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Mantenimiento, Operacin y Diseo con

Dispositivos y Circuitos Electrnicos Digitales

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FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA FORMACIN GENERAL COMO BASE DE SUSTENTACIN DEL
ENFOQUE DE COMPETENCIAS LABORALES DE LA FORMACIN DIFERENCIADA DE LA EMTP

Manual de Fortalecimiento de la Formacin General como Base de Sustentacin de la

Formacin Diferenciada de Educacin Media Tcnico Profesional.
Material Elaborado por el Nivel de Educacin Media
Divisin de Educacin General
Ministerio de Educacin
Repblica de Chile
Av. Bernardo Ohiggins N 1371
Santiago de Chile.
Coordinacin Editorial:
Erika Lpez Escobar
Matas Flores Cordero
Mara Victoria Gmez Vera
Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Valparaso:
Francisca Gmez Ros
Diseo Grfico:
Sebastin Lpez Marchant
Registro de Propiedad Intelectual N 188.409 de Enero 2010
Edicin de 300 Ejemplares
Enero de 2010

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Mdulo de la Formacin Diferenciada:

Mantenimiento, Operacin y Diseo con Dispositivos y Circuitos Electrnicos Digitales.

Sector de la Formacin General:

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Unidad:

Led Displays Signs

Dear student,
The following pages will guide your work towards the end of
our objective which is solving a problem that you will have to
understand using strategies you already have and strategies you
will learn throughout this sequence of activities.
These guidelines are focused on the development of reading
comprehension and written production. Through some activities
related to this area of study, you will be able to successfully
develop the thematic content and linguistic objective of these
learning sessions.
Before beginning our activities, take a look at the following table that
explains the learning objectives for this unit. Its very important that you
know what is expected from you at the end of these activities. Its also
very important that you understand what the skills you are going to
develop are and the steps you will follow in order to achieve your goals.
Learning Objectives

Evaluation criteria

1. Recognize Manual
as a genre and as an
instrument you will use to
install a telephone switch
board.

1. Subraya vocabulario relevante para la comprensin lectora.

2. Identifica ideas generales del texto ledo contestando preguntas.
3. Busca informacin en internet relevante al tema tratado.
4. Define conceptos relevantes para la comprensin temtica de la
unidad.
5. Contesta preguntas para identificar informacin general y
especfica.

2. Apply reading strategies

and techniques to identify
general information
from a text and identify
the possible readers to
whom the text was written
for. Extract and interpret
information of the text.

1. Extrae informacin de internet relevante al tema de la unidad.

2. Propone una solucin al problema de aprendizaje planteado
explicando elementos esenciales del producto a instalar.
3. Interpreta la informacin obtenida a travs de un texto para dar
solucin al problema de aprendizaje planteado.
4. Demuestra comprensin de un texto instructivo sintetizndolo a
travs de diagramas.

3. Aplicar estrategias y
tcnicas de lectura para
localizar informacin y
sealar de qu trata el
texto, a quin va dirigido,
rellenando tablas o
contestando preguntas.

1. Subraya vocabulario relevante para la comprensin lectora.

2. Identifica ideas generales del texto ledo contestando preguntas.
3. Busca informacin en internet relevante al tema tratado.
4. Define conceptos relevantes para la comprensin temtica de la
unidad.
5. Contesta preguntas para identificar informacin general y
especfica.

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Now that you already know what the objectives for this unit are and
their corresponding evaluation criteria, lets have a look at the learning
process you will go through: steps that you will follow to achieve the
proposed goals:

Presentation and
comprehension of
the situation

Looking for internet

information on
Led Display Signs.

Proposing a possible
solution for the problem

Expository lesson
on Led Display Signs.

Obtaining information

General comprehension

Elaborating an
interpretation

Reflecting on and
valuing the text content.

Presenting your work

During the first steps you will follow in order to achieve the objectives,
you will have to use your previous knowledge about led display signs.
The following table represents what your previous knowledge should
be. These questions will also introduce you to the thematic of this
guideline. Answer the questions inside the table:
Previous Knowledge (The letter): checking what you already know
Answer the following questions:

1.

Do you know what a led display sign is? Can you describe one?

2.

Have you ever been to a store that displays its offers through led display signs? Are you
usually attracted to those signs? Do you usually feel tempted to read them?

3.

Where do you usually find led display signs?

4.

What do you think are the purposes of these sings?

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Presentation and comprehension of the

situation (problem).

