Biomedical Engineering BEng/MEng
Analogue Electronics 1 ENG1003
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Engineering
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 1 (SCQF level 7)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course introduces the basic concepts of electronic and electrical circuit analysis to level 1 students. By the end of the course students are able to analyse complex networks of resistors, inductors and capacitors subject to both direct (non-time-varying) and alternating voltages and currents. This material is fundamental to any future investigations of electronic or electrical systems.
Timetable
2 lectures per week
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
15% Online Exam - Mid-term theory examination
35% Written Exam
15% Written Assignment - Group Design Project
5% Lab 1 Report
5% Lab 2 Report
20% 4 Online Tutorials
5% Post lecture tutorial questions
Main Assessment In: December
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No
It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.
[No exceptions]
Course Aims
The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of analogue electronic circuits and to apply these concepts to d.c. and a.c. circuits.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ describe the fundamental electrical properties of charge, current, voltage, potential, and power in terms familiar to each Engineering Discipline, and be able to translate between units of these properties;
■ define Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws;
■ apply these laws to obtain unknown currents and voltages in networks of resistors, inductors, capacitors, current and voltage sources;
■ demonstrate how these laws can be applied to devise more powerful analysis tools such as Nodal Analysis;
■ calculate unknown currents and voltages in general networks through Nodal Analysis;
■ state Thévenin's and Norton's Theorems;
■ calculate the values of the Thévenin Voltage, Thévenin Resistance, Norton Current and Norton Resistance for any two port network;
■ apply Norton's and Thevenin's Theorems to the simplification of circuit analysis problems for two port networks;
■ analyse general a.c. networks using the complex representation of impedance;
■ define the fundamental properties of ideal op-amps;
■ calculate the voltage gain of common and novel amplification circuits built around ideal op-amps.
■ design circuits to meet practical challenges
■ work in a team to develop solutions to technical challenges