Course detail

Design and Fabrication of Electronic Instruments

FEKT-BPC-NRPAcad. year: 2025/2026

Design and construction of electronic devices and their introduction into production. Component selection, application principles, signal switching, power load switching, heat dissipation and its elimination, buses in microcontrollers and their usage, inertial systems: accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, power supplies: linear, switching, charge pumps, power supply filtering.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Vladimír Levek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Microelectronics (UMEL)

Entry knowledge

Elektrotechnical knowledge at the high school level is required.
Laboratory work is contingent upon having a valid qualification as a "person informed," which students must obtain before starting their studies. Information regarding this qualification is provided in the Dean's Directive on Familiarizing Students with Safety Regulations.

 

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course evaluation:
Practicals - 40 points.
Final exam - 60 points.
Minimum for the credit - 20 points.
Computer exercises are mandatory. Properly excused absence from exercises can be replaced by appointment with the teacher.
The method of teaching is determined by the annually updated decree of the subject guarantor.

Aims

Introducing the process and practical principles of designing electronic devices and equipment from both electrical and mechanical perspectives.
Graduates will gain specific application knowledge from selected areas of electronic device design, which is otherwise acquired through extensive experience in development. Emphasis is placed on understanding circuit function and the physical nature of parasitic phenomena so that knowledge can be applied to other cases. They will learn to anticipate and identify a range of problems that arise in the development of new devices, both in the electrical and mechanical construction aspects.

The subject includes chapters in the following design areas:
  • Component basics for electronic device design and development.
  • Power load switching, fast signal switching, design, and selection of suitable switching elements.
  • Thermoelectric cooling in electrical engineering, calculation of conditions for eliminating loss power and cooling calculation.
  • Buses in electrical engineering, nomenclature, transmission issues, interference elimination, and descriptions of selected buses (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, IR, current loop) and their applications.
  • Power sources in electrical engineering, applications, power supply filtering, and interference elimination. Linear power supplies, charge pumps, switching power supplies.
  • Inertial systems. Design, measurement, filtering, and description of accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer issues.
  • Production management, nomenclature, industrial property protection.

Study aids

Electronic texts, recommended literature, presentations, and examples for laboratory exercises.

 

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

FUKÁTKO, Tomáš a FUKÁTKO, Jaroslav. Teplo a chlazení v elektronice II. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2006. ISBN 80-7300-199-3. (CS)
HEROUT, Pavel. Učebnice jazyka C. 4., přeprac. vyd. České Budějovice: Kopp, 2004. ISBN 80-7232-220-6. (CS)
HRBÁČEK, Jiří. Komunikace mikrokontroléru s okolím. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 1999. ISBN 80-86056-42-2. (CS)
HUMLHANS, Jan. Nábojové pumpy: funkce, přehled a použití. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2002. ISBN 80-7300-046-6. (CS)
KREJČIŘÍK, Alexandr. Lineární napájecí zdroje. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2001. ISBN 80-7300-002-4. (CS)
KREJČIŘÍK, Alexandr. Napájecí zdroje. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 1999. ISBN 80-86056-56-2. (CS)
MANN, Burkhard. C pro mikrokontroléry: ANSI-C, kompilátory C, spojovací programy - linkery, práce s ATMEL AVR a MSC-51, příklady programování v jazyce C, nástroje pro programování, tipy a triky ... ΜC & praxe. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2003. ISBN 80-7300-077-6. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-NCP Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BPC-AMT Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BPC-AUD Bachelor's

    specialization AUDB-TECH , 0 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme BPC-ECT Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-MET Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme BPC-SEE Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BPC-TLI Bachelor's 0 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Levek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

    1. Component Basics for Electronic Device Design and Development.
    2. Switching of Power Loads, Fast Signals, Design, and Selection of Suitable Switching Elements.
    3. Thermal cooling in Electrical Engineering, Calculation of Conditions for Eliminating Loss Power, and Cooling Calculation.
    4-5. Buses in Electrical Engineering, Nomenclature, Transmission Issues, Interference Elimination, Description of Selected Buses, and Their Applications.
    6-10. Power Sources in Electrical Engineering, Applications, Power Supply Filtering, and Interference Elimination. Linear Power Supplies, Charge Pumps, Switching Power Supplies.
    11. Inertial Systems. Design, Measurement, Filtering, and Description of Issues Regarding Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, and Magnetometers.
    12. Production Management, Nomenclature, Protection of Industrial Property.
    13. Individual Consultation, Review of Selected Study Sections Based on Student Requirements. 

    Laboratory exercise

    26 hod., compulsory

    Teacher / Lecturer

    Ing. Vladimír Levek, Ph.D.

    Syllabus

    1-3. Introduction to the C Language for Embedded Systems.
    4. Numerical Exercises, Design Calculations.
    5. Selected Peripherals of Microcontrollers (MCUs).
    6-12. MCU Buses and Their Derivatives.
    13. Numerical Exercises, Design Calculations.