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Essential Physics
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Newtonian mechanics and the hydraulic model
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Ohm's Law
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Ohm's law in DC circuits
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Kirchhoff's Laws
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Kirchhoff's laws in DC circuits
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Resistor Networks
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Resistor networks: series, parallel and more complex combinations
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DC Dividers
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Voltage and current dividers in DC circuits
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Oscilloscopes
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Interpreting oscillograms and controlling oscilloscopes
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Resistor Colour Codes
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Reading resistor colour codes, (including tolerance but not temperature co-efficients)
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Layouts
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Breadboard and stripboard layouts
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Decibels
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Decibels, including adding signals
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Equivalent Networks
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Thevenin and Norton equivalent networks for DC circuits
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Diodes
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Diode circuits, including Zener diodes and iterative solving
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DC Circuit Analysis
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Circuit analysis of DC circuits
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Op-amp Amplifiers
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Inverting, non-inverting, summing and differential op-amp amplifier
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Electromagnetism
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Multiple-choice questions on electromagnetism
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Time Constants
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Time-constants, charging and discharging inductors and capacitors including from ramp sources
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Phasors
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Using phasors to represent sinusoidal waveforms
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Complex Impedance
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Using complex numbers to represent impedance
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Kirchhoff's Laws AC
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Using Kirchhoff's laws with phasors in AC circuits
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Passive Networks
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Working with complex impedances in networks of resistors, capacitors and inductors
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AC Dividers
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Voltage and current dividers in AC circuits
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AC Circuit Analysis
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Analysis of AC circuits using phasors and complex impedance
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Op-amp Bandwidths
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The bandwidth of one- and two-stage op-amp amplifiers using the gain-bandwidth product
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Poles and Zeros
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Identifying poles and zeros in frequency-dependent networks
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Frequency Responses
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Frequency responses of passive RLC networks
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Step Responses
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Step responses of passive RLC networks
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AC Power
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Power in AC circuits, including complex power and power factor compensation
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Noise
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Noise in op-amps, ADCs, resistors and diodes
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Analogue Multiple Choice
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Multiple choice questions on the entire syllabus of the analogue module
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Boolean Algebra
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Manipulatioon of Boolean expressions and use of the '!' operator
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Binary and Hexadecimal
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Binary and hexadecimal, and at higher levels octal and other counting schemes
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Karnaugh Maps
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Karnaugh maps for 2, 3 and 4 variable systems
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Combinatorial Logic
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Elementary logic gates and design of logic matching truth tables
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Flip-flops
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Behaviour of D-type, T-type and JK-type flip-flops
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Counters
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Binary counters, including asynchronous reset and synchronous load
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State Machines
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State transition diagrams and next state logic for Moore state machines
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Digital Multiple Choice
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Multiple choice questions on the entire syllabus of the digital module
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