Read the following situation:

The owner of the famous delicatessen Tasty Ham, Mr. Juan, wants
to optimize the attention of his customers by using an electronic
display that shows the attention number. Besides, Mr. Juan wants
to increase his sales by implementing a better advertising of his
products through an electronic display which shows messages
containing offers of his products. The purpose of this display is to
attract more customers.
In order to do this, Mr. Juan must consult with the telecommunications technician. Mr. Juan requests the technician to install the
display inside his delicatessen and to explain how the led display
sign works for him to control it. Mr. Juan needs to know how the
electronic sign works and what advantages it might have for his
delicatessen.

Our first step towards resolving the

following situation is to check your
understanding of the same and exploit
the text to extract important vocabulary
from it. In this first part named
Presentation and comprehension of the
situation (problem), you will have to work
with activities aiming at understanding
what Mr. Juan has to know and do in
order to solve his problem.

1. Underline vocabulary you think is relevant to understand the

situation and make a list of these items.

2. Now that you have read and underlined some important concepts
in the text, share your concepts with your classmates.
3. Read the text again and identify general ideas about the text.
Topic

Answer

CONTEXT
Who is Mr. Juan?

Where does he work?

What does Mr. Juan want to install in his delicatessen?

What does Mr. Juan want to achieve by installing the

system? What is the purpose of this system?

Why does Mr. Juan have to consult a technician?

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Now that you have already identified

relevant information regarding Mr.
Juans problem, lets try to see if you
can find information on your own. In
this section of the activities, you will
have to go to internet, a very useful
tool to search for information, and
look for a definition and characteristics of led display signs in order to
understand what Mr. Juan needs for
his delicatessen. Read carefully the
following activities and do your best!

Looking for internet information on Led

Display Signs.

4. Go to www.google.com and search for information on led display

signs. Look for two different definitions and try to find out some
advantages that this product has.
Definition 1:

Definition 2:

Advantages of a led display sign:

5. Go to http://ezinearticles.com/?id=1396562 and look for

information in order to answer the following questions:
a. What is a Led Module?

b. What is a led cabinet?

c.

What is a led display?

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Proposing a possible solution for the

problem

6. Answer the following questions.

a. What do you think Mr. Juan needs to know in order to make the
decision of installing a led display sign?

Now that you have an idea of what a led

display sign is and some advantages that
this electronic tool has, its time to use
the information you already have. Do
you think the Display is going to be useful for Mr. Juans delicatessen? What do
you think Mr. Juan should know about
this sign in order to make the decision of
install it? These are some of the questions
you will have to answer during your work
on this section of the guideline.

b. Do you think the display is going to be useful for Mr. Juan? Why?

c. Imagine you are the technician Mr. Juan has hired. Go to www.
google.com and find a model of a led display sign. Explain Mr.
Juan the specific characteristics this model of led display sign has.
Include a picture of the sign and send him an email explaining the
information you have found.

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Congratulations! You have come to the
point in which your proposal is going to
be validated through the comments your
teacher will make in terms of the information you got about the led display sign.
The teacher will conduct an expository
class and you will learn about the special
characteristics this electronic device has
and how to install it and use it. Listen to
the information carefully because you will
have to compare it with your own information.

Expository lesson on Led Display Signs.

7. Listen to your teacher talking about the characteristics of a led

display sign. Pay attention to the explanation and compare it with
your information about the displays.

What are Led Displays

The variable message displays with LED technology are electronic tools for the visual
communication, controlled by a CPU. These devices are able to memorize and visualize
dozens of informative and advertising messages, in several formats and different
timing.
In the last few years the world of LED visualization faced an impressive revolution. This
technology made available even for small and medium businesses a fundamental
advertising tool, able to visualize high impact promotional messages.
LED technology improved drastically in the past decades. Particularly in the past 5
years new production techniques have been developed to increase LEDs brightness
and reduce the decay. All these innovations allow LED bright signs to keep functioning
for over 10 years without changing the LEDs.

What are the advantages of led displays?

Variable message displays can memorize up to 100 informative and promotional
messages, easy to schedule.
Luminous notice boards can transmit variable messages while customers pass by,
allowing a higher flexibility in communication with the public.
The great flexibility of bright display allows to advertise products and special offers
and at the same time to broadcast information of public interest.
The effectiveness of a variable message sign is not affected by the space and the
surface available as the traditional static signs.
Luminous boards act as a street vendor, attracting potential customers and leading
them into the shop.
It is possible to change the messages visualized in case it is necessary to provide
information to a specific category of customers. This function can result very useful
during events and shows to offer a service of public interest.
In some models of LED bright boards it is possible to broadcast logos and 3D
images, in the order and with the timing defined by the shops owner.

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What are some types of led displays?

