3 ECTS credits
84 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4020345FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men een inschrijving kan nemen voor 'Elektronische systemen' moet men geslaagd zijn voor 'Elektronisch ontwerpen' en 'Mechatronica'
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Abdellah Touhafi (course titular)
Quentin Quevy
Activities and contact hours
12 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Lectures:
The theoretical course focusses on design techniques for digital system deisgn
Digital systemdesign

  • Bussystems
  • Register Transfer Language
  • Design of advanced digital signal processing blocks
  • basic design microcontroller
  • memories
  • flexibel reconfigurable components (PAL/GAL/CPLD en FPGA ) 
  • reconfigurable computing 
  • A/D conversion and D/A conversion. 

Laboratory practicals:

The laboratory practicals support the theoretical course. The practicals should be prepared beforehand and are carried out independently by the student. De practical exercises emphasize on the design and the verification of studied electronic circuits by means of simulation and by means of measurements carried out on circuits implemented in the lab. The creation of FPGA based systems is also handled. 

Course material
Course text (Required) : Geïntegreerde elektronische systemen, Practicumnota's, Y. Verbelen, VUB, 2220170004112, 2017
Digital course material (Required) : Geïntegreerde elektronische systemen, A. Touhafi en J. Lievens, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Electronic Principles, A.P. Malvino, 8de, McGraw Hill, 9781260570564, 2020
Additional info

Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • BaLO_2 To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills about engineering sciences and engineering techniques.
  • BaLO_3 To solve practical engineering problems from an understanding of the basic theory and from an understanding of basic methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes or systems.
  • BaLO_4 Implementation-oriented and analytical problem-solving, design, development and creative innovation with a focus on the operational implications of the specific case.
  • BaLO_9 To demonstrate an engineering attitude: attention to planning, to technical, economic and societal factors as well as managerial implications, assessment of the risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, being result-driven and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
  • BaLO_10 To correctly handle the scientific and discipline-specific terminology in language relevant to the programme.
  • BaLO_11 To present and communicate the results of technical and scientific work, in writing, orally and visually.
  • BaLO_13 To act in an ethical and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
  • BaSLO_14-ELO To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills in the broad field of engineering sciences and engineering techniques for electronics and ICT engineering.
     

Objectives

D1: has insight into the design methodology of bus systems and can design  a  simple bus system and is able to understand and apply complex bus systems (BaLO 2, 4, BaSLO 14 ELO)
D2: knows the concepts Register Transfer Level descriptions and RTL descriptions can be a digital computing architecture or algorithm consisting of a data path and audit trail unsubscribe (BaLO 2, 4, BaSLO 14 ELO)
D3: Insight into reconfigurable digital systems consisting of ( embedded ) microprocessors , memory, communication links and gluelogic (BaLO 2, 4, BaSLO 14 ELO)
D4: knows the practical aspects of analog- digital conversion and digital-to- analog conversion (BaLO 2, 4, BaSLO 14 ELO)
D5: can realize a mixed analog - digital electronic system using software tools ( PCB design , analog and digital simulators , digital design on FPGA , analog circuits implement consisting of sensors , actuators , active components and passive components ) (BaLO 2, 3, 4, BaSLO 14 ELO)
D6: is able to test and validate realized circuits on the basis of electronic measuring devices (BaSLO 14 ELO)
D7: reports realisations and results in a technical and scientific way in a comprehensive manner using contemporary tools (BaLO 10, 11)

AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (BaLO 9)
AD2: communicates in Dutch in a comprehensible and structured manner (BaLO 10, 11)
AD3: develops a professional attitude  (BaLO 9, 10, 13)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam time 1st session:
    Lecture: oral exam with written preparation: 60% (not transferred to 2nd session)
    Laboratory practicals:
    - Realization tasks and reporting: 40% (transferred to 2nd session if 10/20 or more)
    Exam time 2nd session:
    Lecture: oral exam with written preparation: 60%
    Laboratory practicals:
    - Realization tasks with reporting: 40%

    Not observing the laboratory regulations during the preparation, execution and/or reporting of the practicum, may result in a zero for the considered practicum.

Additional info regarding evaluation

An illegitimate absence of more than 25 % at the laboratory practicals leads to an absent quotation for the laboratory practicals. The sanctions taken in the first exam session are transferred to the second exam session.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Electromechanical Engineering Technology: elektromechanica met profiel mechatronica (only offered in Dutch)