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BMDT 100 Biomedical Electronics for Technologists

6 credits
This course covers basic electricity/electronics principles for the biomedical device manufacturing field. Fundamental concepts include safety, voltage, current, resistance, energy, analog and digital circuits, circuit schematics, circuit board building and assembling, circuit troubleshooting, testing tools, and soldering.

Prerequisites: ABED 040  (or placement into MATH 087  or higher) and ABED 046  (or placement into ENGL 093  or higher)

Corequisites: BMDT 101 BMDT 102 , and BMDT 103  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Describe the role of electronics in biomedical device technologies
  • Define Ohm’s law, current, voltage, resistance, energy, and power
  • Describe the basic principles of magnetism, inductance, and capacitance
  • Identify electronic symbols, abbreviations, the Greek alphabet, and commonly used prefixes
  • Identify the use, operation, types, categories, and code numbers of electronics components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, relays, and transistors
  • Describe the components present in medical devices such as optical display, opto-mechanical, and electronic audio
  • Describe the role and the use of energy sources such as batteries and power supplies
  • Describe processes for electrical and mechanical component rework
  • Describe the types and use of integrated circuits (ICs) and their applications
  • Assemble and solder circuits
  • Troubleshoot DC and AC circuit functionality
  • Comply with industry standard safe practices

Total Hours: 90 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 30 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 60