DT ClassroomEnergy, materials, systems and devices
GCSE Design & Technology · Unit 2 · Lesson 7 of 8

Electronic systems processing

Unit 2 · Energy, materials, systems and devices

Investigate sensing, processing and control. Analogue and digital signals, microcontrollers, thresholds, timers and counters, and flowcharts, with a 3D PCB you can program. Click-by-click builds, answer reveals, and teacher notes and answers on every slide.

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What this lesson covers

Analogue and digital signals, microcontrollers, thresholds, timers and counters, and flowcharts, with a 3D PCB you can program. Click-by-click builds, answer reveals, and teacher notes and answers on every slide.

60-minute lesson, 21 slides. Part of DT Classroom’s GCSE Design and Technology course, taught through an interactive 3D lab rather than static slides alone.

Practise and extend

Also available for this lesson from the teacher resources: lesson slides, knowledge organiser, worksheet.

Exam board coverage

Where this lesson sits in each GCSE Design and Technology specification, as an indicative mapping by DT Classroom (not endorsed by any board - check the current specification before relying on it).

BoardSpecification reference
AQA3.1.4 Systems approach to designing
Edexcel1.6 How electronic systems provide functionality
1.7 Programmable components
OCR6.4 Electronic systems and functionality
WJEC EduqasTP3 Electronic systems and programmable components
Cambridge International1.8 Electronics

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