| 1. Course Title | Computer Hardware and Peripherals | |||||||
| 2. Code | 3ФЕИТ07З012 | |||||||
| 3. Study program | KTI | |||||||
| 4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||
| 5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) | First cycle | |||||||
| 6. Academic year/semester | III/5 | 7. Number of ECTS credits | 3.00 | |||||
| 8. Lecturer | Dr Tomislav Shuminoski | |||||||
| 9. Course Prerequisites | ||||||||
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10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): Parts of a computer system – concepts. Components, standards and technologies for motherboards, processors, I/O devices, buses. After finishing this course the students will be able to work with computer components and will have the knowledge of the current technologies to develop computer components. |
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11. Course Syllabus: Introduction to computer systems structure. Components of computer systems. Motherboards and components. Design of motherboards. Chipsets. Motherboard buses. System buses. Expansion buses. PCI. PCI Express. PC Card-PCMCIA. USB. FireWire. Processors. Processor components. Advanced processor technologies. Processor speed. Processor packages. BIOS. Types. Memory. Memory hierarchy. RAM memory. Organisation of RAM memory system and modules. SDRAM. DDR SDRAM and versions. RAM modules packages. Mediums for storing large amount of data: magnetic discs, flash memory and disks, SSD disks, optical mediums, magnetic tape. Interfaces of storage mediums. IDE. SATA. SCSI, SAS. Interfaces for connecting external devices and networks. Serial and parallel ports.USB. FireWire. Bluetooth. Ethernet. Video subsystem. Graphical cards. Graphical processors. Monitors and displays. Types of displays. Connection systems: S-Video, VGA, HDMI. |
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| 12. Learning methods: Laboratory exercises, practical work and lectures. | ||||||||
| 13. Total number of course hours | 1 + 0 + 2 + 0 | |||||||
| 14. Distribution of course hours | 90 | |||||||
| 15. Forms of teaching | 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching | 15 | ||||||
| 15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 30 | |||||||
| 16. Other course activities | 16.1. Projects, seminar papers | 10 | ||||||
| 16.2. Individual tasks | 15 | |||||||
| 16.3. Homework and self-learning | 20 | |||||||
| 17. Grading | 17.1. Exams | 40 | ||||||
| 17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 10 | |||||||
| 17.3. Activity and participation | 0 | |||||||
| 17.4. Final exam | 50 | |||||||
| 18. Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | |||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | |||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | |||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | |||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | |||||||
| 19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Laboratory exercises | |||||||
| 20. Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||
| 21. Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Internal evaluation and surveys | |||||||
| 22. Literature | ||||||||
| 22.1. Required Literature | ||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ||||
| 1 | Scott Mueller | Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 22nd Ed. | Que Publishing | 2015 | ||||
| 2 | Mike Meyers, Scott Jernigan | Mike Meyers’ CompTIA A+ Certification Passport, 6th Ed. | McGraw-Hill Education | 2016 | ||||
| 3 | Jean Andrews | A+ Guide to Hardware, 9th Ed. | Course Technology | 2016 | ||||
| 22.2. Additional Literature | ||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ||||
| 1 | Michael Karbo | A Complete Illustrated guide to the PC hardware | http://www.karbosguide.com | 2016 | ||||
