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AS 1 Electronic and Microelectronic Systems

7 dot points across 7 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do sensors and potential dividers turn a physical quantity into a usable input voltage?

How do logic gates make decisions, and how do we describe and combine them?

How does an operational amplifier compare two voltages and amplify a signal?

How are output transducers driven and protected by the process subsystem?

How does the input-process-output model let us design electronic systems as blocks?

How does a transistor act as an electronic switch driven by a small signal?

How do RC timing and the 555 timer produce delays and oscillations?