Thematic project

A project topic is proposed to each pair of students at the start of semester S8. Supervised by a teacher, students have one session per week over the semester to design and produce the final version of a module or system in a specific or broad field of electronics: Analog and/or digital (mixed), Automatic, Power, R.F.., Triatement du Signal et de l'Image

By virtue of their theme and level of difficulty, the projects aim to achieve the following objectives:


- Training in the work of an R&D engineer faced with an electronics design problem (in the broad sense) typically encountered in multidisciplinary projects.

- An introduction to project management. An introduction to project management.
- The development of initiative, a sense of responsibility, communication and teamwork skills, a taste for efficiency and pragmatism.
- The widest possible application of the disciplines taught at ENSEIRB in analog and digital electronics, automation and signal and image processing.
- An awareness of the possibilities and limitations of the tools available to an engineer (scientific and technical documentation, mathematical tools, simulation software, experimentation).
- An awareness of the difference between reality and the results provided by mathematical analysis, computer simulation or measurement.

To achieve these objectives, students have access to resources similar to those found in industry:

- A dedicated laboratory in which each pair of students has a workstation with standard test and measurement instrumentation, as well as a workstation or PC with Internet access and access to a wide range of computerized electronic design tools.
- An Automation laboratory
- Two specific laboratories specializing respectively in low-frequency metrology and high-frequency instrumentation.
- A library of books and scientific journals.
- Two technical documentation rooms.
- A workshop and laboratory dedicated to the manufacture of printed circuits and prototypes.
- An electronics components store managed by a technician attached to the project laboratories.

General electronics. (S1 and S2): Analog electronics UVE3B (S3): Analog circuits and systems, Digital circuit design.

1. Literature search
2. Theoretical circuit design
3. Prototyping
4. Measurements
5. Report writing

Choice of: Digital, Analog, TSI or Automatic

Specification sheet, specific technical documents from manufacturers' catalogs, library books and journals. Teachers' handouts and on-line courses, Internet access.
Titles of 2002 - 2003 project topics:
Circuit for extracting maximum power from a photovoltaic generator.
Composite amplifier.
Heart rate monitor.
Storm detector.
Ecological system for generating, storing and using energy.
Power supply for a battery charger and bicycle lighting by magneto and high-efficiency converter.
27MHz Class C 5W transmitter for FSK transmission.
Intracorporeal bio-telemeter.
Radio-frequency electric coagulator.
Parallelism by ultrasound.
Light-saver switch.
120MHz AM 1W receiver transmitter for ULM.
Infrared wave audio link.
Coded infrared remote control.
System for counting the number of people in a room.
Car accelerometer.
Infrared barrier alarm.
Randomized presence simulation circuit.
Digital thermometer.