Course description
Product Specifications. Time and financial plan. Using a computerized planning and production plan. Project management. Optimization of the time from idea to market.
Using of resources: books, internet, companies’ datasheets. Compliance with safety and EMC standards. Block diagram of electronic and programming work. Choice of electronic and mechanical components of a circuit.
Construction of the electrical design with standard design software. List of connections documenting the plan.
Design testing: test point, test procedure, testing of printed circuit boards (connections). Testing equipment and software testing. Types and Troubleshooting.
Manufacture of printed circuit board design with standard design software. Output file and review boards. Connection of designer with manufacturers of printed circuit boards. Technology to manufacture prototype printed circuit boards. Documentation of the project. The financial recap. Presentation of the project: creating a presentation environment, using technical equipment for presentations. Performance in front of an audience.
Course is carried out on study programme
2nd Cycle Postgraduate Study Programme in Electrical Engineering
Objectives and competences
The course combines knowledge of all technical subjects of the study so far and enables students to use their theoretical knowledge in a practical application, where they design and realize an electronic device according to given specifications.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures, laboratory exercises, project work.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to
- design and construct electronic apparatus according to given specifications using the available literature and combining the skills acquired during their studies,
- systematically analyze the given problem and find appropriate solutions,
- search for literature, read datasheets of components, design a circuit diagram and printed circuit board,
- master different software tools for electronic and mechanical design,
- choose or design a suitable enclosure and use 3D printing technology,
- select appropriate components, contact the component manufacturers, purchase the components and make printed circuit boards,
- detect errors in eliminate them the process of testing. In doing so, they will use appropriate instruments and tools,
- develop appropriate technical documentation and present the project in front of a critical audience.
Reference nosilca
- MATIČ, Gašper, JANKOVEC, Marko, JURMAN, David, TOPIČ, Marko. Feasibility study of attitude determination for all-rotating unmanned aerial vehicles in steady flight. Journal of intelligent & robotic systems, ISSN 0921-0296, 2015, vol. , no. , str. 1-20.
- JANKOVEC, Marko, TOPIČ, Marko. Intercomparison of temperature sensors for outdoor monitoring of photovoltaic modules. Journal of solar energy engineering, ISSN 0199-6231, Aug. 2013, vol. 135, no. 3, str. 1-7.
- HERMAN, Matic, JANKOVEC, Marko, TOPIČ, Marko. Optimisation of the I-V measurement scan time through dynamic modelling of solar cells. IET renewable power generation, ISSN 1752-1416. [Print ed.], 2013, vol. 7, no. 1, str. 63-70.
- ANDREJAŠIČ, Tine, JANKOVEC, Marko, TOPIČ, Marko. Comparison of direct maximum power point tracking algorithms using EN 50530 dynamic test procedure. IET renewable power generation, ISSN 1752-1416. [Print ed.], 2011, vol. 5, no. 4, str. 281-286.
- KURNIK, Jurij, JANKOVEC, Marko, BRECL, Kristijan, TOPIČ, Marko. Outdoor testing of PV module temperature and performance under different mounting and operational conditions. Solar energy materials and solar cells, ISSN 0927-0248. [Print ed.], Jan. 2011, vol. 95, no. 1, str. 373-376.
Study materials
- Jankovec M., Seminar iz elektronike, slikovno gradivo in zapiski predavanj, Ljubljana, 2016.
- Tehnična dokumentacija programov za načrtovanje električnih in tiskanih vezij. / Technical documentation of PCB design software.
- Spletne strani izdelovalcev elektronskih in elektromehanskih komponent. / Web pages of manufacturers of electronic parts and ICs.
- Spletne strani distributerjev elektronskih in elektromehanskih komponent. / Web pages of the distributors of electronic parts and ICs.