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    SYLLABI FOR Certificate Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance (Add on Course for B.A\B.Sc\B.Com) OF PUNJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH

    Subject: Certificate Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance-Theory
    NOTE: There will be eight questions in total and only five questions are to be
    attempted. There will be four periods of theory classes and eight periods of practical
    classes weekly.
    1. Basic Electronics
    Concept of electronics, application of electronics in various fields, modern
    trends, Advantages, analog and digital electronic, manufacturing methods using PCB
    and SMD technologies.

    4 Periods
    2. Hardware Maintenance Concepts
    Identification, Specification and uses of hand tools, Soldering techniques,
    electrical and electronic symbols, safety features of electrical appliances and
    equipments, Danger of shock and fire.
    4 Periods
    3. Elementary Concepts
    Conductor, Insulator and semiconductor classification, Voltage, current,
    resistance, power, energy. Voltage source, Dry cells, battery, Fuses-types & ratings,
    MCB.
    8 Periods
    4. Alternating Current
    Explanation of A.C, Comparison with D.C. Instantaneous values, R.M.S.
    values, phase cycle, Time period, frequency. Domestic power supply, single phase
    and three phase.
    4 Periods
    5. Resistors
    Classification of resistors with specifications and use, Constructions of
    resistors, Colour code. Resistors series & parallel combinations, Explanation and use of
    analog and digital Multimeter. Testing different types of heaters and electric irons.
    4 Periods
    6. Inductance, Transformer
    Define Inductance types, specification, Behavior with A.C., impedance, coil
    concept, Explanation of transformer, types, turn ratio, uses, loss, efficiency, type of
    cores.
    4 Periods
    7. Capacitance
    Explanation of capacitance, Classification of capacitors with specification,
    dielectric constants, material used, Series and parallel connection, Colour codes,
    stored energy, RC circuits, Time constant.
    4 Periods
    8. Measuring Instruments
    Classification of meters, Need of calibration, Resolution, accuracy, Use of
    Multimeter, CRO, insulation tester. Type of bridge circuits and their use in
    measurement.
    8 Periods
    9. Introduction to Semiconductors
    Types of Semiconductor, intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Temperature
    coefficients. Definition of P and N types of Semiconductor. How to make N type and
    P type, Silicon and Germanium material, majority and minority carriers. Biasing of P
    type and N type semiconductors.
    4 Periods
    10. Semiconductor Diode
    Explanation of Diode, Classification, characteristics, application of diodes.
    Zener diode functioning and applications, Diode as rectifier. Half wave, full wave
    bridge rectifier, testing of diodes.
    4 Periods
    11. Bipolar Junction Transistors
    Bi- Polar junction transistor, Principle of operation, types of transistor,
    Symbol, application circuits as an amplifier and a switch, thermal run-away.
    4 Periods
    12. Sensors and Transducers
    Basic working principle, use & specifications of : LED‘s, photo
    diodes, photo transistors, thermistors, LDR, microphone & loud speakers.
    4 Periods
    13. Digital Electronics
    Explanation of Digital System, comparison with analogue, advantages,
    applications, Number systems- Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal conversions, BCD, Basic
    logic gates, NAND, NOR, Ex-OR, Ex-NOR, Buffer, Encoder, Decoder, Seven
    segments Decoder, Multiplexer, De-multiplexer, FLIP-FLOP’s. Digital IC’s
    8 Periods
    14. Power Supply
    Explanation of Power supply , types, unregulated and regulated power supply.
    Surge Protection. Introduction to Inverter circuits, Emergency lights, SMPS, Voltage
    Stabilizers, CVTs and UPS.
    8 Periods
    15. Maintenance of electronic and electrical gadgets
    Working and testing of dc adaptors for various electronic gadgets,
    Voltage stabilizers of Air conditioner, refrigerator and television. Working of
    florescent tube light, Fan regulator, Door bell, fancy lights. Working of heating
    element based gadgets like electric Iron, Oven, room heater, blower, immersion rod,
    Geyser, Toaster. Principle of thermostat.
    12 Periods
    Books Recommended
    1. Principle of Electronics by V.K. Mehta, S.Chand and Company, 2004.
    2. Foundations of Electronics by D.Chatupadhayay, New Age Publishers,
    2003.
    3. Electronics Principles, Malvino, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill.
    4. Basic Electronics Solid state by B.L.Theraja, S.Chand and Company,2003.
    5. Electrical Appliances Theory and Repair by Anwany, R.B.
    Publications,2003
    6. Study of electrical Appliances and Devices by Bhatia, Khanna,
    Publishers,2003.
    7. Service Manual Electrical Home Appliances by S.K.Gupta,
    G.T.Publishers.
    Subject: Certificate Course in Electronics hardware Maintenance-Practicle
    1. Demonstration of assembled printed circuit board and components.
    2. Demonstration and uses of hand tools, screw driver, pliers, threading tools,
    drilling machine, soldering and de-soldering practice.
