This is a series of electronics courses & workshops. You will learn about the basics of electronics and how to analyze circuits. You will learn about passive and basic semiconductor components including how to properly work with LEDs. Additional classes will cover transistors and FETs, linear and switching power-supplies, datasheets, and operational amplifiers. All these workshops include a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises.
Electronics Basics 1: Rudiments
- Ohms law
- Power law
- Circuit analysis
- Loads
- Voltage dividers
- Passives: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors
- Voltage and current sources
Electronics Basics 2: Diodes & LEDs
- Semiconductor basics
- Diodes: rectifier, schottky, zener, flyback
Electronics Basics 3: Transistors & FETs
- Semiconductor theory
- Transistors as amplifiers
- Transistor switches
- Field-effect transistors
Electronics Basics 4: Power-Supplies
- Basic power supplies
- AC-to-DC conversion
- Linear-regulated power supplies
- Voltage dividers
- Diode drops
- Switching power supplies
- Buck/boost/inverting/sepic power supplies
- Voltage multipliers
Electronics Basics 5: Datasheets
- Marketing vs. actual specs
- Gotchas
- Sample circuits
- App notes
- Other docs
Electronics Basics 6: Operational Amplifiers
- Basic concepts and operation
- Building blocks
- Practical circuits
- Selecting op-amps
Electronics Basics 7: Digital Circuits
- Introduction to digital circuits
- Logic levels
- Digital gates
- Truth tables
- State
- State diagrams
- Common logic levels
- Schmitt triggers
- Logic probes and analyzers
- Pull-ups and pull-downs
- Tri-state logic
- Open-collector & open-drain outputs
- Busses
- Comparators
- Analog to digital conversion
- Digital to analog conversion
Electronics Basics 8: Sensors and Sensing
- Introduction to sensors and how to sense things going on around you