GCSE Electronic Products – Year 10
In Year 10 students learn how many electronic components work and how to select and use these in circuits. They also learn to use CAD modelling to develop circuits. They look at case designs and they undertake a series of small projects to build practical skills.
| Half Term 1 (June - July) |
- Introduction to Course
- Current, Voltage, Resistance
- Breadboard exercises
- Potential dividers
- Transistors
- Darlington Pairs
- Simple Circuit Modelling – (CAD) - Circuit Wizard
- Components & Symbols
- Mini Project - Moisture Sensor
- Designing a PCB
- Health & Safety (Etching, drilling, soldering)
- Making a PCB
- Soldering assembly & Testing
- Making a Case (Foamex Box)
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 2 (September - October) |
- The 555 Monostable
- The 555 Astable
- More Components and Symbols
- 555 project - Home timer
- Designing the circuit & PCB
- Research & Analysis
- Making the PCB
- Making the circuit
- Case Design
- Vac forming
- Testing & Evaluation
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 3 (November - December) |
- The 741 op Amp
- Comparator
- Inverting amplifier
- Op amp project – Nightlight
- Design Circuit and PCB
- Make PCB – PRINT and Engrave
- Make and test circuit
- Design and make case (Foamex Box or vac formed case, Laser cut LED array holder)
- Testing & Evaluation
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 4 (January - February) |
- The Thyristor
- More components and symbols (The FET, Switches and sensors)
- Thyristor project – Tilt switch Alarm
- Basic thyristor theory & Relay theory
- Simple thyristor alarm circuit – Test and redesign
- Inputs – Tilt Switch
- Output LED – (on indicator) & buzzer or own siren
- Simple vac formed case
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 5 (March - April) |
- Logic Theory
- AND,OR,NOT, NAND, NOR
- Truth tables
- Logic Mini project – TBC (logic siren or logic -touch sensor light)
- The PIC processor
- Shed Alarm Project - GCSE project practice - design brief given
- Research into Alarms, Sensors, Outputs
- Research into Materials
- Research into Processes - Plastic
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 6 (April - May) |
- Shed Alarm Project
- Designing a case
- Developing a circuit in CAD
- Making a PCB – by etching / by CAM
- Building the circuit
- Making a Case – vac formed HIPS plastic
- Testing and Evaluating the final product.
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External Assessment/Contriolled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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Suggested Reading list
Design & Make it Electronic Products by Dave Mawson, Paul Bell, Philip Poole, Tristram Shepard (Nelson Thornes)
Electronic Products by David McHugh (Lonsdale)
