Digital Electronics I 

Room: B 1.7    Phone: (31) - 45-527-8261 ext. 247

Web Page: http://www.afno-is.eu.odedodea.edu/

Textbook: Electricity Principles and Applications

Parent and Student Contact: Parents with an email address will be given interims and grade reports at the end of the quarters and semesters by email. For parents without email, a printed grade report will be sent home with the student.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  

The digital electronics course familiarizes students with the skills and technologies involved in digital circuits and their use in modern electronics. Students will develop the technical skills necessary to continue follow-on course work in microprocessors and robotics technology. They will study digital number systems, logic gates and circuits, Boolean algebra, and combinational logic circuitry.

Major Instructional Activities:

Instructional activities will provide students with hands-on experiences using digital components and circuits. Students will perform laboratory experiments and construct projects using digital components, number systems, and logic circuits.

Major Evaluative Techniques:

 Students will be required to conduct laboratory experiments and complete laboratory safety and content tests. Circuit construction projects and experiments will be compared to base-line plans for evaluation. Written and oral reports will be evaluated for content and form. Class participation will be evaluated using existing curriculum standards based upon School-to-Work transition guidelines.

Essential Objectives:

Upon completion of the digital electronics course, students should be able to:

Technology Standards:

 

CLUSTERS AND PATHWAYS

This course can be used to partially satisfy the requirements for an endorsement in the following pathways. 

Cluster

Pathway

Required/Recommended/Related

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Production Process Development

Recommended

Information Technology

Information Support & Services

Required

 

Network Systems

Recommended

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Engineering & Technology

Recommended

 

 

 

 

SKILLS

Digital electronics students will be evaluated based upon the quality of their design work, hands-on lab performance and testing. Projects will be analyzed and evaluated for meeting the essential objectives, thoroughness, and presentation quality.  In addition, the students will be evaluated on their ability to cooperatively work together and solve problems.

Digital Electronics course work completed will be analyzed and evaluated for accuracy and project mastery of essential concepts. Written and oral reports will be graded for content and form.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

·                Cooperatively work as a member of a design team.

·                Demonstrate the use of electric circuits.

·                Design and demonstrate the operation of series circuits.

·                Design and demonstrate the operation of parallel circuits.

·                Demonstrate function of logic circuits: AND and OR gates

·                 Apply Ohm’s Law.

·                  Description and operation of single –pole, double-throw (SPDT) switches.

·                  Use electromechanical relays to control output loads.

·                  Using plunger switches in alarm systems.

·                  Describe and operate active infrared sensors.

·              Describe and operate magnetic proximity sensors.

·              Describe and operate shock/vibration sensors in alarm systems.

·              Design and evaluate automotive alarm systems.

·              Design and evaluate residence alarm systems.

·              Design an effective alarm system using a five-step process.

 

 

AFNORTH International Middle/High School’s Continuous School Progress goal is:

   “All students will improve their written communication skills across the curriculum.” 

The 6 + 1 Trait model is the model selected to improve school-wide writing in all subject areas.  The 6 + 1 Trait writing framework is a powerful way to learn and use a common language to refer to characteristics of writing as well as establish a common vision of what “strong” writing looks like.  Teachers and students will use the 6 + 1 Trait model to identify areas of strength and weakness as they continue to strive towards continued writing improvement.  Success of all students requires that the 6 + 1 Trait become a consistent and integral component of each course taught at AFNORTH International Middle/High School.

 

In industrial productions, students will be asked to write in their production safety journals and document procedures using technical writing format.  The 6 + 1 trait characteristics and rubric will be introduced and used as the standard for the Standard Safety Procedures and project reports.  The students will be required to utilize all qualities of the rubric in their project reports.

                         

 

Scope/Sequence – Architectural Design

WEEK

Chapter

DESCRIPTIONS

1

1

1 -  Introduction to electric circuits - Ohm’s Law  - Exam 1

2

2

2 – Measuring Voltage, Current, and Resistance  -  Exam 2

3

3

3 – Series Circuits -    Exam 3

4

4

4 – Parallel Circuits -  Exam 4  

5

5

5 – Logic Circuits -  Exam 5

6

6

6 – Three-Way Switching Circuits - Exam 6

7

7

7 – Introduction to electromechanical relays -  Exam 7

8

8

8 – Calculating and testing the voltage, current, and resistance in series circuits – Exam 8

9

9

9 – – Calculating and testing the voltage, current, and resistance in parallel circuits  Exam 9

10

10

10 - Design and Documentation  of combination circuit with relays

11

1

1 – Connecting Sensor Circuits  - Exam 10

12

2

2 – Control Panels and Control Functions -  Exam 10

13

3

3 – Mechanical sensors in alarm systems

14

4

4 – Magnetic Proximity Sensors  

15

5

5 – Shock and Vibration Sensors 

16

6

6 – Electronic Active Infrared Sensors - Exam 11

17

7

7 – Designing Alarm Systems  - Final Presentation

18

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Review and Finals

 

 

Note: Exams will be taken within 3 days of assigned date (last class day of the final week for that chapter), loss of one letter grade per day past assigned date. 

 

Grades and Course Assessment

Standards:       A >= 90%, B >= 80%, C >= 70%, D >= 60%                                                              

 

Grade Make-Up                   Percent of Semester Grade

Homework                                          5 %

Journals/Presentations                          10 %

Quizzes                                                10 %

Labs/Drawings                         40 %

Practical Exam                          25%

Final Presentation                                 10%

Journals will be kept daily and graded randomly by the instructor at least once per week.

 

Open Lab Hours with Instructor Present: 2 or 3 seminar periods are available  per week.

Acceptable Student Behavior: Students will adhere to all AFNORTH student handbook rules and the AFNORTH  student Policy for Computer Use. Students must sign the policy given on the first day of class. No Web sites other than those needed for the curriculum or approved by the instructor will be accessed. No programs will be downloaded or installed on the class computers. Class computers are not to be used for student E-mail. The Instructor must scan any disks brought into the class for viruses before they are used.

Make-up work: Per AFNORTH guidance in student handbook

 

The classroom will use the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.

  1. Come to class prepared; be in seat with student notebook prior to tardy bell.
  2. During instruction only one person at a time speaks.
  3. Be polite, respect the teacher’s responsibility to teach and the student’s right to learn.
  4. Be prepared to accept the consequences, both positive and negative, of your actions.
  5. Make every effort possible to be prepared and present when your router team is assigned lab time.
  6. Respect the investment in equipment your parents have made, use the equipment only as directed, and follow the acceptable use policy.

DO NOT mark on the computers or tables. These are in good condition and we would like for them to remain so. Thank you!

DO NOT Apply make-up, or brush (or comb) your hair in the computer room. There is no eating or drinking in the computer lab. Water may be consumed as long as it is in a sport type bottle with a closable spout and the bottles are not kept on or near the computers (set on the floor). 

Treat each other, as you want to be treated, with respect and dignity.

NO GAMES, FOOD, DRINKS, CANDY OR GUM IN THE LAB!   BOTTLED WATER WITH SPORT POP-UP TOP ONLY!