Mindanao University of Science and Technology
Cagayan de Oro City
Course Syllabus
I. Course Code:
ELEX 104A
II. Course Title
Basic Electronics
III. Course Description:
This course introduces students with math and science backgrounds to basic electronic fundamentals. The course focuses on theoretical analysis and hands-on training to be able to master the basic electronics. The course covers schematic reading, familiarization of electronic symbols, mathematics needed in the further study of electronics, elementary circuit analysis, soldering and interconnecting techniques. The course is primarily for preparatory students and is not a degree or certificate requirement. This course addresses the basic concepts essential for mastering the principles of electronics applicable to AC and DC circuit analysis. The emphasis is on the basic physics of matter applicable to electronics, application of the fundamental laws of electronics to discrete electrical components, and the network theorems used in circuit analysis. The course provides a detailed description of how direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) functions in an electrical circuit.
IV. General Objectives:
1. Develop the acquired knowledge in science, particularly in the field of Chemistry and Physics.
2. Enhancement of problem solving techniques in Math.
3. Analytic methods or strategies in studying electronics fundamental.
4. To know the fundamental of electronics and electricity.
5. Reading schematic diagram and electronic symbols.
6. Systematic approach of electronic and electrical problem solving.
7. Understanding of numerous laws of electronics and electricity.
8. Applied hands-on of soldering and de-soldering procedures.
9. Skillful soldering and de-soldering of electronics components.
10. Mastering the principles of electronics applicable to AC and DC circuit analysis.
V. Unit Credit:
4 Units
VI. Time Allotment:
132 hours
Block 1 – Orientation and Organization
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours |
| 1. Introduction and acquaintance 2. Recopy of the course syllabus 3. Discussion of course syllabus 4. Illustrate on the board how grades are computed 5. Election of classroom officers |
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| 1. Aptitude Test 2. Assignment: “List The Passive and Active Electronics Components” |
Block 2 - Classification of Electronic Materials according to its Conductivity
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours |
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| 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Motivation: By asking them what are the Classification of Electronic Materials according to its Conductivity 3.Discuss conductivity 4. Discuss insulator, conductor and semiconductor electronic materials. 5. Actual presentation of insulator, conductor and semiconductor electronic materials. | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Insulator, conductor and semiconductor electronic materials. 5. OHP | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. True/false assessment 4. Multiple Choice 5. Matching-type questions 6. Essay type 7. Home work: “List the Active and Passive Electronic components.” |
Block 3 – The Passive and Active Electronics Components
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Identify the Passive and Active Electronic Components. 2. Classify the passive components. 3. Recognize the active components. | 1. Passive Electronic Components 2. Active Electronic Components | 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Discuss the Passive and Active Components 3. Elaboration of the differences between Passive and Active Components | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Passive and Active Components 5. OHP | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. True/false assessment 4. Assignment: “Write on your notebook the electronic components’ symbols” |
Block 4 – Electronic Symbols
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Able to know the electronics components symbols 2. Obtain the knowledge of digital symbols 3. Drawing the Electronic and Digital symbols 4. Familiarize the electronic and digital symbols 5. See the application of the content | 1. Symbols of Electronic components 2. Digital Symbols 3. Drawing standard of the Electronic and digital symbols | 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Motivation: “Let the learners draw of any electronic symbols 3. Discuss the proper way and the standard drawing procedures of drawing electronic symbols. 4. Actual Drawing of electronic symbol in the board. | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 5. OHP 6. Charts in Electronic symbols | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response: charts 3. True/false assessment 4. Multiple Choice 5. Matching-type questions 6. Essay type 7. Performance Test: Drawing 8. Accomplishment test |
Block 5 – Introduction to the Resistor, Resistor’s Connections and Applications and Mathematical Formulas
