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ELC 103 – Introduction to Electronics Technology

Course Description:

Introduces electronics career opportunities, class and laboratory procedures and safety, and electronics terminology and concepts.  Topics include: the electronics employment market and careers, electronics safety practices and procedures, basic electronics language, and block diagram analysis of common electronics systems.

 

Competency Areas:

Hours

 

Careers and Employment Market

Class

2

Safety Practices and Procedures

D. Lab

2

Basic Electronics Language (Terminology)

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Block Diagram Analysis

Credit

3

 

 

 

Prerequisite:  Provisional admission

Corequisite:

 

 
Course Guide

 

 

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will:

Hours

Class

D. Lab

P. Lab/

O.B.I.

CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT MARKET

6

0

0

Industries

Name five specific types of industries in which electronics technicians are employed.

 

 

 

 

Name five jibs in industry that are normally held by persons who have completed an electronics technology curriculum.

 

 

 

 

Describe five types of electronics related tasks that a person employed as an electronics technician may be expected to perform.

 

 

 

SAFETY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

4

8

0

Workplace hazards

Identify at least five major types of hazards associated with the electronics workplace.

 

 

 

 

Identify major hazards associated with the use of the institute’s lab stations and basic test equipment.

 

 

 

 

State where the main disconnect switch for the institute’s electronics laboratory is located and how that switch is activated.

 

 

 

Fires

Identify the type of extinguisher that should be used on electrical fires.

 

 

 

 

Identify the locations of the electronics department’s fire extinguisher and first aid kit.

 

 

 

Electrical chock

Describe the general physiological reaction of the human body to excessive electrical current and voltage.

 

 

 

Dressing for safety

Identify elements of personal dress that pose a hazard in an electronics workplace.

 

 

 

BASIC ELECTRONICS LANGUAGE (TERMINOLOGY)

4

4

0

Definitions

Define basic terms used to describe electronics quantities, components, devices, circuits and systems.

 

 

 

Symbols

Identify the symbols associated with basic electronics components and devices.

 

 

 

BLOCK DIAGRAM ANALYSIS

6

8

0

Diagram and symbols

Associate block diagrams with the systems they symbolize.

 

 

 

 

Identify block diagrams if the major electronic systems use in the institute’s electronics training program.

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Books:

 

Badrigabm, J. S., & Larky, N. D. (1984). Electronics: Principles and applications. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western.

Baker, F. (1989). Mathematics for electronics, principles and applications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Cook, N. P. (1989). Introductory DC/AC electronics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Deen, B. R. (1986). Electronics math (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Goldberg J. (1988). Electronics fundamentals, circuits and devices. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Grob, B. (1987). Basic electronics  New York: McGraw-Hall.

Rehg, J. (1985). Introduction to robots. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Rutherford, A. J. (1989). Basic communication skills for electronics technology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall.

Shrader, R. L. (1985). Electronic communication (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.