Pre-requisite: E2002 or 70326
Completion of this unit will enable an understanding of the operation of most of the basic circuits found in electronic equipment of both an analog and a digital nature. The transistor as an amplifier is treated leading to an understanding of differential amplifiers and power amplifiers, but also extending briefly to high frequency effects and problems of handling small voltage signals. This leads to a consideration of operational amplifier small scale effects and thus to the questions of analog measurements and instrumentation amplifiers. The effect of capacitors on analog circuit performance is covered leading to active filters and the theory of oscillation in a context of feedback theory. Switched mode voltage regulators are introduced as well as the operation of monostable and astable circuits, waveform generating circuits and interfaces between simple analog and digital signal areas.