Overview
Eight topics build to one question paper and one assignment.
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Topics
Notes, worked examples, questions and a self-check for each topic.
1 Contexts and Systems
Engineers, impacts, systems and control.
2 Energy and Efficiency
Energy forms, calculations and efficiency.
3 Electronics
Circuits, Ohm's law and voltage dividers.
4a Logic
Logic gates, truth tables and Boolean expressions.
4b Programmable Control
Microcontrollers, flowcharts, programs and the Uno.
5 Mechanisms
Motion, gear trains and velocity ratio.
6 Pneumatics
Valves, cylinders, force and pressure.
7 Structures
Forces, moments, stress and strain.
8 Assignment
Assignment skills and mixed revision.
Practise
Unit 1 Question Bank
236 questions on topics 1 and 2. It marks each one as you go.
Checkpoint Revision
Analogue Electronics and Energy. Slides, self-check questions and a quiz with feedback.
Question papers
Assignment
Course documents
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