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This course will introduce you to fundamental tools and techniques for designing electrical and computer systems, and give you hands-on practice applying those tools and techniques to a variety of different design projects.
Topics covered include:• Processes, tools, and practices used in electrical and computer engineering design• Design and assembly of electronic circuits and Printed Circuit Boards• Design and implementation of simple embedded software systems• Mechanical analysis, drawing and design• Documenting and communicating designsDesign involves applying technical engineering knowledge to solve real problems people face in the world. It is an essential part of why engineering exists as a profession. For this reason, you will find design courses, in some form, offered in the curriculum of every engineering discipline. The goals of this course are to help you learn how to understand what a design needs to accomplish, how to make effective and efficient design decisions, and how to clearly and concisely communicate your design, so that you can formulate well-defined design problems and synthesize good hardware and/or software designs that solve those problems.Because design is a practical skill, the course includes direct experience with design problems ranging in size from tightly-specified combinations of a few components up to open-ended design of reasonably complex electronic systems. These design problems will be posed during lecture sessions, labs, and in projects. At the end of this course students will participate in the design and build of a product prototype, using the tools and techniques introduced in the course.We have one lecture and one 3-hour lab timeslot per week. Many of the lectures will be “lectorials” that include pencil-and-paper design activities performed in groups. Some labs will involve structured activities to practice specific skills. Other lab timeslots will be unstructured time for you to work on your projects.
By the end of this course you should be able to:LO1: Analyse small real-world design problems, and design effective electrical and computing systems that can demonstrably solve those problems (WA1, WA2, WA3, WA4, WA5, WA6, WA7)LO2: Use verbal, written, and diagrammatic means to communicate the context and objectives of your design, the design you have developed, and your reasoning for the design, in a professional manner (WA6, WA7, WA8, WA10)LO3: Work collaboratively to complete small design projects (WA9, WA11)LO4: Improve your designs and your design approach through critical evaluation and reflection (WA9, WA10, WA11, WA12)
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Subject to the approval of the College of Engineering Dean (Academic)
ENEL211
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Allan McInnes
Yilei Zhang
This is a project-based course. There are no tests or exams. You're expected to develop your design knowledge and skills through various labs and tutorials, and to demonstrate those design skills in a practical context during your projects. To be eligible to pass ENEL200 you must:• Complete all Term 1 and Term 3 labs to at least the "meets expectations" standardo You can resubmit once per week until you achieve that minimum; submissions beyond the third attempt cannot earn anything higher than "meets expectations"• Achieve a mark of at least 50% in the Mechanical CAD section of the course• Achieve a weighted average mark of at least 50% on the Semester 2 projectsSome other important things to be aware of when it comes to assessment are:• Project submissions made after the due date or a previously agreed extension date will be penalized 10% per day over the due date, where the number of days is calculated as hours_over_due/24 rounded to 1 decimal place. Example: a project submitted 37 hours late is considered 37/24 = 1.5 days late, and will receive a mark that is (100% - 1.5 × 10%) × mark_without_penalty, or 85% of the unpenalized mark.• Although we release raw assessment marks throughout the year to give you some feedback on how you're doing in the course, the raw marks may be subject to scaling at the end of the year when your final letter grade in the course is determined.
Allan McInnes; ENEL200 Learn Page ; (There is no required textbook for ENEL200. The key information and notes for the course are provided on AKO | LEARN. Several of the LEARN sections include pointers to relevant external resources and readings).
Alexander, Ian , Beus-Dukic, Ljerka; Discovering requirements : how to specify products and services ; Wiley.
Ford, Ralph M. , Coulston, Chris S; Design for electrical and computer engineers : theory, concepts, and practice ; McGraw-Hill, 2008.
Fowler, Kim R; Electronic instrument design : architecting for the life cycle ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
White, Elecia; Making embedded systems : design patterns for great software ; O'Reilly Media, 2012.
Contact HoursLectures: 22 hoursTutorials: 18 hoursWorkshops: 0 hoursLaboratories: 21 hours Independent studyReview of lectures: 0 hoursTest and exam preparation: 0 hoursAssignments: 89 hoursTutorial preparation: 0 hoursLaboratory calculations: hours 0 Total 150
Domestic fee $1,238.00
International fee $6,179.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .