Design and Fabrication of Electronic Instruments

• 26 hrs lectures
• 26 hrs laboratories

Introducing the process and practical principles of designing electronic devices and equipment from both electrical and mechanical perspectives.
Graduates will gain specific application knowledge from selected areas of electronic device design, which is otherwise acquired through extensive experience in development. Emphasis is placed on understanding circuit function and the physical nature of parasitic phenomena so that knowledge can be applied to other cases. They will learn to anticipate and identify a range of problems that arise in the development of new devices, both in the electrical and mechanical construction aspects.

The subject includes chapters in the following design areas:

• Component basics for electronic device design and development.
• Power load switching, fast signal switching, design, and selection of suitable switching elements.
• Thermoelectric cooling in electrical engineering, calculation of conditions for eliminating loss power and cooling calculation.
• Buses in electrical engineering, nomenclature, transmission issues, interference elimination, and descriptions of selected buses (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, IR, current loop) and their applications.
• Power sources in electrical engineering, applications, power supply filtering, and interference elimination. Linear power supplies, charge pumps, switching power supplies.
• Inertial systems. Design, measurement, filtering, and description of accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer issues.
• Production management, nomenclature, industrial property protection.

Elektrotechnical knowledge at the high school level is required.
Laboratory work is contingent upon having a valid qualification as a "person informed," which students must obtain before starting their studies. Information regarding this qualification is provided in the Dean's Directive on Familiarizing Students with Safety Regulations.

Electronic texts, recommended literature, presentations, and examples for laboratory exercises.

1. Component Basics for Electronic Device Design and Development.
2. Switching of Power Loads, Fast Signals, Design, and Selection of Suitable Switching Elements.
3. Thermal cooling in Electrical Engineering, Calculation of Conditions for Eliminating Loss Power, and Cooling Calculation.
4-5. Buses in Electrical Engineering, Nomenclature, Transmission Issues, Interference Elimination, Description of Selected Buses, and Their Applications.
6-10. Power Sources in Electrical Engineering, Applications, Power Supply Filtering, and Interference Elimination. Linear Power Supplies, Charge Pumps, Switching Power Supplies.
11. Inertial Systems. Design, Measurement, Filtering, and Description of Issues Regarding Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, and Magnetometers.
12. Production Management, Nomenclature, Protection of Industrial Property.
13. Individual Consultation, Review of Selected Study Sections Based on Student Requirements. 

1-3. Introduction to the C Language for Embedded Systems.
4. Numerical Exercises, Design Calculations.
5. Selected Peripherals of Microcontrollers (MCUs).
6-12. MCU Buses and Their Derivatives.
13. Numerical Exercises, Design Calculations. 

Course evaluation:
Practicals - 40 points.
Final exam - 60 points.
Minimum for the credit - 20 points.
Computer exercises are mandatory. Properly excused absence from exercises can be replaced by appointment with the teacher.
The method of teaching is determined by the annually updated decree of the subject guarantor.

Individual - by arrangement: in person, over the phone, via email, online.