Engineering Science study guides

SQA-ADVANCED-HIGHER · Advanced Higher (SQA) · aligned to SQA.

SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science Electronics and control: a complete overview of op-amps, analogue filters, logic, microcontrollers and control systems
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science guide to the Electronics and control area. Covers operational amplifier circuits, analogue signal processing and RC filters, combinational logic and Boolean algebra, sequential logic and timing, microcontroller programmable control, and control systems with feedback.
📖 18 min readAdvanced Higher
SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science Engineering project and analysis: a complete overview of the project, modelling, data, uncertainty and units
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science guide to the Engineering project and analysis area. Covers the candidate-chosen project worth half the course assessment, the engineering process, and the analysis skills of mathematical modelling, simulation, data handling, uncertainty and the correct use of SI units and prefixes.
📖 16 min readAdvanced Higher
SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science Mechanisms and structures: a complete overview of dynamics, gear systems, structural analysis and materials
A deep-dive SQA Advanced Higher Engineering Science guide to the Mechanisms and structures area. Covers kinematics and the equations of motion, dynamics with Newton's laws, momentum and energy, gear trains and drive systems, structural equilibrium and frameworks, beams with shear force and bending moment, and stress, strain and material properties.
📖 18 min readAdvanced Higher