This page lists the topics covered by the AQA's Test in Electronics with links to relevant pages where they are available on this website.
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| Syllabus reference |
1. Components | Electronics Club website pages |
| 1a | Circuit symbols and diagrams | Circuit Symbols | Circuit Diagrams |
| all | Simple circuits, series and parallel | Electricity and the Electron | Series and Parallel |
| 1a | Prefixes: µ, m, k, M | Quantities and Units |
| 1b | Resistors: colour code, Ohm's law, power rating | Resistors | Resistance | Variable Resistors | Ohm's Law |
| 1c | Capacitors: storing charge, blocking DC, passing AC, electrolytic working voltage | Capacitors | Power Supplies |
| 1d | Transformers: step up, step down, turns ratio | Power Supplies |
| 1e | Diodes: rectifier, LED and series resistor, zener and series resistor | Diodes | LEDs | Power Supplies |
| 1f | Transistors: NPN only, current amplification, switching | Transistor Circuits | Transistors |
| 1g | Integrated Circuits | Integrated Circuits |
| 1h | Switches: SPST, SPDT, DPST, DPDT, NO and NC contacts, rotary | Switches |
| 1i | Transducers: lamp, LED, LDR, thermistor, loudspeaker, solenoid, microphone, record pickup, motor, heater. | Transducers | Lamps | LEDs | Others | Circuit Symbols |
| Syllabus reference |
2. Electronic Systems | Electronics Club website pages |
| 2a | Logic Systems: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR gates (max. two inputs), combinations of up to three gates, combination of switches, truth tables, binary and logic states | Logic Gates | Series & Parallel Connections |
| 2b | Microcomputer Systems: microprocessor, RAM, ROM, I/O devices, buses, program, control applications, interfacing | Sorry, there are no pages for this topic. |
| 2c | Audio Systems: input transducer, preamplifier, tone/volume control, power amplifier, output transducer, power supply | Block Diagrams |
| 2d | Radio Receiver Systems: antenna (aerial), tuner, detector, audio amplifier, output transducer, power supply | Block Diagrams |
| 2e | Feedback Control Systems: motor speed control with sensor and error amplifier, temperature controller for heater, feedback | Block Diagrams |
| Syllabus reference |
3. Measurements, Instruments, Fault Finding | Electronics Club website pages |
| 3a | Current and Ammeters, Voltage and Voltmeters |
Voltage and Current | Meters |
| 3b | Cathode Ray Oscilloscope: amplitude, period, peak-to-peak value | AC and DC | Oscilloscopes |
| 3c | Fault finding in simple circuits, testing components | Simple Tester | Multimeters |
| Syllabus reference |
4. Safety | Electronics Club website pages |
| 4a | Danger Sources: live circuits, mains, insulation, charge held, chemicals | Sorry, there are no pages for this topic. |
| 4b | Mains Supply: colour codes, cable size, cable clamping, mains plug | Sorry, there are no pages for this topic. |
| 4c | Protective Devices: P = VI, choice of fuse, RCD | Power and Energy Sorry, fuses and RCDs are not covered by this website. |
| 4d | Electric Shock: skin resistance, wet contact | Sorry, there are no pages for this topic. |
| 4e | Device Handling: physical, thermal and static damage to components | Soldering | ICs | Transistors |
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