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ELEC1004: Practical Intro to Electrical Engineering

2025 unit information

This unit of study aims to expose the students with fundamental (basic) concepts of different specializations within electrical engineering and give them hands on experience to develop the required engineering skills. The unit is based on extensive laboratory work covering Measuring skills using basic electrical instruments, Soldering skills to make electronic circuits and test them, Computer programming skills including real time programming and simulation programming, Use of internet technology, Wireless technology, Renewable energy technology.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Engineering

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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None
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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ENGG1800 or CHNG1108 or MECH1560 or AERO1560 or BMET1960 or MTRX1701 or ELEC1005 or ENVE1001
Assumed knowledge:
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HSC Physics and Mathematics

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. understand basic concepts and principles of electrical engineering
  • LO2. undertake and report on basic experimental laboratory tasks
  • LO3. work in a team during lab exercises
  • LO4. demonstrate applications of basic science and engineering concepts in an electrical engineering discipline
  • LO5. design PCB and solder the components by mounting them on the PCB
  • LO6. apply concepts, principles and techniques to configure modern communication systems
  • LO7. scope, build and test an electrical and information engineering artifact
  • LO8. code micro-controllers using programing languages to interact with hardware platforms
  • LO9. apply circuit design principles to compute component values to achieve the specified design outcome
  • LO10. wire up an electrical circuit on a bread board and test it using basic electrical measuring instruments
  • LO11. simulate an electrical circuit using simulation software to gain a detailed understanding before performing hardware experiments.

Unit availability

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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2024
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Session MoA ?  Location Outline ? 
Semester 2 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Remote

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