Subject description
The course covers the design and development of electronic devices from specifying requirements, financial and time planning, through designing electronic, mechanical, and software components, to device manufacturing and verification of its operation. This is followed by the preparation of technical documentation, including device description, circuit diagrams, and flowcharts, as well as bills of materials, mechanical design plans, conducted measurements, and achieved technical specifications. Finally, there is a time and financial recapitulation and user’s manual. The course concludes with a project presentation to the audience.
The subject is taught in programs
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.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, project work.
Expected study results
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 by eliminating them in 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.
Basic sources and literature
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Jankovec M., Seminar iz elektronike, izročki predavanj, Ljubljana, 2023.
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Horowitz, P., The art of electronics, Hill, Winfield, Cambridge University Press, New York, ISBN – 978-0-521-80926-9, 2021.
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Electronic design automation : synthesis, verification, and test, Elsevier, Amsterdam, ISBN – 978-0-12-374364-0, 2009.
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Ulrich, K.T., Eppinger, S. D., Product design and development,McGraw-Hill Education, New York, ISBN – 0-07-802906-6, 2016.
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Tehnična dokumentacija programov za načrtovanje tiskanih vezij. / Technical documentation of PCB design software.
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Spletne strani izdelovalcev in distributerjev elektronskih in elektromehanskih komponent. / Web pages of manufacturers of electronic parts and ICs.
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