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Familiar with resistors 2. Identify the types of resistors 3. Know the resistor color coding 4. Recognize series-parallel connections 5. Design resistor series-parallel connection 6. Ability to connect resistors in breadboard 8. Able to read the Ohmmeter 9. Capable to operate the Ohmmeter 7. Calculate the total resistance of the series resistors 8. Calculate the total resistance of the parallel resistors | 1. Resistor 2. Type of Resistors 3. Color Coding 4. Series and Parallel connection 5. Bread boarding connection 6. Maneuver the Ohmmeter 7. Reading the Ohmmeter 8. Types of Ohmmeter 9. Analog Ohmmeter 10. Digital Ohmmeter 11. Formula of Series and parallel connection of resistors. | 1. Discuss the use of Resistor 2. Confer the types of resistors and its application 3. Exhibit the resistor’s color code and its value 4. Show the resistor’s series and parallel connection 5. Demo of the strategies in how to use the Ohmmeter 6. Demonstration in reading the Ohmmeter 7. Distinguish the analog and digital Ohmmeter 8. Draft the connection of Bread-board 9. Outline the formula of series and parallel connections of resistors. | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Encyclopedia 5. OHP 6. Charts of color coding and its equivalent number decimals 7. Resistors 8. Analog Ohmmeter 9. Digital Ohmmeter 10. Bread-board 11. Long-nose pliers 12. Diagonal Cutting pliers | 1. Personal communication: group conference 2. Individual activity: Execute series and parallel connections in bread-board 3. Group activity: Resistance reading in Ohmmeter 4. Problem solving: Total resistance in Series and parallel connection 5. Drill: Identify resistance value in the given resistor’s code in a charts 6. Performance Test: Final identification of resistance value in the actual-resistor using color coding |
Block 6 – OHMS LAW, VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND POWER
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Familiarize the Ohm’s Law 2. Memorize the Ohm’s Law 3. Obtaining the information of voltage, current and power 4. Capable of calculating power, voltage and current using Ohm’s Law 5. Able to measure current using Milliammeter. 6. Able to measure voltage using voltmeter. | 1. Ohm’s Law 2. Current 3. Voltage 4. Power 5. Formula of current, voltage and power 6. Milliammeter 7. Voltmeter | 1. Deliberate the Ohm’s Law and its fundamental 2. Illustrate how to calculate current, voltage and power using ohms’ law 3. Measure current using Milliammeter 4. measure voltage using voltmeter | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Voltmeter 5. OHP 6. Black Board: The Ohm’s Law was written 7. Resistors 8. Milliammeter 9. Calculator 10. Bread-board 11. Long-nose pliers 12. Diagonal Cutting pliers | 1. Personal communication: group conference 2. Individual activity: Calculate current value using Ohm’s law 3. Group activity: Measure potential difference in every resistors 4. Problem solving: Application of Ohm’s Law 6. Performance Test: Final execution of measuring voltage and current in a given circuit |
Block 7- CAPACITANCE, INDUCTANCE, REACTANCE, IMPEDANCE AND "Q"
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Determine the capacitors and inductor 2. Define capacitance, inductance, impedance and reactance 3. Know the formula of capacitance, inductance, impedance and reactance 4. Calculation capacitance, inductance, impedance and reactance | 1. Capacitor and its Capacitance 2. Types of Capacitors 3. Inductor and its Inductance 4. Reactance 5. Impedance 6. Calculation of Capacitance (Q) 7. Calculation of Inductance 8. Calculation of reactance and impedance | 1. Discuss the capacitors and inductors 3. Differentiate the types of capacitors 3. Show the formula of capacitance, inductance, reactance and impedance 4. Demonstration in calculating of capacitor’s capacitance 5. Actual presentation of measuring the impedance across resistors with supply voltage | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Voltmeter 5. OHP 6. Capacitors 7. Resistors 8. Inductors: Coils 9. Calculator 10. Bread-board 11. Long-nose pliers 12. Diagonal Cutting pliers 13. Ohmmeter | 1. Essay type questions 2. Problem solving 3. Group activity: Measuring impedance across in-circuit resistor with supply voltage 4. Individual activity: Measure the voltage drop across the given capacitors 5. Assignment: “What is Semiconductor?” |
Block 8– Introduction to the Semiconductors
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Know the theoretical aspect of semiconductor 2. Identify N & P Elements 3. Increase the knowledge of energy momentum (Physics) 4. Differentiate the types of semiconductor 5. Obtain the presentation of semiconductor and its contribution in the world of technology | 1. Valence Electrons 2. Doping of N & P Elements 3. Holes 4. Electrons 3. Semiconductor 4. Types of semiconductor 5. Application of Semiconductor | 1. Discuss the theoretical feature of semiconductor 2. Illustrate the typological patterns of valence electrons 3. Defining the holes and electrons 4. Recite the types of semiconductor | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. OHP 5. Diode 6. Transistors 7. I.C. 8. Charts: typological patterns of valence electrons | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. True/false assessment 4. Essay type questions 5. Assignment: “Write in your notebook the research topic of Diode.” |
