N5 Engineering Science
There are three distinct topics/unit areas: Electronics and Control, Structures& Mechanisms and Engineering Contexts & Challenges.
Electronics & Control
Electronic systems, system diagrams, sub-system diagrams, control diagrams, energy audit, energy calculations, power, efficiency, Electronic symbols, quantities, symbols, units, decimal prefixes, formula relationships (Ep =mgh), flowcharts, programming (Arduino C), Arduino microcontrollers, bipolar transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors, motors, Arduino drivers(L289N), driverless vehicles, electric vehicles, strain gauges, variable resistors, light dependent resistors, thermistors, relays, switches, push-pull drivers, darlington pairs, integrated chips and electronic engineering.
At higher level the N5 knowledge and understanding above will be used in more complex questions but will also include: operational amplifiers (inverting, non-inverting, summing, comparator, difference and voltage follower) and MOSFET’s.
The software used will include: YENKA, TINKERCAD and Beam GURU.
