Electronics
Overview
Get ready to think like an engineer and build real electronic devices! This honor takes you from basic circuits and soldering all the way to designing circuit boards, understanding digital logic, and building working electronic equipment. You’ll learn how electricity, semiconductors, digital logic, sensors, and electronic components work together—and then actually build and test your own devices. From soldering tiny components to building a radio, PCB, computer remote, and wattmeter, this honor is all about turning electrical ideas into real, working technology.
Requirements
1. Design a simple schematic diagram, with a brightness sensor that controls the power of a lamp, use the correct symbology to represent each of the elements.
2. Demonstrate the correct way to solder and desolder electronic components, as well as the care that must be taken to avoid their deterioration and uselessness.
3. What are the main safety rules to follow when handling electronic circuit boards to avoid damaging them?
4. Research the development of the vacuum tube:
- a. How was it discovered?
- b. What uses did it have?
- c. What elements did its inventor use?
5. Make a list of the main units of measurement found in electronics and know how to identify them in each component.
6. Research what is a N-type semiconductor and what is a P-type semiconductor. What materials are they made of and what do these elements do in electronic devices?
7. What is a logic gate? Define each of the following gates, illustrating them:
- a. AND
- b. OR
- c. NOR
- d. NAND
- e. XOR
8. Know what diodes are and know how they work.
9. Project, design, prepare and assemble a printed circuit board.
10. Build a simple AM or FM receiver and understand how it works.
11. Demonstrate the correct use of the most common measuring tools and devices in an electronics laboratory (oscilloscope, multimeter, etc.).
12. Know the main areas of application of electronics and explain one of them.
13. Build a PC remote control.
14. Build an AC wattmeter for appliances.
Answer key & resources
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