- Fundamentals of Electronic Engineering - Analog Electronics I - Digital Electronics

By the end of this subject, students will be able to have: 1. Coherent knowledge of their branch of engineering including some at the forefront of the branch in the fabrication and implementation of electronic systems. 2. The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding of design, simulation and manufacturing of electronic circuits to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems using established methods. 3. The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to analyse engineering production, processes and methods to manufacture electronic systems. 4. The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to develop and realise designs of electronic circuits to meet defined and specified requirements. 5. An understanding of design methodologies, and an ability to use them to perform different simulation of electronic systems. 6. The ability to design and conduct appropriate experiments, interpret the data and draw conclusions, comparing the measurement results with those achieved by simulation or theoretical analysis. 7. Workshop and laboratory skills to test the manufactured electronic circuits. 8. The ability to select and use appropriate equipment, tools and methods for the simulation and fabrication of electronic circuits. 9. The ability to combine theory and practice to solve problems of designing electronic equipment and systems. 10. An understanding of applicable techniques and methods in the design of electronic equipment and systems, and of their limitations.

1. Introduction to CAD 1.1. Introduction and history 1.2. Virtual prototyping 1.3. Design cycle 1.4. Commercial CAD tools 2. Description of CAD tools for electronic circuits 2.1. Schematic capture 2.2. Lay-out editor 2.3. Library manager 2.4. Simulators 3. Schematics 3.1. Basic rules 3.2. Example of inverse engineering 4. Manufacturing PCBs 4.1. Introductions 4.2. Terminoloby 4.3. Manufacturing processes 4.3.1. Materials 4.3.2. Methods 4.3.3. Component assembly 4.3.4. Soldering 5. Design of PCBs using CAD tools 5.1. Parameters 5.2. Placing components 5.3. Routing the design 5.4. Post-processing 5.5. Desing criteria 6. Simulation of electronic circuits 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Basic techniques 6.3. Hierarchical design 6.4. Subcircuits 6.5. Behavioural library 6.6. Digital and analog mixed simulation 6.7. Simulator engine

- Lectures oriented to introduce Power Electronics concepts. - Lectures oriented to problems resolution. - Laboratory.