- Electrical Power Engineering Fundamentals (2º Course, 1st Semester). It is strongly recommended to have it passed.

- Knowledge and understanding of the key aspects and concepts of electronics engineering - The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to identify, formulate and solve electronics engineering problems using established methods - The ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to develop and realise designs to meet defined and specified requirements - The ability to design and conduct appropriate experiments, interpret the data and draw conclusions - Workshop and laboratory skills - The ability to combine theory and practice to solve electronics engineering problems

THEORY: TOPIC 1. Electronic signals and systems - Block diagram of real electronic systems and subsystems. - Designing and building-up an electronic system. Main requirements. - Electronic signal types and their parameters that describe them. - Review of electric circuit analysis and basic circuit theory. - RC and CR filters. Charging and discharging a capacitor. TOPIC 2. Electronic instrumentation. Sensors and transducers - Lab instrumentation and measurement of electronic signals. - Electronic sensors. Classification. - Transducers. Classification. TOPIC 3. Amplifiers and analog electronic subsystems - Description and modeling. - Concept of transfer function. Classification. - Operational amplifiers. Negative feedback (stable) topologies. Electronic applications. - Software for analog circuit simulation. TOPIC 4. Electronic components, its use in electronics and small signal analysis - Diodes: description, operation and applications. - Transistors: description, operation and applications. - Moore's Law and integrated electronic circuits manufacturing. TOPIC 5. Digital electronic subsystems and analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion - Fundamentals of digital electronics. Numbering and coding in digital systems. - Boolean algebra. Basic logic gates. Boolean logic functions and representation. - Combinational and sequential digital circuits. - A/D and D/A converters. Characteristics. TOPIC 6: Small signal amplification - Small signal models. - MOSFET and BJT configurations and their usage - Amplifiers in analog integrated circuits PRACTICE : Implementation of some practices which deal with the fundamentals of Analog and Digital Electronics. Equipment handling and application of some techniques to perform measurements on electronic circuits.

- Theory - Lectures (large group), problem resolution Seminars (small groups), individual tutorials, mentoring and student personal homework; oriented to theoretical knowledge acquisition and to understand the use of electronics through real applications. - Practices oriented to practical knowledge related with the contents of the course. - Small group sessions both in lab and normal classrooms (with computer) to promote the student self-learning and to encourage the self-knowledge through a PBL (problem-based learning) methodology, following the guidelines from the Higher Education European Space. - Flipped classroom contents through a lab competences acquisition SPOC (Small Private Online Course)