Advanced Diploma of Electronic Engineering

Unit of Competency Details

EE202 – Communication and progject management 2 - (40 hours)

This module provides knowledge and skills relating to interpersonal communications and project management. This module is clustered with "Microprocessor Applications A" for Electronics students and with "Internetworking 3/4" for Computer Systems students. Together the two modules form the subject "Advanced Diploma Integrated Studies 1" (ADIS 1). CPM 2 cannot be taken separately from the accompanying module ("Microprocessor Applications A" or "Internetworking 3/4") because the work in the two modules is co-dependent.
Topics include:
- Introduction to Advanced Diploma Integrated Studies 1 project
- Competency assessment requirements
- Introduction to professional/technical leadership
- Introduction to project management
- Researching
- Introduction to record keeping/engineering journal
- Writing technical documents and report writing
- Presenting information
- Advanced team building skills
- Job seeking skills

EE118 – Digital applications - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to digital electronics sub-systems. Topics include:
- Digital principles: digital signal processing, data manipulation, data storage,
error correction
- ADC's and DAC's
- Data transfer serial and parallel
- Time division multiplexing
- Optical systems
- Computer systems: Types, architecture, operating principles, operating
systems.
- Interface Chips and Techniques
- Memory Devices
- Programmable Array Devices

EE130 – Analog systems 1 - (80 hours)

This subject provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to the workings of a linear DC power supplies and small signal amplifiers. Topics include:
- Power supply application
_ Ideal and practical diodes
_ Capacitive filtering
_ Zener diode application
_ 3 terminal regulators
_ Power supply faults and repair
_ Small signal amplifier use
_ Ideal small signal amplifier characteristics
_ Input and output resistances,current gain, voltage gain
_ Practical amplifier characteristics
_ Voltage gain measurement
_ Amplifier selection given system requirements and loads
_ Bandwidth measurement for ideal and operational amplifiers
_ Input/output impedances; open loop gain
_ Gain-bandwidth product
_ Ideal and practical comparator
_ Inverting/non-inverting amplifiers, measurements

EE138 – Audio technology - (80 hours)

This subject develops knowledge and skills relating to audio circuits. It covers the major sub-systems of an audio product. Topics includes:
- Power amplifiers
- Control and preamplifiers
- Automotive audio applications
- Meter circuits
- Mixers and equalisers
- Dolby Pro-Logic systems
- Performance tests
- System fault finding.

EE135 – Analog applications - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to analog electronics. The content is mainly concerned with amplifiers made from discrete components. Topics include:
- Op amps (advanced)
- Differential and instrumentation amplifiers Integrators
- Single supply operation - using blocking capacitors and Norton amplifiers
- Comparators with and without hysteresis, non saturating comparators
- Piece wise approximation to non linear transfer curves, increasing and decreasing slopes and bipolar curves
- Function generators
- Precision rectifiers: half and full wave
- Active filters: low pass, high pass, band pass
- Application of power amplifiers and definition
- Large signal operations and applications
- Class A, B, AB, C and D power amplifiers
- Distortion and feedback
- Heat transfer and sinking
- Data sheet usage related to typical characteristics of fully integrated power amplifiers

EE145 – Electrical fundamentals 1 - (60 hours)

Underpinning knowledge of DC circuits and components. This subject also develops practical skills of wiring, testing and making DC measurements on simple series and parallel circuits. Topics include:
- Electrical energy sources
- Charge, current and circuit
- Resistance
- Series & parallel circuits
- Capitors and inductors
- Energy growth and decay
- Charge and discharge

EE139 – Embedded controllers 1 - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to applications of microprocessors and micro-controllers. Topics include:
- Development, history and common types
- Components, functions and characteristics of operating systems
- Review of booting procedure
- Filename conventions and directory structure
- Resident and transient commands
- File access and management
- Command skills
- Batch files and commands
- Common utilities
- I/O redirection
- Filters and pipes
- Use of environmental variables
- Installation and configuration
- Running background tasks
- Options
- System responses
- Messages and errors
- Disk file organization
- Data and system security.
- User interface devices (LEDs, 7 segment displays, LCD,keypads)
- Serial I/O techniques
- Use of the I2C bus
- Software development techniques (program structure and design, use of
assembler features)
- Construction and commissioning of a minimum system.

EE131 – Analog systems 2 - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to analog electronics. The content is mainly concerned with the fundamentals of operational amplifiers and discrete component amplifiers. Topics include:
- Characteristics of the ideal op amp
- Inverting/non-inverting op-amps
- Voltage followers
- Non idealities effects on op-amp performance
- Effects of input bias current, offset current and offset voltage
- Slew rate
- Gain-bandwidth product
- Noise calculations and measurements in op-amps.
- Frequency compensation, gain and phase margin, compensation
- Determination of AC parameters - single stage, small signal BJT/FET amps
- High and low frequency gain and phase response in amplifiers
- Multistage amplifiers. Coupling techniques and effects on system
parameters.

