The Department of Electrical Engineering is proud to offer excellent facilities to their students in order to develop their practical experience in the field of Electrical Engineering. The courses offered by the department include a large percentage of laboratory work. The facilities are available on a daily basis and laboratory assistants are present to assist students with their practical work.
Students enrolled for Projects I and Design Projects III are particularly advantaged, as they have PCB manufacturing facilities, CAD laboratories, projects laboratories, as well as test facilities available for the development of their projects.
The department also have three computer laboratories of which two present full network, Internet and E-Mail facilities 24 hours per day. These facilities are crucial for project research and assignments.
The facilities have been developed for hands-on training in the field of Digital Systems Engineering, Electronic Communication Systems Engineering, as well as Power Systems Engineering and are maintained by dedicated technical staff within the department.
Below you will find a synopsis of the available laboratories:
MACHINES LABORATORY (VENUE B 22)
The Machine and Transformer Practical’s is set up to accommodate +/- 30 students for theoretical and practical training in the following fields
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Power Systems
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Electromachines
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Electrical Engineering
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Electrical Projection
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Power Electronics
DIGITAL APPLICATIONS COMPUTER LAB (Venue B102)
This laboratory with 30 stations are used to write application programmes for control system, digital system, Microsystems, and FPGA’s.
PROJECTS LAB (Venue B 109)
46 Work stations which contain all the tools students need to manufacture and construct projects. I.e. Power supply unit. Basic Hand Skills Projects 1.
PROJECTS TEST LAB (Venue B 110)
12 Test stations. Each test station has a Variac, multi meter, Oscilloscope, signal generator and variable dc supply. Projects 1, Electronic Porject Design 3, Industrial Project Design IV
DRILLING LABORATORY (Venue B 111)
Drilling of Panels and PCB's for Projects 1 and Projects 3
DIGITAL SYSTEMS LABORATORY (Venue B113)
The laboratory is a system that focuses on the combinational logic design, digital system application and troubleshooting of logic units. Building and Analysis of Digital Electronics Circuits Digital Systems 1, Digital Systems 2. Lab Orientation.
COMPUTER LABORATORY (Venue B 114)
Software Design 2, Software Design 3, Process Control IV, Micrcontrollers IV and Computer Networks IV, Microsystems Design IV.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LABORATORY (Venue B 115)
Building and Analysis of Analogue Electronics Circuits. Electronics 1, Electronics 2, Electronic Communication 2, Lab Orientation.
POWER SYSTEMS LABORATORY (Venue B 214)
Building and Analysis of Electrical and Industrial Electronic Circuits, Electrical Machines 1 and Machines 3, Lab Orientation.
ESD ELECTRONICS LABORATORY (Venue B 211)
40 work stations. Antistatic Control for Analysis of Digital and Electronic esd Circuits. Digital Systems 2, Industrial Electronics 2, Electronics 2, Electronics 3, Electronic Communication 2.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION LABORATORY (Venue B 212)
Building and Analysis of Communication and Radio Circuits. Radio 3, SatelliteIV, Electronic Communication IV, Microwave.
The department also has fully-equipped computer laboratories with Internet and e-mail access available on a daily basis. These facilities form an integral part of project research and assignments.