Written and updated by a team of authors and examiners, the course is fully in accordance with the AQA specification for September 2001. This revised textbook includes new material on ICT and provides increased emphasis on the use of CAD-CAM throughout the units. The book continues to follow the tried and tested design, recognised by Design &;amp Technology teachers across the country for its accessible and motivating style.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 152 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Oxford University Press .

The series editor Tristram Shepard is also the series editor for the Design & Make It! for Key Stage 3 series as well as Getting IT Right.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Introduction: design matters (1); design matters (2); industrial matters; using ICT in electronic products; systems and controls. Part 2 Design and make it project guide: choosing and starting projects; project investigation; from design specification to product specification; generating and developing ideas (1); generating and developing ideas (2); planning the making and the manufacturing; testing and evaluation; project presentation. Part 3 Project 1 - electronic security: product analysis; first thoughts/choosing a power supply; logic circuits; truth tables; logic gates; prototype boards and systems kits; interface devices - transducer-drivers (1); interface devices - transducer-drivers (2)/solenoids; developing the lock/making your circuit board; fault finding/making it and final evaluation; examination questions. Part 4 Project 2 - filling in time: design briefs and specifications; circuit diagrams; monostable time delay circuits (1); monostable time delay circuits (2)/resistors; capacitors/combining resistors and capacitors; choosing a suitable switch; taking things further; joining circuits; designing the container/testing and evaluation.