    3. Identification of conductors and insulators.
    4. Practice of simple series and parallel circuits to measure current, voltage, energy,
    Battery/cell series and parallel connections.
    5. Testing of MCB.
    6. Demonstration of A.C. & D.C., instantaneous and RMS values, phase, time
    period, frequency and measurement of A.C. voltages.
    7. Use of Multimeter for the measurement of voltage, current and resistance.
    8. Identification of resistors using color code. Classification of resistors, Carbon,
    metal film and wire wound resistors (various Wattages), presets, Potentiometers,
    Study of resistor network.
    9. Identification of inductors. Transformer testing of various specifications
    10. Identification and testing of different types capacitors. Colour code practice.
    Behaviors of capacitor at different frequencies. Measurement of capacitance.
    11. Demonstration of LCR bridge for the measurement of resistance, voltage,
    current, capacitance, frequency and inductance.
    12. Testing and behaviour of diode, zener diode, construction of half wave, full wave
    and bridge rectifier.
    13. Lead identification and testing of a transistor. To study the function of a
    transistor as a switch and amplifier.
    14. Demonstration and testing of LED circuits, microphones and servicing of loud
    speakers.
    15. Study of Digital IC’s, Verification of the truth tables of Logic gates. Use of
    NAND, NOR gates to build basic gates.
    16. Verification of the truth tables Encoder, Decoder , Multiplexer, Demultiplexer,
    Flip-Flops.
    17. Demonstration of various types of power supplies. Assembly and testing of an
    unregulated power supply, testing of a voltage stabilizer as per specifications to
    be used for domestic applications. Demonstration of UPS and SMPS.
    18. Testing and repair of dc adaptors, Voltage stabilizers, florescent tube light, fan
    regulator, door bell, fancy lights, etc. Repairing of electric Iron, Oven, roomheater,
    blower, immersion rod, Geysor, Toaster.
    Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware maintenance(2nd year)
    (Add on Course for B.A\B.Sc\B.Com)
    Examination Scheme for Year 2011-12
    2nd Year Electronics Hardware Maintenance (Diploma Course)
    S.No. Course Schedule for Teaching Schedule of Examination
    L T P Total Theory
    Marks
    Practical
    Marks
    Total Marks
    1.
    Diploma Course
    in Electronics
    Hardware
    Maintenance
    4 - 8 12 150 50
    200
    Subject: Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance-Theory
    NOTE: There will be eight questions in total and only five questions are to be
    attempted. There will be four periods of theory classes and eight periods of practical
    classes weekly.
    1. Personal Computers & Peripherals
    The central processing unit, CPU speeds, word size, data path, cache memory,
    memory types, system clock, power supply, keyboard, mouse, video adaptors,
    SCSI, Floppy disk controller and Disc drives, CDROM Drives, Hard disk
    interfaces, Modems and Communication Ports, LAN Adapters, sound cards.
    (14 periods)
    2. Preventive Maintenance of PC
    Heat and thermal shock, safe temperature range for PCs, Removing heat, Good
    and bad box designs, Dealing with dust, Magnetism, stray electromagnetic
    interference, power noise, avoiding exposure to water and liquids, making
    environment PC-friendly.
    (8 periods)
    3. Power supplies and Power Protections
    Components of SMPS, power supply connections, upgrading power supply,
    Troubleshooting the power supply, replacing the power supply, checking outlet
    wiring, solutions to power problems.
    (8 periods)
    4. Installing and maintaining storage Devices
    Steps in hard drive installation, System’s CMOS configuration, Hard disk
    software installation, partitioning , DOS formatting, Backing up hard disk drives,
    computer virus, detection & clearing virus, suggestions for keeping virus away,
    keeping uptodate with new virus. Floppy drives, removing, configuring and
    installing floppy drives, pen drive.
    (12 periods)
    5. Installing and Troubleshooting printers
    Parallel, serial & USB ports, Laser, inkjet, dot matrix , daisy wheel, thermal
    printers, cables, port problems, software problems, printer driver.
    (10 periods)
    6. Peripherals installation & Troubleshooting printers
    Keyboard components, connectors, cable continuity, disassembling keyboard,
    Mouse types, mouse cleaning & maintenance, Modems & serial interfaces, video
    card characteristics, video troubleshooting, sound cards, CD-ROM installation,
    Physical installation, CD-ROM software installation.
    (16 periods)
    7. Internet and Software Installation
    World wide web, using and installing software for internet, configuring internet
    for dial-up and LAN access, installing operating systems and application
    software, like windows, LINUX, Office, Antivirus, TELLY etc.
    (16 periods)
    Recommended Books
    1. The complete PC upgrade and maintenance guide, Mark Minasi, BPB
    Publications, 2001.
    2. Upgrading and repairing PCs, Scott Mueller, Prentice Hall of India.
    Subject: Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance (Practical)
    1. Identification of computer peripherals and motherboards
    2. Familiarization with peripheral cards and communication ports.
    3. Demonstration of pre-installation : PC-friendly-environment planning
    4. Installation of SMPS and identification of power supply connectors using colour
    code.