EE203 – Communication and project management 3 - (40 hours)

This module provides knowledge and skills relating to interpersonal communications and project management. This module is clustered with "Microprocessor Applications B" for Electronics students and with "Internetworking 6" for Computer Systems students. Together the two modules form the subject "Advanced Diploma Integrated Studies 2" (ADIS 2). CPM3 cannot be taken separately from the accompanying module ("Microprocessor Applications B" or "Internetworking 6") because the work in the two modules is co-dependent.
Topics include:
- Introductory to Advanced Diploma Integrated Studies 2 project
- Competency assessment requirements
- Advanced project management
- Advanced formal and informal reporting procedures
- Workplace organisational systems, quality control and management concepts
- Industrial relations/law
- ICT (information and communications technologies) industry position within contemporary Australian, and international, economic and industrial context.

EE201 – Communication and project management 1 - (40 hours)

This module provides knowledge and skills relating to interpersonal communication skills and incorporates the Customer Relations component of the A+ computer technician accreditation. Topics include:
- Communication theory and practice
- Professionalism
- Interpersonal and customer/client communications
- Stress and time management
- Conflict resolution and negotiating
- Team building
- Instructing
- Meeting skills

EE112 – Data communications - (40 hours)

This subject provides underpinning knowledge of data communications concepts and signals, with an emphasis on current practical applications. It provides an introduction to methods, terminology, standards & measurement. Topics include:
- Elements of data communications systems
- Transmission modes
- Bit transmission & synchronisation
- Modulation methods
- Standards
- Wiring systems
- Flow control
- Error control
- Advanced systems

EE134 – Power and electronic systems - (60 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to the control of mains powered equipment, switch mode power supplies and alternative energy systems. Topics include:
- Typical power control applications: heaters, soldering irons, stove elements, lamp dimmers
- Motor speed controllers
- Methods of power control and phase angle control
- Pulsed power circuit
- Power control devices
- Symbols and specifications
- Operation of typical half and full wave power control circuits
- Limitation of phase angle control and noise reduction methods
- Batteries
- DC - DC converters, DC - AC inverters
- Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
- Switching power supplies
- High voltage, high power and RF equipment power supplies
- Solar, wind and other alternative electricity supplies
- Remote power supplies
- Faultfinding
- Safety procedures and safety requirements

EE125 – Electronics industry practices - (80 hours)

This subject provides students with the opportunity to participate in a 2 week work placement program. Students are matched to placements selected from BHI's industry contact network. Topics include:
- Industry Employment Opportunities
- Making Contact with Industry
- Workplace Culture
- Systems / Equipment Used
- Industry Certifications / Qualifications

EE140 – Embedded controllers 2 - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to applications of microprocessors and micro-controllers. Topics include:
- DACs and ADCs
- Interface actuators (relays and solenoids)
- Writing data conversion/display software modules
- Controlling AC power
- Cross compiling in 'C'
- Project work
- Signal conditioning
- Output control of actuators and relays
- Control of DC motors
- Control of AC power
- Debugging tools
- Completion of major Project implementing an operational input/output control system.

EE146 – Electrical fundamentals 2 - (60 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to basic concepts of alternating current (AC) electricity. Topics include:
- Alternating current and voltage
- Frequency, period, peak to peak, RMS
- Phase and phase difference
- CRO measurements of AC
- Capacitors and capacitance reactance
- Inductors and inductive reactance.
- Phasor representation of sinusoids
- Phase angle, lead and lag
- V and I relationship for capacitors and inductors
- V, I and phase angle for RC/RL series and RC/RL parallel circuits.
- Impedance and RLC circuits
- RLC series and RLC parallel circuits
- Series and parallel resonance
- Transformers.

EEWP008 – Work performance - technical leadership - (40 hours)

A practical test, skills test and/or written and oral project presentation assessed against current industry competency standards.

EE144 – Testing techniques and instruments - (80 hours)

This subject provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to testing techniques used in analogue electronics. Commonly used test instruments are covered. The use of industry standard instruments is included and the theory is supplemented with practical exercises where possible. Topics include:
- Loading and matching
- Connectors; Decibels: dBm, dBr, dBu, dBo;
- Storage and delay;
- Frequency counters;
- Frequency synthesisers;
- Spectrum analysers;
- Noise and distortion meters;
- RF communications service monitor.
- Operation of digital storage Oscilloscope;
- TDR and OTDR operation;
- Q meter measurements;
- Spectrum analyser; Network analyser;
- GPIB Bus.

EE127 – Maths for electronics 2 - (40 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to the mathematics required by students undertaking an Advanced Diploma in Electronics Engineering. Topics include:
- Algebraic manipulation and functions
- Number bases and Boolean algebra
- Indices and logs
- Trig functions

EE128 – Electronic workshop practices - (100 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to occupational health and safety (O.H.&S) in an electrical/electronics environment. This module provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to hand soldering and assembly techniques used in electronics and computer systems. Topics include:
- Occupational health and safety act
- Personal safety
- Workplace and workshop hazards
- Working with electrically operated tools and equipment
- Rescue from a live electrical situation
- Emergency first aid / resuscitation
- Quality concepts
- Workshop facilities and environment preparation of printed circuit boards
- Safe working practices and hazards in soldering workshop environment
- Hazard reporting
- Hand soldering techniques
- De-soldering techniques
- Component and connector handling and preparation for PCB insertion
- Point to point wiring techniques
- Marking out
- Basic hand tools and uses in electronic workshop
- Assembly and fastening techniques
- Printed circuit boards.

