Electronics and Computer Engineering

Programming language C

• structures
• type definitions
• file I/O
• modular programming
• dynamically allocated data structures

Algorithms and data structures:

• resource usage (memory, runtime)
• basic data structures
• sorting algorithms
• search algorithms
• tree structures
• programming methods

Students have to solve examples in exercises.

• Numeric systems and Boolean algebra and their mathematical laws
• Basic combinatorial and sequential circuits at gate level
• Introduction to a hardware description language
• Simple application circuits
• Finite state machines

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises

• stationary flow field
• electrostatic field
• magnetostatic field
• law of induction
• parameters for variable currents and voltages
• sinusoidal currents and voltages
• alternating current networks
• three phase networks

Students have to solve examples in exercises, partly with computer support.

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Resistance
• Capacitor
• Coil
• Semiconductor
• pn junction
• Semiconductor diode

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises

• Statistics, calibration, error propagation, Gaussian and Student's distribution
• Measurement of direct quantities, principles of moving-coil meters and moving-iron meter
• Measurement circuits (bridge circuit)
• Resistance measurement, principle of voltage correct vs. current correct measurements
• Digital data acquisition (errors), differences between digital and analog measurement instruments
• Temperature measurement

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Integration
• Ordinary first and second order differential equations
• Probability and statistics

Students have to solve examples in exercises.

• Principles of law / stages of the legal system
• Fundamentals of European law
• Fundamentals of commercial law
• Fundamentals of partnership law
• Fundamentals of captial company law
• Fundamentals of competition law
• Fundamentals of contract law
• Fundamentals of intellectual property law

• Cost effectiveness analysis
• Production and cost theory
• Cost accounting and costing: cost type, cost centre, cost object accounting
• Absorption costing vs. direct costing
• Break-even analysis
• Standard costing and variance analysis

• Resonance circuits
• Locus diagrams
• Bode diagrams
• Fourier series and analysis of non-sinusoidal periodic signals
• Fourier transform and signal analysis
• Laplace transform and analysis of switching operations in electrical networks

Students have to solve examples in exercises, partly with computer support

Theoretical contexts are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Measurement of alternating quantities (rms value etc.)
• Power measurement
• Measurement circuits (measurement bridge)
• Capacitance, inductance
• Working principle of analog instruments
• Oscilloscope, analog and digital, Shannon's sampling theorem
• Basic types of analog-to-digital converters
• Statistical noise, quantisation noise of ideal analog-to-digital converter

Theoretical contexts are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• DC-DC and DC-AC converters
• Operazion of DC, synchronous and asynchronous motors
• Speed-controlled operation of electric motors
• Fundamentals of control engineering
• Modelling, simulation and control system analysis of an example drive
• Computer-based simulation and controller design

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Fundamentals of microprocessors and microcontrollers
• 16-bit vs. 32-bit controller
• Structure and functional principle of a microcontroller family (ALU, clock generation, debug interface)
• Overview of an instruction set of a microcontroller family
• Peripheral modules of microcontrollers (I/O ports, timer with capture/compare units, real time clock, serial interfaces, ADC12, DAC12, DMA, hardware multiplier, LCD etc.)
• Memory busses and memory drivers (multiplexed, demultiplexed bus, bus timing, wait states)
• Memory structure and functional principle (SRAM, SDRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash)
• Serial interfaces (UART, IrDa, SPI, Microwire, One Wire, I2C, SPORT, USB)

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Semiconductor diodes and circuit examples
• Bipolar transistors and basic circuits
• Field-effect transistors and basic circuits
• HF behaviour of basic transistor circuits
• Differential amplifiers
• Push-pull amplifiers

Students have to solve examples in exercises, partly with computer support.

