The Course provides the student with basic competences in devices and circuits that pertain to the area of modern electronics. By attending classes and learning profitably, the student will be able to recognize the basic components that form electronic systems, such as diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers, and microcontrollers. These notions will match competences in the analysis of basic circuits such as rectifiers, amplifiers, and digital control systems.
The student will acquire notions and knowledge about the structure of electronic devices and their properties; as a result, he/she will be able to interpret and analyze basic electronic circuits.
The Course aims at proving the student with the ability to:
- understand the behavior of simple linear electric circuits
- understand the classification of materials according to their electrical properties, e.g. insulators, conductors and semiconductors
- learn to analyze the behavior of an electrical circuit
- understand the behavior and some applications of diodes and bipolar/MOS transistors
- understand the behavior of an operational amplifier
- understand and analyze some circuit projects based on microcontrollers
Learning outcomes: at the end of the course, the student will be able to recognize typical circuit schemes with diodes and transistors, and to analyze their operation. The student will also be able to realize some simple projects including microcontrollers.
The student must have previously acquired the following knowledge necessary to address the topics of the course:
Classroom lessons as preparatory to laboratory activities.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it ), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.
This teaching deals with topics of scientific-technology interest, including the progress of electronics and embedded systems in the support of Society and People, and contributes to the achievement of the following Objectives of the UN SDGs 2030:
Goal 3. Good health and well-being (embedded systems play a crucial role in the area of health and personal care)
Goal 4. Quality education (the dissemination of technology skills raises the overall cultural level of modern Society)
Goal 5. Gender equality (this Course promotes a general, uniform dissemination of technological competences, in the firm belief that electronic subjects can/should have a pervasive nature irrespectively of age, gender and any other discriminating factor)
Material provided by the teacher
Ricevimento: By appointment after direct contact with the Teacher rodolfo.zunino@unige.it
RODOLFO ZUNINO (President)
ORAZIO AIELLO
DANIELE CAVIGLIA
PAOLO GASTALDO (President Substitute)
The exam includes a written test, covering electrnic schemes that adgere to those presented during the classes
Students with specific learning disorders (DSA) will be allowed to follow specific procedures and supports, which will be decided on a per-case basis (as per Section “Further information”).
The assessment of the acquisizion of the notions and competences, during the course lessons, progresses through the direct interaction with the students during their learning path. This assessment procedure covers each point of the program as a milestone, and the teacher verifies during classes the correct acquisiton of the conecpts by means of simple exercises/questions fed during the frontal lessons.
The overall assessment completes by means of a written test session. The evaluation takes into account accuracy in the language and the presentation of acquired concepts and techniques, together with ability to analyze circuits that are coherent with those presented during the course.
Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it ), the School's disability liaison.