EE117 – Digital basics - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to the fundamental concepts digital logic, devices and circuits. Topics include:
- Basic logic
- Gates
- DeMorgan's theorem
- Number systems & codes
- Combinational logic
- Encoders & decoders
- Display devices]
- Multiplexers / demultiplexers
- Flipflops, counters & registers
- Timers

EE114 – Introduction to programming - (80 hours)

This unit provides underpinning knowledge of high-level language programming, suitable for current ICT environments. It provides introductory concepts of procedural and of object-oriented programming methods with an emphasis on current practical applications. Topics include:
- Algorithm design
- Machine-code, assemblers and compilers
- Brief history of languages & limitations
- Examples in a given programming language
- Data structures
- Testing and validation

EE141 – RF technologies - (80 hours)

This subject provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to the principles of analog RF communications. Topics include:
- Basic communication systems block diagram
- Radio wave as a TEM wave: radio wave frequency band identification, frequency, wavelength, velocity of propagation;
- Transmission modes: metal cable, wave guide, optical fibre, radio wave
paths
- Noise: definition, categories, effects on communication systems.
- Communication signals in time and frequency domain.
- Fourier analysis of periodic complex waveforms, base-band signals, modulation signals
- Modulation techniques / Demodulation
- Oscillators and Tuned Circuits
- Filters
- Frequency Multiplier Concepts
- Mixer Circuit Concepts
- Time and frequency division multiplexing
- Super-heterodyne receivers: concepts and characteristics
- Transmitters: AM, single side band, FM
- Characteristics of components at RF

EE143 – Gate array technologies - (80 hours)

This subject provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to the design of digital circuits using advanced digital techniques and programmable ICs. Topics include:
- Types of programmable logic devices;
- Features of programmable array logic (PAL) devices;
- Reprogrammable PALs (GALs);
- Logic family characteristics;
- Interfacing between logic families;
- Interfacing to external devices;
- Schmitt trigger devices.
- Project management;
- Advanced state machines using PLDs;
- System design consideration (up to 5 ICs);
- Timing analysis and hazards in state machines and digital systems;
- Maximum operating frequency;
- Testing and debugging;
- Engineering standards;
- Documentation.

EEWP504C – Work performacne - diagnose faults (electronics) - (40 hours)

A practical test, skills test and/or written and oral project presentation assessed against current industry competency standards.

EEWP702C – Work performance - design (electronics) - (40 hours)

A practical test, skills test and/or written and oral project presentation assessed against current industry competency standards.

EE137 – Microprocessor fundamentals - (80 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to the fundamental concepts of microprocessors. Topics include:
- Microprocessor block diagram and system busses
- RAM ROM and I/O
- ROM
- Pin functions of microprocessor/controller
- Programmers model
- Basic instructions for data transfer
- CPU control instructions
- Use of an editor/ assembler
- Flow charts
- Time delay loops, subroutines
- Use of Parallel I/O ports
- Reset circuit and reset sequence
- Clock circuit
- Power supply requirements
- Expansion of microprocessor system using devices connected to the system busses

EE142 – Television 1 - (60 hours)

This subject provides knowledge and skills relating to the fundamental principles of television. Topics include:
- Safety
- The Australian television system
- The monochrome TV receiver
- The PAL encoder/decoder
- Picture tubes
- RGB and colour difference drive systems
- TV sound
- Test equipment relevant to television servicing
- Fault finding to block level in PAL systems
- Fault finding to stage level in MTV and CTV.

EE121 – Software tools 1 - (80 hours)

This subject introduces the basic concepts and use of word-processing, database and spreadsheet applications using a PC. Topics include:
- Create, save and retrieve documents
- Basic formatting commands
- Retrieve and modify text or data of an existing file
- Preview and print documents
- Define and use terminology for wordprocessing, spreadsheets and data bases;
- Retrieve and modify data in an existing data base file
- Produce reports from data base files
- Access and use both on-line help and appropriate manuals to find information relating to software packages.

EEWP304C – Work performance - commissioning (electronics - (40 hours)

A practical test, skills test and/or written and oral project presentation assessed against current industry competency standards.

EE122 – Software tools 2 - (60 hours)

This subject provides the basic knowledge and skills relating to the use of a PC application that allows the user to use a computer aided drafting package (TurboCAD), a circuit board layout program (Eagle) and a circuit simulation application (Electronic Workbench). Topics include:
- Identification of screen display areas and toolbars
- Creating drawings, circuit schematics
- Performing DC, AC and digital circuit simulations
- DC simulation and analysis;
- Printing drawings, circuit schematics and numerical/graphical results of simulation/analysis.

EEWP406C – Work performance - develop test procedures (electronics) - (40 hours)

A practical test, skills test and/or written and oral project presentation assessed against current industry competency standards.