Chabot College 2024-2026 245 CREDIT COURSE LISTING, ESYS ESYS: INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY Certificate of Achievement Students develop the technical skills required for many entry- level Electronics Technicians employment opportunities including robotics, IoT, mechatronics, and process control systems in many segments of the electronics industry of the SF Bay Area. Successfully completing these required courses prepares our students for career opportunities in industrial electronics technology. Career Opportunities Completion of this certificate prepares students for an Electrical & Electronics Worker career with industrial electronic, communications equipment manufacturing, and industrial machinery manufacturing firms. According to Labor Market Information data, electrical and electronics worker positions are expected to grow from 2100 positions in 2016 to 2300 positions by 2026, an increase of 9.5%. Students will be applying electrical and electronics theory and related knowledge to install, adjust, or maintain electro-mechanical, mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other electronic/mobile equipment. Program Learning Outcomes 1. Apply knowledge of electronic principles to the areas of robotics, mechatronics, IoT and process control systems. 2. Demonstrate the proper use of electronic testing equipment along with appropriate interpretation of results in the Laboratory. 3. Troubleshooting faults in circuit or system operation by assessing quantitative calculations or measurements in the Laboratory. Required Core ESYS 50 Introduction to Electronic Systems Technology 4 ESYS 51 Fabrication Techniques for Electronic Systems Technology 2 ESYS 54 Analog Circuits and Semiconductor Devices 3 ESYS 55 IoT & Microcontroller Systems 3 ESYS 57 PLCs & Process Control Systems 3 ESYS 69 FANUC Robotics & FANUC Certification 3 The above listing is a suggested sequence only. Some courses may have prerequisites. Students may take courses in any sequence except where a prerequisite applies. Total 18 ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (ESYS)COURSES 50 Introduction to Electronic Systems Technology 4 Units Introduction to electronic systems and circuits. Overview of career opportunities and job duties with electronic systems technology. Direct current and alternating current circuits including Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws. Measurement and characterization of electronic systems at the block diagram level. Laboratory practice includes the proper use of standard test instruments. Lecture: 54 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: INDT 74 51 Fabrication Techniques for Electronic Systems Technology 2 Units Prototype development includes sheet metal, printed circuit board layout and fabrication, connection and soldering techniques, use of hand tools, and machines in electronic fabrication. Use of computer software tools as applied to electronic fabrication. Lecture: 18 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50 54 Analog Circuits and Semiconductor Devices 3 Units Introduction to more advanced electrical/electronics circuits. Students learn the use of BJTs (bipolar junction transistors), FETs (field effect transistors), Op-Amps (integrated circuit operational amplifiers) in building electronic circuits such as power supplies, amplifiers, oscillators, and filters. Topics include biasing of amplifiers to explain how transistors are turned on; configurations of amplifiers which explain how the amps differ with current and voltage gain and classes of amplifiers which explain efficiencies of the amplifiers. Voltage regulation, active filters, oscillators, timers and modulation are also part of course content. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ESYS 52 55 IoT & Microcontroller Systems 3 Units As IoT connects the world, explore its benefits, applications and challenges. Architecture, programming, application and troubleshooting of single-chip microcontroller electronic systems as well as complex programmable logic device (CPLD) electronic systems. Digital building blocks, number systems, Includes programming in VHDL. Digital building blocks, number systems, Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic, integrated logic families, digital circuit measurement techniques and instrumentation, troubleshooting techniques. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50 57 PLCs & Process Control Systems 3 Units Programmable logic control systems; function, interrelationship, and troubleshooting of systems components. PLC input/output systems and requirements. Ladder logic and SCADA programming using basic I/O instructions, logic instructions, timers, counters, and comparison functions. Lecture: 36 hours Laboratory: 54 hours Strongly Recommended: ESYS 50
