DIGITAL & ANALOGUE DEVICES & CIRCUITS Assignment 3

MODULE TITLE : DIGITAL & ANALOGUE DEVICES & CIRCUITS
TOPIC TITLE : DIGITAL DEVICES & CIRCUITS
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT 3 (v1.1)
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IMPORTANT
Before you start please read the following instructions carefully.
1. This assignment forms part of the formal assessment for this module. If
you fail to reach the required standard for the assignment then you will be
allowed to resubmit but a resubmission will only be eligible for a Pass
grade, not a Merit or Distinction.
You should therefore not submit the assignment until you are reasonably
sure that you have completed it successfully. Seek your tutor's advice if
unsure.
2. Ensure that you indicate the number of the question you are answering.
3. Make a copy of your answers before submitting the assignment.
4. Complete all details on the front page of this TMA and return it with
the completed assignment including supporting calculations where
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5. Your tutor’s comments on the assignment will be posted on Blackboard.

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Assessment Criteria
This assignment takes the form of a design exercise to an engineering problem
concerning a digital system. The assignment forms Element 3 of the module’s
assessment criteria that covers in part Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4 as
indicated below.
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge and Understanding
1. Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of electronic circuits including
power supplies, operational amplifier circuits and digital logic circuits.
Cognitive and Intellectual Skills
2. Choose appropriate circuit components for the design of electronic circuits.
Practical and Professional Skills
3. Build, simulate and test simple electronic circuits.
Key Transferable Skills
4. Demonstrate the application of numerical skills to the solution of problems
relating to digital and analogue devices and circuits.
PASS MERIT
Criteria in excess of the pass
grade.
DISTINCTION
Criteria in excess of the
merit grade.
Learning outcomes are
satisfied as evidenced by
substantially correct
understanding of the
operation and application of
simple operational amplifier
circuits.
The transfer of competence
gained in one situation to
related but unfamiliar
circumstances.
The ability to integrate
knowledge from two or
more topic areas to solve a
significantly more complex
problem.