    5. Estimating the SMPS power requirement for the PC. Replacing or upgrading the
    SMPS.
    6. Installation of hard disk, floppy disk and CD drives.
    7. Formatting and logical partitioning of hard disk drives.
    8. Backing up data from Hard disk drive to Floppy/CD disk drive.
    9. Familiarization with anti virus software, detecting and cleaning virus.
    10. Installing a printer and printer driver.
    11. Installing an internal or external modem.
    12. Familiarization with basic and advance key board functions.
    13. Installing windows operating system.
    14. Installing LINUX operating system.
    15. Installing windows/LINUX operating system based application software.
    16. Putting together the PC: the motherboard, the essential drives, monitor, mouse
    and key board etc. and test run the PC.
    Advanced Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance(3rd Year)
    (Add on Course for B.A\B.Sc\B.Com)
    Examination Scheme for year 2011-12
    3rd Year Electronics Hardware Maintenance(Advanced Diploma Course)
    S.No. Course Schedule for Teaching Schedule of Examination
    L T P Total Theory
    Marks
    Practical
    Marks
    Total Marks
    1.
    Advanced
    Diploma
    Course in
    Electronics
    Hardware
    Maintenance
    4 - 8 12 150 50 200
    Subject: Advanced Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance-Theory
    Note: There will be eight questions in total and any five questions are to be
    attempted. There will be four periods of theory classes and eight periods of practical
    classes weekly.
    1. LAN Networking:
    Networks in the workplace, Network topologies, Peer to peer Network, switches,
    Routers and Gateways, cabling in network hardware.
    16 periods
    2. Network Management
    Planning the network, Managing the system-day to day, Connecting Network to
    the Internet, maintenance and security of Network.
    12 periods
    3. UPS and Inverter Maintenance
    Theory and operation of ofline UPS, Line interactive UPS, ON Line UPS and
    Inverters. Preventive maintenance of UPS, Maintenance of Battery.
    10 periods
    4. Maintenance of STD consoles and Land Line Equipment
    Study of STD/ISD PCO:- Monitor Power Supply section, line interface section,
    Main control section, Display and printer interface section.
    Introduction to landline telephone system set, working of phone set, local
    exchange, pulse dialing, tone dialing, hook switch, transmitter and receiver set.
    12 periods
    5. Public Address System
    Installing and correcting audio problems in public address system. Handling and
    studying the audio power amplifier, microphones and speakers.
    12 periods
    6. Digital photography Interface with Computer
    Installation of Digital camera driver on computer. Interface of digital camera with
    computer using USB card reader. Study the use of adobe photoshop software,
    overhead projector maintenance.
    8 periods
    7. Mobile Connectivity
    Introduction to mobile telephone, setup procedure, preventive maintenance of
    mobile sets, mobile phone servicing and related technical information, mobile
    interfacing connector using Bluetooth interface, USB message interface, camera
    interface.
    14 periods
    Recommended Books:
    1. Local Area Networks by Robert M. Thomas, BPB publications.
    2. UPS,12V by Er, M.L. Chandna, Gurukul Technicals Institutes (English
    Medium)
    3. MOSFET Inverter by K.C. Agarwal, Micropublications, Aligarh (English
    Medium)
    4. Electronics projects 21 by EFY, ISO 9001-2000 certified.
    5. Mordern STD-PCO Monitor servicing by Manohar Lotia, BPB Publications.
    6. Mobile phone compiled by S.K Gupta.
    7. Modern Mobile phone Repair by Manohar Lotia, Pradeep Nair, Shailesh Tank..
    8. Audio Troubleshooting and repair, BPB Publications.
    9. User Manual of Adobe Photoshop Software.
    Subject: Advanced Diploma Course in Electronics Hardware Maintenance
    (Practical)
    1. Learning various LAN network topologies.
    2. Installing switches, hubs in LAN networking and understanding types of cables
    used in networks.
    3. Use of firewall in connecting network.
    4. Development of automatic battery charger circuit.
    5. Fabrication of MOSFET based 50Hz UPS circuit.
    6. Development of Inverter overload protector circuit with delayed auto reset.
    7. Troubleshooting of Power supply section of STD/ISD PCO.
    8. Fabrication of telephone amplifier circuit used in landline equipment.
    9. Development of low cost PCO billing meter.
    10. Installation and handling of public address system and correcting audio
    problems in the system.
    11. Fabrication of 2- line intercom-cum-telephone line change over circuit.
    12. Interfacing digital camera with personal computer.
    13. Application of Photoshop software using digital camera.
    14. Preventive maintenance of overhead projector.
    15. Fabricating simple telephone recording/ answering machine.
    16.Troubleshooting mobile phones.
    17. Learning mobile interface techniques using mobile Bluetooth interface and
    USB message interface with computer.