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Fundamentals of human communication
• Communication in different situations
• Gestalt theory, Gestalt therapy, systemic therapy, group dynamics and NLP

• Enhancement of communication skills and oral expression through communication-oriented language training based on situations and texts from business and engineering
• Extension of vocabulary (based on general and technical texts), repetition and consolidation of selected grammar content
• Training of reading comprehension using authentic materials (technical texts/manuals/memos/reports)
• Introduction to communication strategies in the workplace: phone conversations, correspondence (e-mails, business letters, fax), mini-meetings, mastering everyday situations at work in a foreign language (answering questions, giving explanations/instructions/descriptions)

• Structure and characteristics of operational amplifiers
• Basic operational amplifier circuits and applications
• Active filters
• Linear voltage regulators
• Analog-digital and digital-analog converters

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Information theory
• Signals and spectra, characteristics and measurement of signals with information content
• Electronic components
• Characteristics of transmission channels
• Transmission media (cable, radio, near-field communication, infrared and optical communication)
• Modulation techniques (analog, digital)
• Error detection and error correction (ARQ, FEC)
• Transmission techniques (narrow band, multicarrier OFDM, spread spectrum methods)
• Architectures for transmitters and receivers
• Examples of technical systems

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Schematic diagram entry
• Geometry definition
• Component library
• Parts list
• Layout, design rules
• Creation of Gerber files
• Practical introduction to a CAD system through input and layout of a simple circuit
• placement and operation of PCBs - Computer-based data acquisition and processing
• Development of measurement applications
  

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Fundamentals of operating systems
• Memory, process and device management
• Real time operating systems
• Software development processes
• Source code and configuration management
• Quality assurance
• Fundamentals of object-oriented programming
• Data encapsulation through classes and inheritance
• Objects with their characteristics and methods

Students have to solve programming problems in exercises.

• Programme and career-specific topics
• Extension of technical vocabulary; training of reading comprehension using authentic materials (technical texts/manuals/memos/reports)
• Extension of communication strategies in the workplace: correspondence (letter of application, curriculum vitae), structure and process descriptions, mini-presentations and mini-meetings

• Project definition, project types, project orientation, project management approach
• Project scoping and project context analysis
• Roles within a project, demands on project manager and team members
• Performance planning using a work breakdown structure
• Time scheduling
• Resource and cost planning
• Project manual

Exercises give students the opportunity to prepare the planning documents for the project.

• Acquisition of measurement data such as acceleration, inclination, angular velocity, distance
• Wireless transmission of measurement data from a mobile application and visualisation on a PC
• Integration of sensor data in an existing algorithm
• Simulation of algorithms
• Testing of source code

• Sensor technology (with a focus on the measurement of non-electrical physical quantities)
• Process control (fundamental methods and standards, examples of industrial systems)

• Sampling and reconstruction of continuous-time signals
• Characteristics of discrete-time systems
• Impulse response, difference equation and transfer function
• Discrete-time filter design
• Analysis of discrete-time signals in the time and the frequency domain
• Discrete-time stochastic processes

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Students have to solve a technical problem relevant to their level of study in a team under supervision

• Object-oriented software design
• Polymorphism and class design
• Exception handling
• Concurrency
• Use of class libraries
• Templates and template classes

The teaching content will be practically implemented in a comprehensive group project.

• Introduction to model-based software development
• Numerical simulation
• Modelling
• Development of discrete-time functions
• Test (verification, validation)
• Finite-state machines
• Automatic code generation
• Graphical user interfaces
• Data management in software applications
• Communication between processes
• Distributed applications

Theoretical relationships are illustrated in practical laboratory exercises.

• Definition of quality
• Total Quality Management
• Quality management systems
• Statistical methods in quality management
• Ensuring product quality
• Models of development processes
• Quality management in electronics

• Engineering and IT terminology (semantic, orthographic and grammar phenomena in documentation)
• Target group oriented writing (comprehensibility, style, vocabulary)
• Readability and comprehensibility (readability formulas, Hamburg comprehensibility model)
• Standardising format and language using templates
• Design, typography, layout
• Information graphics, technical illustration

• Commissioning of sensors
• Transmission of sensor data via radio, radio remote control
• Localisation in a static environment
• Vehicle modelling
• Programming of selected functions in a vehicle
• Setting up a test environment

• System analysis and design of automation systems
• Process monitoring
• Control engineering in industrial facilities

• Students have to solve a technical problem relevant to their level of study under supervision.

• Planning of the necessary work steps, time and resources - Scientific analysis of a subject-specific problem

The board examination is carried out in accordance with the requirements for final examinations at FH Bachelor's degree programmes pursuant to FHStG as amended.

• Students have to solve technical tasks in an industrial environment