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