Electronics: Shockingly Different!
Put down your pencil and pick up some real electrical equipment!
You might be interested in electronics if...
You are a student who enjoys hands on learning, and have an interest in figuring out what makes "electrical stuff" work. You will design and build an electrical project that you get to take home to keep.
Taught by Mr. Spademan, electronics is a great complementary course for those heading towards engineering and other science disciplines, or are thinking about making the big bucks as a journeyman electrician!
Courses
Approximately 80% percent of class time will be spent on practical lab work, exercises, and building projects. The remaining 20% will be spent on theory.
Electro-Technologies Intro - 3 credits
This is an introductory electronics course, where you will learn to solder and discover the function of numerous electronic gadgets/components. Study DC power sources and learn how to read and measure resistances and voltages in DC circuits using a multi-meter. You will learn bread boarding techniques and construct several circuits to practice your skills. Virtually interact with a robot and learn to program using the language robotC. You will then be challenged to program your robot so it will be successful in completing several tasks. Finally, you will assemble your own electronic project that you get to keep! – Strobe light
Electro-Technologies Inter - 3 credits
Prerequisite: Electro-Technologies Intro
Digital electronics - Learn the building blocks to digital electronics. You will identify and explain logic systems, construct and experiment with basic gates, and simulate circuits using electronic workbench. You will completely disassemble a working computer system (easy part) and then reassemble the system to ensure it is still working properly (tricky part). Using the vex platform you will learn how to identify, interface, and experiment with small scale robots. Construction techniques will be explored as you build and experiment with numerous variables to increase the efficiency and desired outcome of the task. You will also gain experience in controlling the robot through a variety of programming techniques. There will be two in class tournaments to demonstrate your robot supremacy! Finally, using the photographic method you will assemble your own digital electronic project that you get to keep! – Digital Siren.
Electro-Technologies Adv - 3 credits
Prerequisite: Electro-Technologies Inter
This is an intermediate electronics course and will continue to build upon the skills learned in Electronics Intro. You will explore, experiment, and manipulate various electrical components and equipment such as capacitors, transformers, oscilloscopes, and ohmites. Using the Arduino-Uno platform, you will bread board several circuits and manipulate the outcomes with the programming language C++. You will be introduced to pneumatic circuits and have the opportunity to build 10 circuits using a variety of pneumatic components on the Festo learn line apparatus’, and also simulate circuits using FluidSim. Finally, you will build and design your very own stereo that you get to keep!