The Trent Polytechnic/University of Lancaster Curriculum Development Project was set up in1986 with major funding from the (then) Manpower Services Commission and British School Technology-Trent, and a small goodwill grant from the Joint Matriculation Board. The initial two years of the Project (1986–88) were concerned with the preparation of resources to support GCE A-level Design and Technology.
{"title":"An application-based approach to the teaching of design technology","authors":"P. Threlfall, P. Riley","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0031","url":null,"abstract":"The Trent Polytechnic/University of Lancaster Curriculum Development Project was set up in1986 with major funding from the (then) Manpower Services Commission and British School Technology-Trent, and a small goodwill grant from the Joint Matriculation Board. The initial two years of the Project (1986–88) were concerned with the preparation of resources to support GCE A-level Design and Technology.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134107317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Many teachers use the systems approach to introduce electronics to pupils. Few teachers go beyond initial problem-solving with this approach. The systems approach has potential for the whole of electronics teaching. One of the main purposes of this article is to stress just how valuable this approach can be, particularly to project work.1
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During surgical operations, the well being of the patient is the responsibility of the anaesthetist, while the surgeon performs the actual operation. The anaesthetist therefore monitors the patient's vital signs during the operation and hence deduces his state at any particular instant. The anaesthetist must also note these vital signs to include in a report on the operation used in post-operative care, and also possibly in court in case of mishap.
{"title":"Anaesthetic integrated monitoring system","authors":"J. Mäkelä","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0007","url":null,"abstract":"During surgical operations, the well being of the patient is the responsibility of the anaesthetist, while the surgeon performs the actual operation. The anaesthetist therefore monitors the patient's vital signs during the operation and hence deduces his state at any particular instant. The anaesthetist must also note these vital signs to include in a report on the operation used in post-operative care, and also possibly in court in case of mishap.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122204146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A few weeks ago, teachers were introduced to a new interactive exhibition near Winchester, ‘Intech’. It was the result of a long and hard campaign spanning many years. In Paris, over 30 years ago the ‘Palais de la Decouverte’ had enticed youngsters to experiment with electricity, mechanics and even relativity with hands-on exhibits. For many years the British science museums have warned ‘Do not touch.’ At last exhibitions such as Intech are starting to spring up, no doubt helped by the growing alarm at the shortage of young students opting for science and engineering specialisations.
几周前，老师们被介绍到温彻斯特附近的一个新的互动展览“Intech”。这是一场持续多年的长期艰苦运动的结果。30多年前，巴黎的“解耦宫”(Palais de la decoverte)吸引了年轻人通过动手展览来实验电学、力学甚至相对论。多年来，英国科学博物馆一直警告“不要触摸”。“最后，像Intech这样的展览开始涌现，毫无疑问，这得益于人们对选择科学和工程专业的年轻学生日益短缺的担忧。”
{"title":"Hands-on science","authors":"J. Billingsley","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0058","url":null,"abstract":"A few weeks ago, teachers were introduced to a new interactive exhibition near Winchester, ‘Intech’. It was the result of a long and hard campaign spanning many years. In Paris, over 30 years ago the ‘Palais de la Decouverte’ had enticed youngsters to experiment with electricity, mechanics and even relativity with hands-on exhibits. For many years the British science museums have warned ‘Do not touch.’ At last exhibitions such as Intech are starting to spring up, no doubt helped by the growing alarm at the shortage of young students opting for science and engineering specialisations.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125320667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Computer interfacing is becoming more and more popular in schools as both pupils and staff find it stimulating and fun. The user-port monitor was designed to fill a gap in the equipment provision at our school and should be viewed in that light. There is no provision for inputs so the monitor serves a very limited function. However, if a pupil grasps the fundamental ideas involved for outputting then an understanding of inputting will come more easily. The cost of the unit is in the order of about £3, which compares favourably with commercial units.
