Course Title: Aerospace Digital Fundamentals
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6011 Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aerospace)
Course Title: Aerospace Digital Fundamentals
Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
EEET6537 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
130T Vocational Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Term2 2010, Term1 2011, Term2 2011 |
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to provide underpinning knowledge relating to digital electronics for professional technicians.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
MATH5156 Aerospace Mathematics 1
EEET6533 Aerospace Electronic Fundamentals 1
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VBH164 Aerospace Digital Fundamentals |
Learning Outcomes
1. Compare analogue and digital systems and explain the construction of integrated circuits.
2. Discuss digital number systems and convert between numbers and perform arithmetic functions.
3. Draw truth tables using two variables and discuss related concepts.
4. Describe, discuss and perform calculations relating to gate logic and gate pulse.
5. Explain the connection within circuits and operation of transistor transistor logic (TTL) gates.
6. Construct logic circuits and test to prove the Truth Tables.
7. Describe and explain the operation of flip flop circuits.
8. Explain the operation of, construct and test 4 bit serial and parallel registers.
9. Construct and test a MOD-16 up counter and explain related concepts.
10. Discuss readout devices, and construct and test a circuit containing a BCD input and a 7 segment LED display.
11. Discuss the purpose and operation of multiplexers and construct and test a multiplexed two digit 7 segment display circuit.
12. Explain, to block diagram level, the operation of analogue-to-digital (A/D) converters and construct test, and explain aspects of a circuit using monolithic A/D converters.
13. Discuss the purpose and operation of digital-to-analogue (D/A) converters and construct and test a circuit containing D/A converters.
14. Describe how timing and control signals are obtained and the operation of delay lines and construct and test circuits containing timing devices.
15. Analyse an electronic circuit.
Overview of Assessment
To successfully to complete this course the student is required to pass written assessment tasks and demonstrate skills and ability by completing practical tasks to aerospace standards.