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Fundamentals of Electronics

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Course Unit Code342-3374/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SKU51doc. Ing. Jaromír Škuta, Ph.D.
BLA209Ing. Martin Blatoň, Ph.D.
Summary
The course is based on module 022, Annex II, EC Decision No. 2016/008 / R - Fundamentals of Electronics in Aviation. The content of the course is focused on knowledge of the relationship between aircraft systems and the electronic part of the equipment on which it will work later. The student will gain competencies related to the issue of basic electrical principles that appear in the aviation industry.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to acquire basic competencies that are related to the basic principles of electronics to the extent necessary for the graduate
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on aviation, who will meet them as a user. It also includes the acquisition of knowledge about the connections between the aircraft systems and the electronic part of the equipment on which he will work later.
Furthermore, the aim is to master how and where to supplement the acquired knowledge later (literature, standards, internet, ...)
Course Contents
1. Basic properties of semiconductor elements, diodes, transistors, basics of integrated circuits. Rectifiers.
2. Rectified voltage filtering, voltage stabilization, types of stabilizers, switching power supplies and stabilizers.
3. Amplifiers. Power amplifiers and preamplifiers - types and uses.
4. Operational amplifiers - description, structure, basic connections, applications.
5. Basics of logic circuits - combinational logic circuits, sequential LO, examples of applications in control circuits.
6. Microprocessors, single-chip microcomputers - technology.
7. AD and DA converters. Galvanic separation of signals.
8. Power semiconductor switching elements, IGBT, IGCT, GTO.
9. Power electronics: Pulse converters, voltage increase and decrease, principles, connection, properties, applications. AC switch, voltage and current inverters, principles, connections, properties, applications.
10. Frequency converters.
11. Backup sources.
12. Construction of electronic devices, printed circuit boards.
13. Technical cybernetics: servomechanisms, controlled systems with open and closed loop.
14. Electronic measurement (basic methods of measuring electrical and non-electrical quantities on board the aircraft).

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
WYATT, D., TOOLEY, M.: Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems 2nd Edition. Routledge; 2nd edition, 2018, ISBN 978-0415827768.
VOLNER, R., BOREŠ, P.: Letecká radiotechnika – základy elektroniky pro piloty, ČVUT, VŠB TUO, Praha 2007, ISBN: 978-80-7204-523-5.
SMEJKAL, J. a kol.: Elektrotechnika, skriptum VUT Brno, Fakulta strojní, Brno 1991, ISBN 80-214-0388-8.
WYATT, D., TOOLEY, M.: Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems 2nd Edition. Routledge; 2nd edition, 2018, ISBN 978-0415827768.
Recommended Reading:
WYATT, D., TOOLEY, M.: Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems 2nd Edition. Routledge; 2nd edition, 2018, ISBN 978-0415827768.
KŮS, V., SKÁLA, J.: Elektronika a elektrické pohony pro neelektrotechnické fakulty, skriptum ZČU Plzeň, fakulta elektrotechnická, 1992, 197 str., ISBN 80- 7082-079-9.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51