Engineering Science study guides

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SQA Higher Engineering Science Area 1 Engineering contexts and challenges: disciplines, the design process, energy and efficiency, and systems
A deep-dive SQA Higher Engineering Science guide to Area 1 Engineering contexts and challenges. Covers the engineering disciplines and the design process, the social, economic and environmental impact of engineering with life-cycle thinking, energy sources, conversion and efficiency, the universal system model with open and closed-loop control, and how the assignment applies it all.
📖 16 min readHigher
SQA Higher Engineering Science Area 2 Electronics and control: signals, circuit analysis, the potential divider, op-amps, transistors, logic and output devices
A deep-dive SQA Higher Engineering Science guide to Area 2 Electronics and control: analogue and digital signals, Ohm's law and series and parallel circuits, the potential divider with thermistors and LDRs, op-amps as inverting amplifiers and comparators, transistor switching, logic gates and output devices.
📖 17 min readHigher
SQA Higher Engineering Science Area 3 Mechanisms and structures: levers and gears, belt drives and torque, dynamics, equilibrium, ties and struts, and materials
A deep-dive SQA Higher Engineering Science guide to Area 3 Mechanisms and structures: levers and gears with mechanical advantage and velocity ratio, belt and chain drives with torque and transmitted power, dynamics with Newton's second law and friction, structural equilibrium and beam reactions, ties and struts in frameworks, and materials with stress, strain and Young's modulus.
📖 17 min readHigher