Units of study
- Unit 1 – Fundamentals of programming
- Unit 2 – Problem solving
- Unit 3 – Data representation
- Unit 4 – Hardware and software
- Unit 5 – Computer organisation and architecture
- Unit 6 – Communications
Useful resources
A level: AQA Specification Order – Video Playlist (by Craig’n’Dave https://www.youtube.com/@craigndave )
You can access all of their videos covering the 7516 (AS-level content) and 7517 (A-level content) here. Click the icon in the top right to see the entire playlist.
Finite State Machine Designer – a website designed to help you to easily create FSM diagrams (useful for Unit 2 – Problem solving)
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Finite State Machine Designer – by Evan Wallace
Assembly language (AQA simulator) – This contains a simulator, based on the Little Man Computer and maintained by Peter Higginson, that can be used to allow you to practise your low-level language programming skills for the AQA exam specifications (useful for Unit 5 – Organisation and Architecture)
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