WBCHSE HS Vocational Electronics study plan

Define voltage, current, resistance and power and compute each quantity from the other two using Ohm's law and the power equation in at least 15 worked numericals

Identify resistor colour bands and convert between colour code, nominal value and tolerance for 20 sample resistors

Calculate series, parallel and series-parallel equivalent resistance for 10 mixed networks and verify two of them on a breadboard with a multimeter

State the function and failure symptoms of fuse, switch, capacitor, inductor and transformer in a simple circuit

Demonstrate safe breadboard practice: correct rail connections, component lead trimming and continuity check before power-up

Explain PN junction formation, depletion region and barrier potential and describe forward and reverse bias behaviour qualitatively

Read a diode datasheet and extract forward voltage, maximum forward current and peak inverse voltage for two diode types

Sketch and explain half-wave, full-wave centre-tap and bridge rectifier output waveforms with input and output frequency relationship

Calculate ripple factor, efficiency and PIV for the three rectifier types and compare them in a table

Assemble a bridge rectifier on breadboard with a filter capacitor and measure DC output and ripple with a multimeter

Describe construction, doping and working of NPN and PNP BJTs and explain why the emitter is heavily doped

Identify transistor terminals physically from datasheet pinout and verify base-emitter and base-collector junctions with a multimeter diode test

Bias a BJT in fixed and voltage-divider configurations and calculate quiescent collector current and collector-emitter voltage

Explain the meaning of active, saturation and cut-off regions and locate each on a load line

Wire a common-emitter amplifier on breadboard and record input and output amplitudes to compute voltage gain

Convert between binary, decimal, octal and hexadecimal for 20 numbers and perform binary addition and subtraction

State truth tables for AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR gates and derive the output of 10 given gate combinations

Apply De Morgan's theorems and Boolean algebra to simplify 10 expressions to minimal form

Verify NAND and NOR as universal gates by building NOT, AND and OR from each on breadboard using a 7400 and 7402 IC

Explain the working of a half adder and full adder with truth table and sum-of-products expression

Explain the working principle and correct usage of analog multimeter, digital multimeter, CRO and function generator, including probe and range selection

Measure DC voltage, AC voltage, resistance and diode drop with a DMM and compare readings against expected values within tolerance

Use a CRO to measure peak amplitude, period, frequency and phase difference of two sine waves from a function generator

Describe the role of transformer, rectifier, filter and regulator in a regulated DC power supply and calculate required filter capacitance for a given ripple

Explain the Barkhausen criterion and describe the working of RC phase-shift and Hartley oscillators

Describe the block diagram of a communication system and distinguish modulation from demodulation with one everyday example each

Compare AM and FM on bandwidth, noise immunity and application and state one consumer use of each

Explain the working of microphone, loudspeaker and a basic public address chain from transducer to output

Outline the stages of a small electronics project: problem statement, block diagram, component list, assembly, testing and documentation

Prepare a component list with specifications and approximate cost for your planned project

Describe the architecture of a basic microcontroller: CPU, ALU, memory types, I/O ports, timers and clock

Distinguish a microcontroller from a microprocessor and identify at least three embedded applications in consumer electronics

Write and explain a simple program that reads a switch input and drives an LED output with a delay loop

Explain the role of assembler, compiler and programmer in getting code onto a microcontroller

Assemble the project circuit, perform continuity and polarity checks and record measured voltages at key test points

Complete a full-length timed mock test covering all ten domains and score each domain separately

Diagnose and correct at least three faults deliberately inserted into a working circuit using systematic voltage and continuity checks

Re-derive the five weakest formulas identified from the mock test until each can be written from memory

Finalise project documentation with circuit diagram, working explanation, test results and limitations

Rehearse a five-minute viva explanation of the project covering design choices, measurements and one failure encountered