Assignment brief Unit number and title Unit 35 Assessment Activity 1 (Page 364) Qualification BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Engineering Start date 6 January 2015 th Deadline/hand-in Assessor Assignment title Unit 35 Assessment Activity 1 Criteria Point(s) P1, P2 P4, M1 Purpose of this assignment Analyse components and complete circuits. Determine their function and describe the component function and improvements that could be made. Scenario You work for a small electronics company that was recently purchased and taken over by an investment firm. You have been asked to explain some of the more complicated aspects of the circuits the company produces and outline expansion options in the circuit designs to increase the company’s circuit portfolio. Task Explain to the board of investors the diodes in Circuit A & B. Explain how each diode is different and its specific function in electronics and the respective circuits. Additionally explain and identify the function and type of transistor in Circuit B. (P1,P2) As well as analogue circuits the company also builds digital circuits using logic gates. The investment firm is struggling to understand the difference between the analogue Circuit B and the digital Circuit C’s transistor. (P2) Using simulation software and real world components build working models of the circuits A & B and describe/document them in operation. (P4) Some of the investors want some more in depth information on Circuit B with a view to adapting it to other uses. They would like you to measure the minimum and maximum values for darkness and bright light of the LDR. They have then asked you to modify the circuit by changing just one component, documenting the change with notes and diagrams, to change the level at which the circuit functions depending on light. (M1) Useful Links/Sources Yenka Simulation Software – Downloads Page www.mrshorten.co.uk G. Shorten 2015 Circuit A Circuit B G. Shorten 2015 Circuit C G. Shorten 2015
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