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Year 4 4 subjects · 19 topics · 408 clock hours
Digital Electronics I
Digital Electronics · 96 clock hours
Analog Electronics I
Analog Electronics · 120 clock hours
- Theory of semiconductor materials. n-type and p-type semiconductors. Diode: forward/reverse bias, characteristic curve. Half-wave/full-wave and bridge rectifiers. Capacitive filter. Zener diode and regulator.
- Bipolar transistors. Operation, characteristic curves, DC gain, load line. Transistor as a switch and as an amplifier. Biasing. Regulated power supplies with transistors.
- Small-signal amplifiers. Common emitter. Coupling and bypass capacitors. AC gain. Common collector. Darlington connection.
- Power amplifiers. Class A and Class B, complementary symmetry, single and split supply. Efficiency. Power amplifiers with integrated circuits.
- Fundamental electrical quantities. Voltage, current, resistance. Units, multiples. DC measurement with analog and digital instruments.
- Analog measuring instruments. Moving-coil, moving-iron, electrodynamic. Voltmeter and ohmmeter.
- The oscilloscope. Cathode-ray tube, timebase, synchronization, waveform display and measurements in amplifier circuits.
- AC measurements. RMS value, amplitude, period, frequency. Function generator, frequency counters.
Electrical Technology I
Electrical Technology · 120 clock hours
- Electrostatics. Charges, electric field and potential, capacitance, dielectrics.
- Electric current. Coulomb's law, resistance, Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws, power, Joule's law.
- Magnetism and electromagnetism. Magnetic field, flux, reluctance, magnetic circuits. Field of a current, solenoid.
- Electrodynamics and induction. Electromagnetic force, hysteresis. Faraday's and Lenz's laws. Mutual inductance, self-inductance. Transformer principle.
- Alternating currents. Sine waves, peak/average/RMS values, frequency, power, power factor, resonance, phase shift.
Computing for Electronics I
Computing for Electronics · 72 clock hours
- Basic elements of the C language. Program structure, variables, constants, data types, operators, arrays, strings, flow control, functions, preprocessor, standard library.
- C and C++ development environments. Device drivers, pointers and pointer arithmetic, structures, embedded systems programming, bootloaders, real time on microprocessors, concurrency.
- The C++ language. Classes, objects, methods, inheritance and polymorphism. Constructors/destructors, overloading, exceptions, interfaces and device drivers.
Year 5 4 subjects · 21 topics · 504 clock hours
Digital Electronics II
Digital Electronics · 96 clock hours
Analog Electronics II
Analog Electronics · 144 clock hours
- Special semiconductors. Field-effect transistor (FET) and its types, controlled-trigger components (thyristors and triacs) and photoelectric components.
- Linear integrated circuits. The 555 integrated circuit.
- Operational amplifiers. Concepts and characteristics. Signal amplifiers, comparators, summing amplifiers, waveform generators, instrumentation amplifiers, rectifiers. Applications and lab practice.
- Measurements in standard circuits. Impedance measurements at low and high frequency, impedance bridge, frequency measurements.
- Oscillators. Oscillators and resonance.
- Filters. High-pass, low-pass, band-pass and band-stop.
Electrical Technology II
Electrical Technology · 144 clock hours
- Alternating current. AC EMF, rotating vector, phasor diagrams, reactance, impedance, RL, RC, RLC circuits, resonance.
- Power in alternating current. Active, reactive and apparent power. Power factor and its correction.
- Three-phase circuits. Three-phase voltages, alternator, wye and delta connections, three-phase power.
- Electrical installations. Symbols, conductor selection, protection: fuses, thermal-magnetic breakers, motor protection breakers, residual-current devices, contactors, thermal relay.
- Transformers. Current, voltage and impedance transformers. Calculation, efficiency, losses, turns ratio.
- Single-phase and three-phase AC motors. Connection, protection and switching. Reversing, wye-delta starting. Power and control circuits.
Computing for Electronics II
Computing for Electronics · 120 clock hours
- Technical drawing and computer-aided design (CAD). Technical drawing in engineering, standards for producing and interpreting drawings.
- Symbols of electronic components. Symbols of analog and digital components.
- Schematic circuit diagrams. Standards, schematic capture software, design methodology, libraries.
- Printed circuit boards (PCB). PCB design methodology, software, mask transfer, assembly techniques, soldering and desoldering of components.
- Circuit simulation and virtual measurements. Computer simulation, virtual measurements, error margins.
Year 6 4 subjects · 33 topics · 600 clock hours
Digital Electronics III
Digital Electronics · 144 clock hours
- Microcontroller family. Architecture, pinout diagram, instruction set. Control registers, flash and EEPROM memory, I/O ports and special resources.
- Communication module. Synchronous serial. USART: synchronous/asynchronous serial transmitter/receiver.
- Peripherals. I/O ports, timers, compare and capture modules, A/D converters, PWM mode (pulse-width modulation).
- Control with devices. Temperature control. Lighting control.
