Course Title: Diagnose & rectify faults in advanced systems & apparatus (Electronics)

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2010

Course Code: EEET6630C

Course Title: Diagnose & rectify faults in advanced systems & apparatus (Electronics)

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6040 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics Engineering

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Gita Pendharkar, Course Coordinator

Email: Gita.pendharkar@rmit.edu.au

Telephone: (03) 99254701

Nominal Hours: 108

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This course contains some of the underpinning knowledge of a program, which designed for a person to be able to undertake design, select, install, commission, maintain and carry out repairs on advanced electronic equipment and systems.
The Knowledge and skills addressed in this course include DSP Concepts of sampling, aliasing, reconstruction and quantisation; time domain processing- correlation, convolution and modulation; spectral analysis; filtering; and carrying out a Work Performance Project.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

UTENES504CA Diagnose & rectify faults in advanced systems & apparatus (Electronics)

Element:

Diagnose faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus

Performance Criteria:

2.1 OH&S policies and procedures are followed
2.2 Reported fault(s) are confirmed and the normal function of systems and associated apparatus is ascertained in accordance with requirements
2.3 Systems are checks as being isolated where necessary using specified testing procedures
2.4 Systems and associated apparatus faults are diagnosed in accordance with requirements, without damage or distortion to the surrounding environment or services
2.5 Contingency measures are managed and implemented in accordance with established procedures to ensure the system operates as intended or designed
2.6 Where applicable, appropriate personnel and resources are determined and co-ordinated to effect rectification of fault(s).
2.7 Unplanned events or conditions are responded to in accordance with established procedures.
2.8 On-going checks of the quality of the work are undertaken in accordance with established procedures.

Element:

Plan and prepare for diagnosis of faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Diagnosis of faults is planned and prepared to ensure OH&S policies and procedures are followed and the work is appropriately sequenced in accordance with requirements.
1.2 Appropriate personnel are consulted to ensure the work is co-ordinated effectively with others involved on the work site.
1.3 Systems and apparatus faults are checked against job requirements.
1.4 Materials necessary to complete the work are obtained in accordance with established procedures and checked against job requirements.
1.5 Tools, equipment and testing devices needed to carry out the work are obtained in accordance with established procedures and checked for correct operation and safety
1.6 Preparatory work is checked to ensure no unnecessary damage has occurred and complies with requirements

Element:

Provide status report(s)

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Arrangements are made for maintenance and/or repair(s), where necessary, with relevant authorised personnel in accordance with requirements.
4.2 Status report(s) are completed and notified in accordance with established procedures

Element:

Rectify faults in advanced systems and associated apparatus

Performance Criteria:

3.1 OH&S policies and procedures are followed.
3.2 Systems and associated apparatus are isolated, where necessary, in accordance with established procedures
3.3 Adjustments are made in accordance with established procedures where necessary, to return systems and associated apparatus to normal operating parameters.
3.4 Faulty component(s) are rectified or replaced, without damage or distortion to the surrounding environment or services.
3.5 Unplanned events or conditions are responded to in accordance with established procedures
3.6 Approval is obtained in accordance with established procedures from appropriate personnel before any contingencies are implemented
3.7 On-going checks of the quality of work are undertaken in accordance with established procedures
3.8 Systems and associated apparatus are tested to ensure safety of the installation
3.9 Systems and associated apparatus are returned to service in accordance with established procedures


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Students will learn about digital signal processing and develop skills in applying those DSP techniques using software tools to produce real life applications. They will be exposed to software simulations and appropriate hardware platform for implementation.


Teaching Schedule

Weekly Course Contents for DSP

1
Intro to course information

Signals and Systems
Types of Signals- Analog and Digital
Digital Signal Processing Block Diagram

2
Continuous Time Signals
Discrete-Time Signals
Time Domain and Frequency Domain Signals

3
Real-world DSP Applications
Telecommunications Applications
Biomedical Applications
Speech and image processing
Applications

4

Analog-to-Digital Conversion Process
Sampling and quantisation

5
Digital-to-Analog Conversion Process:
Signal Recovery
Constraints of Real-Time Processing with Analog Input/Output Signals


6

DFT and Inverse DFT
Properties of the DFT
Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm

7


Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
Implementation of the FFT
Other Discrete Transforms

8


The Z-Transform and the Inverse Z-Transform


9
Correlation Description
Convolution Description

10
Introduction to Digital Filters
FIR Filters

11
Introduction to Digital Filters
IIR Filters

12
Design of FIR and IIR

13
Applications of FIR and IIR Filters

14
Applications of FIR and IIR Filters

15
Revision- Practice Test
16
Final Exam

17
Major Assignment Due

18 Supplemenatary Exam


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

DSP First – A Multimedia Approach, Prentice Hall, by James McClellan


References


Other Resources

All other resources (assignments, lecture notes, etc) will be available on the S drive and DLS.


Overview of Assessment

This is a progressive assessment, the underpinning knowledge will be assessed on the completion of each course, but the competency itself will not be signed off until related competency is completed and the student is deemed competent
The students are required to undertake summative assessments as follows:
• Progressive Written assessments
• Assignments
• Work Simulation Projects


Assessment Tasks

The assessment for this course is based on the following:

Assignment 1: Background of DSP- 5%

Assignment 2: Fundamentals of DSP-10%

Assignment 3: DSP Theory and Problems using Matlab-10%

Major Assignment: Matlab based Assignment on FIR and IIR Filters-15%

One Theory Exam at the end of semester: 60%


Assessment Matrix

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