{"title":"User-port monitor for the BBC Model B or Master computer","authors":"D. Noble","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0032","url":null,"abstract":"Computer interfacing is becoming more and more popular in schools as both pupils and staff find it stimulating and fun. The user-port monitor was designed to fill a gap in the equipment provision at our school and should be viewed in that light. There is no provision for inputs so the monitor serves a very limited function. However, if a pupil grasps the fundamental ideas involved for outputting then an understanding of inputting will come more easily. The cost of the unit is in the order of about £3, which compares favourably with commercial units.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126893964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The sine-wave generator is an essential tool for electronics education, indeed it plays a central part in demonstration and experiment. The conventional ‘audio signal generator’ found in most schools and colleges is, however, not always the most convenient instrument to use. How often has a student experiment lost its impact (and caused confusion) through the student having to change frequency range and then to track back across the whole range to start at the beginning, with all sense of continuity lost? And is it not an unwise teacher who puts together a demonstration of, say, resonance, without carefully selecting component values that put the frequency of interest somewhere near the centre of the decade range available for a continuous sweep?
{"title":"Triangular to sine-wave conversion using germanium point-contact diodes","authors":"T. Poole","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0062","url":null,"abstract":"The sine-wave generator is an essential tool for electronics education, indeed it plays a central part in demonstration and experiment. The conventional ‘audio signal generator’ found in most schools and colleges is, however, not always the most convenient instrument to use. How often has a student experiment lost its impact (and caused confusion) through the student having to change frequency range and then to track back across the whole range to start at the beginning, with all sense of continuity lost? And is it not an unwise teacher who puts together a demonstration of, say, resonance, without carefully selecting component values that put the frequency of interest somewhere near the centre of the decade range available for a continuous sweep?","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128959187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A technical description of two shaft encoder systems is given. Whilst being useful in their own right as notes on instrumentation the main purpose is as applications of some common electronics principles. The obvious version of the encoder, with straight binary coding, is found to work poorly and a Graycoded version is introduced to get over this difficulty.
{"title":"Shaft encoder circuits","authors":"J. Jamieson","doi":"10.1049/esn.1989.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/esn.1989.0004","url":null,"abstract":"A technical description of two shaft encoder systems is given. Whilst being useful in their own right as notes on instrumentation the main purpose is as applications of some common electronics principles. The obvious version of the encoder, with straight binary coding, is found to work poorly and a Graycoded version is introduced to get over this difficulty.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128431503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The continuing advances in computer hardware and the consequent capacity to run increasingly sophisticated software packages affect schools as much as they do industry, with precisely the same problems and dilemma when making the selection of equipment. Which is best and what to buy?
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There is an increasing awareness amongst teachers, and students alike, of the potential benefits of using microcomputers in the school science laboratory. Ever since the advent of microcomputers with datalogging facilities, conventional experiments are being done in exciting and novel ways. The case for using micros effectively in the class has been well argued by Laurence Rogers.1 In this article, the methodology adopted by an A-level student tackling an experiment on the deflection of β particles is analysed to ascertain the likely advantages of automating this experiment.
{"title":"Deflection of β particles in a magnetic field and data-logging","authors":"G. Friel, G. Chadha","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1989.0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1989.0067","url":null,"abstract":"There is an increasing awareness amongst teachers, and students alike, of the potential benefits of using microcomputers in the school science laboratory. Ever since the advent of microcomputers with datalogging facilities, conventional experiments are being done in exciting and novel ways. The case for using micros effectively in the class has been well argued by Laurence Rogers.1 In this article, the methodology adopted by an A-level student tackling an experiment on the deflection of β particles is analysed to ascertain the likely advantages of automating this experiment.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126150266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In their second article on modular microprocessor systems, M. K. Summers and D. J. Haynes describe how these systems can be applied and give examples of possible projects.
在他们关于模块化微处理器系统的第二篇文章中，M. K. Summers和D. J. Haynes描述了如何应用这些系统，并给出了可能的项目示例。
{"title":"Practical applications of microprocessor systems","authors":"M. Summers, D. J. Haynes","doi":"10.1049/ESN.1988.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ESN.1988.0003","url":null,"abstract":"In their second article on modular microprocessor systems, M. K. Summers and D. J. Haynes describe how these systems can be applied and give examples of possible projects.","PeriodicalId":281111,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Systems News","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126865209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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