- Programmable systems and memories. RAM, ROM, EPROM, UV-EPROM, Flash ROM. Architectures of programmable devices.
- PC operation and maintenance. Networks, interfaces, routers, software and technical documentation.
- Digital measuring instruments. Architecture and functions.
Industrial Electronics I
Industrial Electronics · 144 clock hours
- Power components. Triac, diac, SCR, UJT, IGBT, MCT, GTO. Principles and circuit analysis.
- Wye-delta connection. Three-phase AC circuits, wye and delta systems.
- Power and power factor. Power in single-phase and three-phase circuits. Calculation methods and power factor correction.
- Automatic control systems. Single-phase and three-phase power control.
- Power sources. Conventional, switching, converters and inverters. Single-phase/three-phase controlled rectifiers, trigger circuits.
- Fault diagnosis and detection. Methods and techniques for fault diagnosis and detection.
- Variable-speed drives. Variable-frequency drives, PWM inverter, vector flux, Volts/Hz.
- Sensors, actuators and transducers. Proximity transducers (inductive, capacitive, acoustic, optical), position, speed, acceleration, temperature. Pneumatic, hydraulic and electric actuators.
- Stepper motors. Permanent-magnet rotor, bipolar and unipolar. Characteristics, typical faults, diagnosis.
- Occupational health and safety. Safe handling of power equipment. Standards and procedures.
Telecommunications I
Telecommunications · 144 clock hours
- Analog communications. Electromagnetic spectrum, propagation of electromagnetic waves.
- Signal generation and processing. Most common signals in communications, Fourier analysis.
- Modulation systems. Comparative analysis of modulation systems.
- Antennas and radiating systems. Types, characteristics, mounting and installation.
- Microwave links. Approximate link calculation.
- Telephony and cellular telephony. Operation, evolution, digital technology, GSM, PCS.
- Satellite communication. Bands, space and ground segments, antennas, LNA, power amplifiers, link budget.
- Laser and optical fibers. Transmitters, receivers, fiber, amplifiers, wavelength-division multiplexing, dispersion.
- Assembly, installation and measurements. Equipment protection, safe handling. Impedance measurements, ultra-high-frequency and microwave measurements, on receivers and transmitters.
Industrial Installations
Installations · 168 clock hours
- Electrical installations. Low-current systems, extra-low and low voltage. Panels, wiring, switching and protection devices, grounding, residential electrical project.
- Electrical materials technology. Conductors, enclosures, thermography, insulators, ferromagnetic materials, efficiencies.
- Use of tools. Hand tools, equipment and machine tools.
- Protection. Direct and indirect contact, line protection against overload, short circuit and overvoltage.
- Lighting installations. Luminaires, general and special circuits, motive power, calculations and diagrams.
- Maintenance of electrical components. Switches, timers, thermal relay, motor protection breakers, fuses, thermal-magnetic breakers in factories and industries.
- Installation project. Comprehensive project of an installation.
Year 7 5 subjects · 22 topics · 744 clock hours
Digital Electronics IV
Digital Electronics · 120 clock hours
Industrial Electronics II
Industrial Electronics · 120 clock hours
- Automation. Principle of an automatic system, technological options, process control. Programmable logic controllers (PLC): definition, history, applications, advantages.
- Structure of programmable logic controllers. External/internal structure, memories, CPU, inputs/outputs, interfaces, peripherals.
- Command and signaling units. Sensors and transducers, signal conditioners, actuators. Installation, programming, I/O wiring.
- PLC instructions and programming. Languages: mnemonic/Boolean, ladder diagram, function block diagram, Grafcet, flowchart.
- Basic programming applications. I/O, flags, timers, counters, shift register, logic circuits, pulse generators.
- Pneumatics and hydraulics. Compressors, pneumatic actuators, pneumatic signals, pneumatic logic, hydraulic cylinders, directional valves.
- Industrial communications. Ethernet network, fieldbus, AS-i network.
- PID controllers. PID controller tuning, analog PID programming, application-specific instruments.
Telecommunications II
Telecommunications · 120 clock hours
- Basic mathematical concepts. Sampling theorem.
- Digital pulse-code modulation. Digital modulations ASK, PSK, FSK, QAM. Quantization.
- Data communications. Digital radio link, data communication protocols, integrated services digital network (ISDN).
- Analog and digital television. Camera tubes and receivers, LCD, plasma, closed circuit, encoded TV.
- Antennas. Concept, characteristics, types and calculation of different types of antennas.
- Equipment assembly and maintenance. Maintenance of components and equipment, safeguarding standards, health and safety.
Capstone Project
Project / Practice · 144 clock hours
- Specialty capstone project. Synthesis of the specific curricular spaces. Computer-aided design (CAD, SolidWorks or similar). Integrates Mathematics, Physics, Legal Framework, Health and Safety, and Economics and Production.
Workplace Training
Project / Practice · 240 clock hours
- Professional practice. Practice in real work situations: assembly, installation, operation and maintenance. Consolidates and integrates the capabilities of the professional profile.