| Module Code: TON1014 |
Module Title: ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER AUDIO SYSTEMS A |
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Module Provider: Music and Sound Recording
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Short Name: TON1014
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Level: HE1
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Module Co-ordinator: WALKER TS Mr (Music Record)
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Number of credits: 15
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Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 1 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
Electronics coursework - 25%
• Research essay (10%)
• Laboratory report (10%)
• Continuous assessment (5%)
Computer audio systems coursework - 25%
• Introductory computer-based practical assignment (5%)
• Intermediate computer-based practical assignment (10%)
• Advanced computer-based practical assignment (10%)
Exam: a 2-hour written paper under examination conditions - 50%
A mark of at least 40% in each Unit of Assessment is required to pass the module.
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| Module Overview |
| This module will introduce you to circuit theory, analogue electronics, and computer systems using a combination of theory and application, to give you the background needed for a wide range of the technical modules in each year of the Tonmeister programme. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
• To introduce the fundamentals of circuit analysis and analogue electronics.
• To provide a theoretical understanding and a practical working knowledge of computer systems and their use in the control and processing of audio.
• To encourage a technical awareness which will be of general use throughout your career.
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| Learning Outcomes |
On completion of this module you should be able to:
• Use Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's laws and the Norton and Thevenin theorems.
• Discuss the concepts of input impedance and output impedance.
• Explain the concept of ideal voltage and current sources.
• Explain the concept of ideal voltmeters and ammeters.
• Explain the concept of input and output impedance of a circuit.
• Explain the relationship between power, voltage and current.
• Recognise different types of time dependent signals.
• Calculate power and RMS values for alternating voltage and current.
• Describe the behaviour of capacitors and inductors in DC and AC circuits.
• Explain the concepts of reactance and impedance.
• Apply complex (j) notation and phasor diagrams to AC circuits.
• Apply pulse and step functions to RC, RL and RCL circuits.
• Explain the concept of frequency response for a circuit.
• Construct and analyse the behaviour of basic electronic circuits.
• Use with competence standard test equipment including the oscilloscope, digital multi-meter and signal generator.
• Report experimental findings concisely in verbal and written form.
• Explain the operating principles of a microprocessor-based computer system.
• Discuss the relative merits of alternative computer storage devices and interfaces.
• Discuss issues relating to computer-based audio systems.
• Explain the hardware and software principles of MIDI control.
• Write computer code to perform simple MIDI processing tasks.
Transferable Skills:
• Transferrable subject knowledge
• Laboratory skills
• Group work
• Programming skills
• Problem solving
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| Module Content |
The following is an indication of the likely topics to be covered:
• Current and voltage definitions, resistive elements, Kirchhoff’s laws & Ohm’s law. Network reduction, analysis techniques and theorems.
• Resistive networks (series & parallel), voltage & current sources, Thevenin & Norton equivalent circuits, current and voltage division, input resistance, output resistance.
• Energy storage elements, capacitance & inductance. AC circuit elements. Alternating current, simple ac steady-state sinusoidal analysis.
• Components vs elements.
• Power dissipation & RMS, phasor diagrams.
• Introduction to complex number representation. Definition of complex impedance and use with complex numbers.
• AC circuit analysis with complex numbers: introduction to mesh and nodal analysis.
• Time response (natural & step responses). Frequency response RLC circuits, resonance & Q-factor.
• Use of differential equations and their solutions. Simple filter and band-pass circuits. Introduction to second order circuit. Use of Bode plots.
• Electronic circuit construction, familiarisation with electronic components.
• The use of electronics test and measurement equipment.
• Microprocessor-based computer systems.
• Storage and interfacing.
• Computer-based audio systems.
• The MIDI protocol, hardware and software.
• Software engineering and the MAX programming environment.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
• Two two-hour lectures per week.
• Five three-hour laboratory sessions.
• Guided reading.
• Group work.
• Because attendance at the laboratory sessions is compulsory, up to five marks may be deducted from your Electronics coursework mark for each absence (or late arrival or early leaving). It is your responsibility to ensure that you sign the attendance register and to provide suitable evidence if you are absent for medical reasons.
Reassessment:
• As this module involves Continuous Assessment, it is not feasible to run an identical resit of this aspect during the Summer vacation. In view of this, if you fail this Unit of Assessment you will be asked to complete an additional experiment during the Summer vacation which will be assessed.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Compulsory Reading:
• None.
Recommended Reading:
• Horowitz, P, 1989: The Art of Electronics (Cambridge University Press).
• Rumsey, F., 2004: Desktop Audio Technology (Focal Press).
• Storey, Neil, 2009: Electronics: A Systems Approach (Prentice Hall).
• Tanenbaum, A., 2006: Structured Computer Organization, 5th edition (Pearson).
Additional Reading:
• Anderson, A.J., 1994: Foundations of Computer Technology (Chapman and Hall).
• Audio Engineering Society. 2000: Proceedings of the UK Audio Engineering Society
Conference – Moving Audio, Pro-Audio Networking and Transfer, (Audio Engineering Society: NY). http://www.aes.org/e-lib/inst/.
• Clements, A., 2000: The principles of computer hardware, 3rd edition, (Oxford University Press).
• Mynatt, B. T., 1990: Software Engineering with Student Project Guidance, (Prentice-Hall).
• Rumsey, F., 1994: MIDI systems and control, 2nd edition, (Focal Press).
• Sommerville, I., 2005: Software Engineering, (Addison-Wesley).
• Stallings, W., 2003: Computer Organization and Architecture, 6th edition, (Pearson).
• Williams, R. 2001: Computer Systems Architecture, (Addison-Wesley).
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| Last Updated |
| Date Last Revised: 14/01/11 |
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