Electronics Training Course

Lesson 1 • Voltage, Current, and Resistance

Defines the three fundamental electrical quantities and their units. Connects measurable quantities to real circuit behaviour.

Lesson 2 • Kirchhoff's Laws and Network Analysis

Applies KVL and KCL to multi-loop circuits for systematic solution. Prepares students for complex network problems in later chapters.

Lesson 3 • Series and Parallel DC Circuits

Analyses how components behave when connected in series, parallel, or combined configurations. Develops circuit reduction skills essential for advanced analysis.

Lesson 4 • Electrical Safety and Lab Practices

Introduces shock hazards, safe handling procedures, and proper use of protective equipment. Ensures safe behaviour before hands-on lab work begins.

Lesson 1 • Oscilloscope Fundamentals

Teaches time-domain waveform capture, triggering, and measurement of amplitude and frequency. Essential for analysing AC signals and dynamic circuit behaviour.

Lesson 2 • Signal Generators and Function Generators

Explains how to produce sine, square, and triangle waveforms for circuit testing. Enables students to stimulate circuits and observe responses systematically.

Lesson 3 • Systematic Fault-Finding Methods

Introduces half-split, signal injection, and signal tracing troubleshooting strategies. Builds a structured diagnostic mindset applicable to all circuit types.

Lesson 4 • Digital Multimeter Operation

Covers voltage, current, resistance, and continuity measurement using a DMM. Directly supports component testing and circuit troubleshooting tasks.

Lesson 1 • Transistors: BJT and FET Basics

Introduces bipolar and field-effect transistor structures, terminals, and operating regions. Provides the component knowledge required for amplifier and switching circuits.

Lesson 2 • Resistors: Types and Applications

Covers fixed, variable, and specialty resistors along with colour-code reading and tolerance. Connects component selection to circuit design requirements.

Lesson 3 • Semiconductor Diodes

Introduces P-N junction behaviour, forward bias, reverse bias, and diode types. Establishes the foundation for rectifier and signal-processing circuits.

Lesson 4 • Inductors and Transformers

Covers magnetic field generation, inductance, and mutual coupling in transformers. Prepares students for AC and power supply circuit analysis.

Lesson 1 • Power Factor and AC Power

Distinguishes real, reactive, and apparent power and calculates power factor. Prepares students for power supply and energy-efficiency analysis.

Lesson 2 • Passive Filter Design

Covers low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and band-stop RC and RL filter topologies. Provides practical design skills for signal conditioning and noise rejection.

Lesson 3 • Sinusoidal Waveforms and Phasors

Defines amplitude, frequency, phase, and RMS values of sinusoidal signals. Introduces phasor notation as a tool for simplifying AC calculations.

Lesson 4 • Impedance of R, L, and C Elements

Derives inductive and capacitive reactance and combines them into complex impedance. Extends DC circuit analysis methods to AC using impedance as a unified quantity.

Lesson 1 • Zener Diode Voltage Regulation

Explains Zener breakdown, shunt regulator design, and load regulation limits. Introduces the simplest form of voltage regulation before IC regulators.

Lesson 2 • Clipper and Clamper Circuits

Analyses diode clipping and clamping action on waveform shape and DC level. Builds signal-shaping skills used in communication and protection circuits.

Lesson 3 • Linear IC Voltage Regulators

Covers fixed and adjustable three-terminal regulator ICs, heat sinking, and protection. Enables students to design regulated supplies for practical applications.

Lesson 4 • Half-Wave and Full-Wave Rectifiers

Analyses single-diode and bridge rectifier topologies and their output waveforms. Establishes the AC-to-DC conversion foundation for power supply design.

Lesson 1 • FET Amplifier Circuits

Covers JFET and MOSFET biasing, transconductance, and common-source gain calculation. Provides design skills for high-input-impedance and low-noise amplifier stages.

Lesson 2 • Small-Signal BJT Amplifier Analysis

Uses the hybrid-pi model to calculate voltage gain, input, and output impedance. Connects DC bias design to AC small-signal performance prediction.

Lesson 3 • Amplifier Frequency Response

Analyses low-frequency and high-frequency cutoff caused by coupling and junction capacitances. Enables students to predict and extend amplifier bandwidth.

Lesson 4 • Common-Base and Common-Collector Configurations

Analyses CB and CC (emitter-follower) amplifier characteristics and typical applications. Expands the student's amplifier design toolkit beyond the common-emitter stage.

Lesson 1 • Inverting and Non-Inverting Amplifiers

Derives closed-loop gain formulas for both configurations using negative feedback. Provides the most widely used op-amp circuit topologies for signal amplification.

Lesson 2 • Ideal Op-Amp Characteristics

Defines infinite gain, infinite input impedance, and zero output impedance assumptions. Establishes the ideal model used to derive all basic op-amp circuit equations.

Lesson 3 • Integrators, Differentiators, and Active Filters

Analyses op-amp integrator and differentiator behaviour and active filter topologies. Connects mathematical operations to practical signal-shaping and filtering circuits.

Lesson 4 • Summing, Difference, and Instrumentation Amplifiers

Covers weighted summing, differential subtraction, and high-CMRR instrumentation amplifier circuits. Extends op-amp skills to sensor signal conditioning and mixing applications.

Lesson 1 • Number Systems and Boolean Algebra

Covers binary, hexadecimal, and BCD representations and Boolean simplification techniques. Provides the mathematical foundation for all digital logic design.

Lesson 2 • Embedded Programming and Sensor Interfacing

Covers writing, compiling, and flashing basic C programmes to read sensors and control outputs. Enables students to create functional embedded applications on real hardware.

Lesson 3 • Combinational Logic Circuits

Designs adders, multiplexers, decoders, and encoders using standard logic gates. Builds practical combinational circuit design skills from Boolean expressions.

Lesson 4 • Microcontroller Architecture and I/O

Introduces CPU, memory, GPIO, timers, and communication peripherals of a typical microcontroller. Connects digital logic concepts to embedded system hardware.