TERM 1
Content
Controlled Assessment Autum/Spring Term
Students to design and make an electronic product
In order to complete the task the students will undertake the following Design activity
Investigation
Analysing the brief
Research
Specification
Design
Initial ideas
Review
Communication
Develop
Development
Final Design
In order to complete the task the students will also undertake the following make activity
Plan
- Production plan
Make
- Quality of manufacture
- Quality of Outcome
- Health and Safety
Test and Evaluate
Skills
Make products apply systems and control,computer-aided design/ computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM), digital media and new technologies
Manufacturing circuit boards
Analyse and evaluate processes and products
Interpreting and communicating the results of analysis
TERM 2
Content
Focus: Diodes
Students will learn
Function and application of the following component used in electronic products:
diodes used as a protection device against back electric and magnetic fields (EMF)
Relays
Function and application of the following component used in electronic products:
relays used as an interface between primary and secondary circuits.
Units and calculations
Unit of Current (amp)
Unit of Resistance (ohm)
Unit of voltage (volt)
Unit of capacitance (farad)
Ohms law: V = I x R
Time period: T = R x C
Resistors in series:Rtotal = R1+R2+R3 eyc
Resistors in parallel: Rtotal = R1xR2/R1=R2
R1xR2/R1=R2
Skills
Design creatively
Manufacturing products using drills, 3D printers and etching tanks
Analyse and evaluate processes and products.
Design creatively
Apply systems and control
TERM 3
Content
Focus: Input components
Students will learn
Identification, function and application of the following input components used in the production of electronic products:
Sensors
light dependent resistor(LDR)
thermister
moisture sensor
piezo electric sensor
biosensors (conversion of biological response to an electrical signal)
Switch types
toggle
slide
rocker
key
push to make
push to break
tilt
Micro
reed
understand the terms and applications of the following switch types:
single pole single throw (SPST)
single pole double throw (SPDT)
double pole double throw (DPDT)
Skills
Make products apply systems and control, computer-aided design/ computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
Analyse and evaluate processes and products.
