits, and calculate voltage and current at any given point in a circuit
- Understand basic electric circuit components and their practical applications
- Understand basic concepts of Boolean algebra and digital logic
- Understand basic concepts of digital/analogue signal representation, transduction and processing, and frequency-domain representations
- Design and implement practical applications using principles of electricity and magnetics (e.g. a motor)
- Design and implement simple digital logic circuits

Indicative Module Content:

The module can be broken into 4 parts, covering:
1) Intro to electricity and circuit theory
2) Electromagnetics
3) Digital electronics
4) Signal processing

As an example, in the Digital electronics section students will learn how to design a house alarm system and implement it.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

30

Specified Learning Activities

20

Autonomous Student Learning

60

Total

110

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module achieves its learning outcomes through a combination of lecture content, tutorials for tackling example problems, and active task-based learning within small groups in labs, to develop communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving.
Due to Covid-19, the labs will not be run in-person in 2020/21, but rather through asynchronously delivered video content, on which questions will be answered via a brightspace quiz.
Lecture content will be delivered partly online and partly face to face. Some short pre-recorded videos covering a few core concepts will be available on brightspace; otherwise three scheduled lecture slots will be used per week, with only a fraction present in the lecture theatre and the remaining students watching live onlilne remotely, on a rotating basis.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Leaving Certificate Physics or any Level-1 Physics module.
Leaving Certificate Higher Level Mathematics, or any Level-1 Mathematics module covering calculus.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Lab Report: 2 labs will be run in the form of asynchronous videos of procedures, and in each case, an online quiz will test understanding Varies over the Trimester n/a Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

10

Multiple Choice Questionnaire: 50-minute multiple choice exam (15 questions) in the final lecture slot of the trimester Week 12 n/a Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

33

Examination: 1 HOUR Examination 1 hour End of Trimester Exam Yes Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

33

Continuous Assessment: 3 Online quizzes: 1) circuit analysis (Approximately week 5, worth 5%), 2) circuit analysis and electromagnetics (Approx week 7, worth 10%), 3) digital electronics (approx week 11, worth 10%) Varies over the Trimester n/a Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

25


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

online assessments, once completed, will be discussed in lectures with particular emphasis on common pitfalls across the students' answers, to prepare students for improved performance on later assessments and exams.

Name Role
Dr Deepu John Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Brian Mulkeen Lecturer / Co-Lecturer