Building Installations:
These types of variable message signs are installed on roofs, facades and parapets.
Usually they are installed in parallel or perpendicularly to the buildings facade.
Independent installations:
These bright signs are usually installed on streets and highways or squares, and they
are framed into a structure fixed to the ground. This carrying structure can be painted
and decorated in order to match the surrounding environment.
Indoor installations:
Variable message signs are available also in the indoor use version. Ideal for shopping
malls, cinemas, theaters, show rooms and congress centers, they can be installed on
walls or have a standing structure.

How do Led Displays work?

Basics:
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are a modified form of semiconductor diode--that is, a
device that allows current to flow in one direction while blocking it in the other. Made
of a semi conductive material, smaller than traditional lighting sources and using less
energy, LEDs can produce light of all colors and outside the visible light spectrum.
Function:
In LEDs, as in other diodes, output is created by electron/hole interactions at a positivenegative (p-n) junction (composed of the positive anode and negative cathode).
Electrons emitted by electrodes are drawn to the p-n junction. Light energy (photons)
is released by electrons falling into lower energy levels via holes, which are defined as
the absence of electrons.

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In this section of the sequence of
activities, you will work with the information your teacher presented in
order to completely understand its
characteristics and advantages.

Obtaining information.

8. Answer the following questions using the information your

teacher explained during the expository class. You can use your
notes and the written information you have in your guideline.
a. Write down a short definition of led displays using your own words.

b. Why is it said that led displays are considered to be a fundamental

advertising tool?

c. Prepare a summary of the advantages led displays have for small

or big companies. Pay attention to the bold letters contained in the
text you have written in your guideline.

d. What are building installations led signs? Where are they installed?

e. What are independent installations led displays? Where are they

installed?

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f.

What are indoor installations led displays? What are these displays
ideal for?

g. What basic information can you give regarding how led displays
work?

h. What is the function of led displays?

6 General comprehension.
9. Prepare a Mind Map in order to summarize what you have learned
about led displays. Use the information contained in the written
text about led displays.

Now that you have already read and

understood some important information from the expository class on led
displays your teacher presented you
will continue working with general
ideas and information by answering
general questions related to the led
displays and their purpose.

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In this section of the sequence of
activities you will be guided towards
an interpretation of some aspects the
information your teacher presented.
You will need to go back to the problem you read at the beginning of
this guideline and relate the information you have to Mr. Juans idea of
installing this led display sign.

Elaborating an interpretation.

10. Answer the following questions:

a. Do you think Mr. Juan needs to be aware of the information you
got from the expository class? Do you think he needs to know
what a led display is and how it works in order to make the correct
decision of installing one?

b. What else do you think Mr. Juan needs to know if he decides to

install this led display sign in his delicatessen?

8 Reflecting on and valuing the text content.

Now that you have already figured
out what the important aspects of
the led display are, you are ready to
take the next step and find out how to
build a Led Display sign.

11. Read the following instructions and answer the questions below:
These days creating something of your own is the in thing to do. It
is both creative and economic. Get your message across in a bright,
vibrant way. Learn how to make your own LED sign for display. This sign
is for indoor use only as the LED strips are not waterproof.
1. Step 1
Connect the 12v AC Adapter to the LED Strip Power Connector.
Then connect the LED Strip Power Connector to the first Flathead
LED Strip.
2. Step 2
Two LED strips connected using a LED Strip Power Connector
Bend the first strip as your project requires. Using the LED Strip
Mounting Brackets, mount the strip to the mounting board of your
choice. Use mounting brackets as needed.
3. Step 3
Connect the LED Strip Interconnect to the first LED Strip then to
the second LED Strip. Continue to bend the strips as your project
requires using the LED Strip Interconnect to connect each strip to
one another. Remember to use the LED Strip Mounting Brackets to
hold the strips in place as you see fit.

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a. Look up the following words and write down what they mean:

Brackets:

Connector:

Adapter:

Flathead led:

b. Create a diagram to summarize the instructions you have just read.

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This is the last section of the activities
you will have to complete. Besides
understanding the problem, doing
some research in order to solve it,
practicing your written production
and understanding how led display
signs work, it is very important that
you help your classmates by giving
them feedback on their work. With
your help, some of your classmates
may achieve what they did not during their process of learning.

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Presenting your work.

12. Prepare a Power Point presentation with two other friends where
you briefly explain what a led display sign is, its main characteristics, the advantages this tool has and the way it would help to
solve Mr. Juans problem in his delicatessen. Present images to
show what a typical electronic led display looks like. Include information you find in internet regarding how to build a led sign.