Analog project

At the start of semester S7, each pair of students is given an analog electronics project to put into practice the 1st year electronics courses and the analog electronics courses in units UE7-A and UEE7B, based on concrete cases. Supervised by a teacher, the students have one session a week over the course of the semester to design and produce the final version of a module or system using analog electronics. 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.
- An introduction to project management.
- Developing initiative, a sense of responsibility, communication and teamwork skills, a taste for efficiency and pragmatism.
- 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:
- Each pair of students has a workstation equipped with standard test and measurement instrumentation, as well as a workstation or PC with Internet access and access to a wide range of electronic design tools.
- A library of books and scientific journals.
- 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.

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A subject of project in the field of Analog Electronic design is proposed at the beginning of S7 at each couple of student. This project work is aiming at applying to the real world, the theoretical courses of general Electronic (S5 & S6) and analog Electronic (S7: EE7A, EE7B, EE7C). The students are managed by a teacher during weekly tutorial classes that span over a full semester. The objective of the project that is proposed to the students is to design and realize in its definitive version: a module or a system that calls for Analog Electronic.
The themes and the difficulty level of these design projects are aiming at reaching the following objectives:
- Training to the work of a R&D engineer that is facing issues in the field of Electronic design.
- An initiation to project management
- A development of initiatives and the senses of responsibilities
- The acquisition of aptitudes in communication and team work
- The quest for efficiency and pragmatism
- A sensitization to the capabilities and limitations of the tools currently used by an engineer: Scientific and technical documentation, mathematics, simulation tools, test and measurements.
- A consciousness of the differences that exist between reality and the results given by: a mathematical analysis, a computer simulation or a measurement.

In order to reach these objectives, the students can rely on tools and equipments similar to those encountered in the industry:
- A specific laboratory where each couple of students disposes of a work bench that is equipped with standard test and measurement instrumentation and a Personal Computer. Furthermore, each Personal Computer allows an access to the internet and offers a complete set of CAE / CAD software tools.
- A laboratory dedicated to High Frequency test and measurement
- A scientific library
- Two technical libraries
- A manufacturing facility and a laboratory dedicated to the realization of Printed Circuit Boards and prototypes
- An electronic components stock and purchase center managed by a technician affected to the electronic projects laboratories. 

General electronics (S5 and S6)

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General Electronic. (S5 & S6)

General organization :

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

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General outline:

1. Bibliographic research
2. Theoretical design of the electronic circuits
3. Prototypes realization
4. Test and measurements
5. Report writing 

Specification sheet, specific technical documents from manufacturers' catalogs, library books and magazines. Teachers' handouts and online courses, Internet access.

Examples of recent project topics: solar battery charger, optical heart rate monitor, audio equalizer and multiple sound effects, Nanostar project.

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Project subject, manufacturer's data books, scientific and technical books, printed courses, internet access.

Examples of recent projects: optical heart rate detector, solar powered battery charger, audio egalizer, Nanostar project.