Electronics for Information Technology (in English)

• 36 hrs lectures
• 6 hrs exercises
• 12 hrs laboratories
• 8 hrs projects

• 55 pts final exam (written part)
• 15 pts mid-term test (written part)
• 18 pts labs
• 12 pts projects

Ability to analyze electric circuits with practical application in computer science.
Knowledge of safety regulations for work with electronic devices.

To obtain general knowledge and basics of selected methods of description and analysis of electric circuits with practical application in computer science.
To obtain detailed instructions and information about occupational safety with electric devices.
To gain practical knowledge of working with fundamental electronic circuits in labs.

• Lecture notes written in PowerPoint

1. Safety regulation of working with electrical devices
2. Mathematical basis for electric circuits (analytic and numerical methods), terminology and quantities used in circuits. Laws in linear DC circuits (Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's law)
3. Electrical circuits of resistors with one and more directed voltage sources, analysis based on a method of simplification
4. Theorems about substituted sources (Thévenin's theorem), method of loop's current and nodes voltages, superposition principle
5. General description of RC, RL and RLC circuits. RC, RL and RLC circuits with sources of direct voltage. Transient processes
6. Alternating voltages and Fourier's series, solution of RLC circuits. RLC circuits in impulse mode, frequency filters 3
7. Dissipationless and dissipation lines. Spreading of signals on a line. Signal transmission
8. Semiconducting components, bipolar technology, PN junction, diode
9. Bipolar transistors, transistor as a switch
10. Unipolar transistors, TTL and CMOS gates (logical levels, power)
11. Operational amplifiers (perfect) with weighted resistant nets. Digital-to-analog converters. Analog-to-digital converters
12. Overview of important electric circuits (voltage sources, stabilizers, oscillator, multioscilators, bi-stable flip-flop, Schmitt flip-flop, timer, comparator, transmitter, receiver). Microelectronics, principles of integrated circuits manufacturing
13. Methods of measurement of electric and non-electric quantities. Modern measuring devices. Principles and application of measuring devices

1. Electric circuits of resistors. Fundamental circuits. Editor and simulator of electric circuits with directed voltage source. Audiovisual demonstrations
2. RLC circuits, transient processes. Fundamental circuits. Editor and simulator of RLC circuits with alternating voltage source. Audiovisual demonstrations
3. Bipolar technology, diode. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations
4. Bipolar technology, transistor. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations
5. A/D a D/A converters. Audiovisual demonstration of manipulation with professional electronic devices
6. Signal transmission. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations

1. Electric circuits of resistors. Fundamental circuits. Editor and simulator of electric circuits with directed voltage source. Audiovisual demonstrations
2. RLC circuits, transient processes. Fundamental circuits. Editor and simulator of RLC circuits with alternating voltage source. Audiovisual demonstrations
3. Bipolar technology, diode. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations
4. Bipolar technology, transistor. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations
5. A/D a D/A converters. Audiovisual demonstration of manipulation with professional electronic devices
6. Signal transmission. Fundamental circuits. Audiovisual demonstrations

Individual evaluation of the individual project on choosen examples.

Laboratories are voluntary. Missed laboratory is possible to replace with individual project after consultation with lecturer.