PrEl — Student-Friendly Timeline & Checklist
Important: All evidence goes in your paper booklet.
You will hand it in at the end of every lesson for checking.
Tip: This page helps you track progress — your booklet is the assessed evidence.
✅ Start here (simple)
✅ What you must do every lesson (2–3 minute routine)
- Date your work (logbook entry or section progress).
- Tick what you completed in the booklet (note if something didn’t work).
- Keep evidence clear: labels, values, test results, repair notes readable.
- Hand the booklet in at the end for teacher check/initials.
💾 Ticks on this page (tap to open)
- Your ticks are saved on this device (browser storage).
- They don’t replace your booklet evidence.
- If you’re on a shared device, use Reset progress.
🗓️ Timeline (Week Beginning targets)
- W/B (end of December): Read the brief + understand required behaviour (light/dark + flashing sequences).
- W/B 05 Jan: Start Analysis & Design — block diagram + begin Yenka.
- W/B 12 Jan: Get Yenka working + start the component list (IDs, values, quantities).
- W/B 19 Jan: Complete stripboard layout diagram + add test points + colour wiring lines.
- W/B 26 Jan: Deadline: Planning & Analysis finished by end of January.
- W/B 02 Feb: Construction begins — build subsystems + test as you go.
- W/B 09 Feb: Continue construction + pre power-up checks + early functionality tests.
- W/B 23 Feb onward: Connect subsystems + wiring schedule + full testing + repairs.
- March: Finish build, fix faults, full system test evidence, logbook kept up to date.
- Final week before Easter: Evaluation + final checks + submit.
⭐ End-of-January “Ready to Build” checkpoint
- Block diagram complete + clearly labelled
- Yenka works exactly as required + labels + test points
- Component list complete (IDs, values, quantities, supplier/price if required)
- Stripboard layout complete (symbols, track cuts, colours, test points, labels)
- I know what I’m building first in W/B 02 Feb
🧼 Controls
Use these if the checklist feels too long on screen.
Reset clears ticks on this device only (your booklet is unchanged).
☑️ Full section checklist (tick these off in your booklet)
Progress: 0 / 0 (0%)
Small wins = less stress
1) Analysis & Design — Block Diagram (Input / Process / Output)
- Are the following component blocks in the correct stage?
- Are the following connections complete & correct?
2) Analysis & Design — Component List (based on your Yenka simulation)
3) Design & Simulation — Yenka (must behave correctly)
4) Design & Simulation — Stripboard Layout Diagram
- Did you add and number/label:
5) Construction (for each subsystem: Input / Process / Output)
- Pre power-up checks (carry out + record):
- Functionality / power-up tests (carry out + record):
- Soldering:
6) Wiring & Assembly (connections between subsystems)
- Did you follow:
- Did you use:
- Is each wire:
- Wiring schedule — does it include:
7) Testing — Plan, Record & Repair (tables must show evidence)
- For each subsystem, is there evidence of:
8) Logbook — Record of progress
9) Evaluation — Problems, fixes, next steps
Teacher checking (how to stay on track):
Bring your booklet every lesson • Hand it in at the end • Record absences and catch up.