02
Oct
 2025
Nat 5 Practical Electronics All Events
Event Start: 09:00
Event Finish: 17:00
This two-day course is designed to support teachers teaching the SQA Nat 5 practical electronics course. The course will be extremely beneficial to those new to teaching practical electronics or new to constructing electronic circuits. There will be short presentations over the two days but the majority of the time will be spent constructing circuits.
Activities will cover:
  • Analysis and design of the problem
  • Designing and simulating a solution
  • Logic gates
  • Op amps and comparators
  • Timers
  • Constructing the solution
  • Moving from circuit diagrams to stripboard layout
  • Soldering
  • Wiring
  • Testing the solution
  • Using multimeters, logic probes and CRO’s
  • Reporting on the solution
Course Dates: 2nd-3rd October 2025
Closing Date: 29th August 2025

Course Leader

Norman Bethune
01383 626070

Accommodation

Overnight accommodation between day 1 and 2 can be provided on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis at a local hotel. Please refer to the cost tab for the residential course fees  

Location

The course will be held at SSERC in Dunfermline. Our SSERC buildings are at 2 Pitreavie Court, Dunfermline, KY11 8UU. SSERC is a short (5-10 minutes) walk from Rosyth railway station and close to the end of the A823(M) spur off Junction 2 of the M90 motorway. Car journey times (approximately): Edinburgh – 30 min; Glasgow – 60 min; Aberdeen – 2.5 hours; Inverness – 3 hours.

Cost

£110.00 (non-residential, no accommodation)
£230.00 (residential, with accommodation)

 

 

 

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