DE5414                             ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING 1

Level 5                                             Credits 15                                            Version July 2010

LEARNING TIME

RECOMMENDED PRE-REQUISITE

DE5403 Electrical and Electronic Principles 2

RECOMMENDED CO-REQUISITE

DE5407 Electronics 2

AIM/PURPOSE

To develop an understanding of the design and production process of electronic printed circuit board manufacturing processes and methods of testing for electronic products.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.            Select circuit board, materials, and manufacturing technologies for a given electronic engineering application hardware solution.

2.            Produce circuit schematic diagrams and printed circuit board artwork for a given electronic engineering application.

3.            Assemble a printed circuit board based circuit.

4.            Apply effective electronic product hardware testing and fault-finding techniques.

INDICATIVE CONTENT

●          Selecting suitable materials and methods of manufacture for a given circuit

●          Converting from a schematic diagram to a printed circuit board layout using a CAD software package

●          Considerations regarding component placement on a printed circuit board

●          Soldering techniques following safe industry practice used to connect components

●          Operational testing in a safe manner conducted to confirm that product performs to specification