AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Basic concepts on technologies for modern electronic embedded systems. Introduction to sensor devices and sensing methods. Embedded electronic sensing systems for Internet of Things (IoT) and for distributed monitoring. Basic concepts of radio transceivers. Distributed wireless sensing networks for environmental monitoring. Application examples.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed educational activities (lectures and laboratory activities) and individual study will enable the student to:

- understanding basic electrical variables e.g. current, voltage, power, energy

- understanding the behavior of a simple linear electric circuit

- understanding the behavior of a simple RC circuit

- understanding the classification of materials based on their electrical properties e.g. insulators, conductors and semiconductors

- learning how to analyze the behavior of an electric circuit

- understanding the behavior and application of the diode

- understanding the behavior of a MOS transistor as signal amplifier

- understanding the behavior of the CMOS inverter and of NOR and NAND gates circuits

- understanding the evaluation of time response and power/energy consumption of CMOS logic gate circuits

- understanding the behavior of an Operational Amplifier

PREREQUISITES

Basic mathematic skills

TEACHING METHODS

The course is based on class lectures (about 40 hours) and includes a lab exercise on the programming and usage of an IoT node for environmental monitoring.

EXAM DESCRIPTION

• Oral Exam
• Alternatively: 2 intermediate written tests as an alternative to the oral exam

APRIL 12, Classroom MA218 , time: 9AM-12PM

MAY 24, Classroom MA218 , time: 9AM-12PM

• The exam is passed if both grades are ≥16 and the average is ≥ 18.
• Passing only one of the two written tests still replaces the oral exam for that part.
• If you wish to improve the written exam grade, you can request to take the oral exam. However, it's important to note that opting for the oral exam also carries the potential risk of lowering the grade from the written exam.
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  • The opportunity to take the oral exam to improve the written exam grade is limited to a maximum of two attempts.
  • A minimum period of one month must elapse between the first and second oral exams.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral/written tests checks the knowledge of the students of the course content.

Three examinations are planned in the summer session and three during the winter session

OFFICE HOURS FOR STUDENTS

On appointment

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Course content:

1. Introduction to linear electric components and circuits: resistors, independent current and voltage generators, Kirchhoff current and voltage laws.
2. Capacitor and simple RC circuits
3. Classification of materials: insulators, conductors and semiconductors
4. Semiconductor materials as the basis of solid state (modern) electronics
5. Electronic devices: diodes and transistors.
6. The MOS transistor as signal amplifier
7. The CMOS inverter circuit
8. Power consumption, time response of the CMOS inverter
9. Static logic gates: NOR and NAND
10. Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog converters
11. Sensors
12. Amplifiers
13. Moore’s law and technology scaling
14. Digital electronic circuits
15. Combinational logic circuits
16. Sequential logic circuits
17. Finite State Machines
18. Basics of Embedded data processing systems: microprocessors and microcontrollers.
19. Basics of Embedded radio transceivers
20. Basics of IoT systems for environmental monitoring

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The course material is published on Aulaweb.

Textbooks:

Sedra/Smith, Microelectronic Circuits, Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN 9780199339143 (you can find this online) ---- OK for the ANALOG PART

Digital Circuits And Logic Design DCAP108 –https:/ebooks.lpude.in/computer_application/ad/DCAP108_DIGITAL_CIRCUITS_AND_LOGIC_DESIGNS.pdf    GOOD FOR THE DIGITAL PART

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

RAFFAELE BOLLA (President)

ORAZIO AIELLO

FRANCO RINO DAVOLI

LUCIA SEMINARA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://courses.unige.it/10553/p/students-timetable

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

• Oral Exam
• Alternatively: 2 intermediate written tests as an alternative to the oral exam

APRIL 12, Classroom MA218 , time: 9AM-12PM

MAY 24, Classroom MA218 , time: 9AM-12PM

• The exam is passed if both grades are ≥16 and the average is ≥ 18.
• Passing only one of the two written tests still replaces the oral exam for that part.
• If you wish to improve the written exam grade, you can request to take the oral exam. However, it's important to note that opting for the oral exam also carries the potential risk of lowering the grade from the written exam.

• The opportunity to take the oral exam to improve the written exam grade is limited to a maximum of two attempts.
• A minimum period of one month must elapse between the first and second oral exams.

Exam schedule