Systems and Control

The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and they relate to the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study.

This module will enable students to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in the area of systems & control and CAD/CAM within the context of Design and Technology. It will also engage students in developing an electronic portfolio.

In relation to the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications; the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study; and the Training and Development Agency’s Professional Standards for Classroom Teachers (TDA, 2007), by the end of the module students should be able to:

1. apply skills, knowledge and understanding in systems and control;
2. utilise CAD/CAM to produce a quality product;
3. use electronic media to capture the design process.

Overview of systems and control as a subject area;

Designing using PIC technology

CAD/CAM

Electronic portfolios

Contact time will be a mixture of practical and critical workshops and tutorials - both tutor led and tutor supported

Non-contact time will be used by the students to work on their design and make assignment.

This will depend upon the identified strengths and areas for development. However, the following electronic sources will certainly be used.

Books:

BS 4163: 2007, Health and Safety for Design and Technology in Schools and similar establishments – Code of practice, London: BSi

DATA  (2005)  Designing With ProDesktop,  Wellesbourne: DATA

HMSO  (1999)  Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 437: The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999, London: HMSO

Lincoln, D.  (2006)  Programming and customizing the PICAXE microcontroller, New York: McGraw-Hill

Payne, B. & Rampley, D.  (1997)  Electronic Products London: Collins Educational

Electronic Sources: (all accessed June 2011)

BBC Bitesize: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

DT Online: www.dtonline.org

Digital D&T: www.digitaldandt.org

Electronics Explained: www.electronicsexplained.co.uk/

How Stuff Works: www.howstuffworks.com/

Mindsets Online: www.mindsetsonline.co.uk

PICAXE: www.rev-ed.co.uk/

Rapid Electronics: www.rapidelectronics.co.uk/

Plus:

 ‘Focus on…’ series of applications held on School of Education intranet

Series of mini-tasks held in the D&T area of StudentCentra

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