Block 9 – DIODES
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Discuss the fundamental of Diodes 2. Distinguish the types of diodes 3. Familiar the P-N junction 4. Measure the waveform in oscilloscope 5. Extract modulation from radio signals in radio receivers 6. Know the current-voltage characteristics | 1. Diodes 2. Types of Diode 3. P-N Junction 4. Waveform 5. Rectification 6. Modulation 7. Current–voltage characteristic | 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Discuss the Diodes 3. Elaborate the types of diodes 4. Actual presentation in using an Oscilloscope to see the waveform of the peak-to-peak voltage across diode 5. Systematic elaboration of Rectification 6. Theoretical narration of modulation 7. Analysis of Graph of current-voltage characteristics | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. OHP 5. Diode 6. Graph paper 7. Oscilloscope 8. Pencil | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. True/false assessment 4. Essay type questions 5. Performance Test: Measuring waveform 6. Group activity: Drawing of waveform 7: Homework: “Write anything about Transistors” |
Block 10 – TRANSISTORS
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Study the theoretical aspect of transistor 2. Know the diode applications 3. Distinguish types of transistor 4. Able to calculate amplifiers’ gain 5. Differentiate kinds of amplifier-transistor | 1. Theoretical study 2. Diode Application 3. Types of transistors 4. Transistor as amplifier 5. Amplifier’s Gain Calculation 6. Types of amplifier-transistor 7. Transistor as switch | 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Discuss the diode applications 3. Highlight the types of transistors 4. Showing calculating amplifier’s gain 5. Underscore the types of amplifier-transistor | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Voltmeter 5. OHP 6. Capacitors 7. Resistors 8. Inductors: Coils 9. Calculator 10. Bread-board 11. Long-nose pliers 12. Diagonal Cutting pliers 13. Ohmmeter | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. Enumeration 4. Problem solving 5. Performance Test: Constructing transistor amplifier 6. Homework: “Draw schematic diagram of power supply” |
Block 11 – POWER SUPPLY
| Time Allotment | Specific Objectives | Topics/Contents | Activities | Instructional Materials | Evaluation |
| 12 hours | 1. Know kinds of transformers 2. Differentiate the types of rectifier 3. Identify filter-components 4. Familiar with voltage regulator 5. Calculate the step-down voltage of transformer 6. Calculate rectified voltage, ripple and output voltage 7. Distinguish AC and DC current | 1. Alternating current 2. Direct Current 3. Transformer 4. Rectifier 5. Filters 6. Regulator 7. Voltage output 8. Calculation the step-down voltage of transformer 9. Calculation of rectified voltage 10. Calculation of ripple voltage 11. Calculation of voltage output | 1. Collecting of the assignment 2. Demonstrate the transformer 3. Outline the rectifier circuits 4. Realize and draw the AC and DC voltage in oscilloscope 5. Motivation: “Make your own simple power supply” 6. Retelling the application of capacitor: Filters 7. Discuss the voltage regulator 8. Show the formula of step-down, rectified and output voltage | 1. White board 2. Markers 3. Books 4. Voltmeter 5. OHP 6. Capacitors 7. Resistors 8. Calculator 9. Transformer 10. Bread-board 11. Long-nose pliers 12. Diagonal Cutting pliers 13. Diodes 14. Signal Generator 15. Oscilloscope | 1. Question and answer (Oral) 2. Select Response 3. True/false assessment 4. Essay type questions 5. Problem solving 6. Individual Project: Making power supply project 7. Individual activity: Measuring peak to peak voltage and output voltage 7. Performance Test: Actual demonstration of making and measuring power supply 8. Accomplishment test: Final Examination |
VII. Grading System:
Quizzes: 20%
Group Activity: 20%
Individual Activity: 20%
Project : 10%
Mid/Final Exam: 30%
Total: 100%
VIII: References
1. Milton Gussow, Schaum's Outline of Basic Electricity
2. Alvis J. Evans, Basic Digital Electronics
3. Stan Gibilisco, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Fourth Edition
4. Harry Kybett and Mr. Earl Boysen, All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self Teaching Guides)
5. U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Basic Electronics
6. Gene McWhorter and Alvis J. Evans, Basic Electronics
7. Larry D. Wolfgang, Understanding Basic Electronics (Publication No. 159 of the Radio Amateur's Library)
8. Forrest M. Mims III, Getting Started in Electronics
Prepared by:
Archie Ryan Cutanda
SATURNINA B. ABERIN JUANA M. DELA RAMA, Ph. D.
Chairman BTTE/TLE DEAN CPSEM
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