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General Electronics Course

Name: General Electronics Course
Price: 222 USD

Master electronics from the ground up — from basic circuit laws to microcontrollers and power supply design. This comprehensive course covers every essential skill a working electronics engineer needs, including analog circuits, digital logic, PCB layout, and hands-on measurement techniques. Whether you're starting fresh or filling critical knowledge gaps, this is the complete technical foundation you've been looking for.

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You will start with the fundamentals of voltage, current, and resistance, then advance through AC circuit analysis, analog amplifier design, and digital logic. You will learn to use bench instruments like oscilloscopes and multimeters to measure and debug real circuits. The course covers microcontroller programming, serial communication protocols, and analog-to-digital conversion for embedded systems. You will also study power electronics, including buck and boost switching regulators and linear voltage regulators. PCB layout, soldering techniques, SPICE simulation, and EMC principles round out your skill set. By the end, you will have the technical knowledge to design, build, test, and document complete electronic systems.

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Course Content

8 Chapters • 40 LessonsDuration between 4 and 360 hours (you decide)

Chapter 1See details

Fundamentals of Electricity and Circuits

Lesson 1 • Atomic Structure and Electric Charge
Explains how atomic structure gives rise to electric charge and electron flow. Establishes the physical basis for all subsequent circuit concepts.
Lesson 2 • Voltage, Current, and Resistance
Defines the three core electrical quantities and their units. Connects these quantities through Ohm's Law as the chapter's central relationship.
Lesson 3 • Power and Energy in DC Circuits
Covers electrical power calculation and energy consumption over time. Prepares students to evaluate component ratings and circuit efficiency.
Lesson 4 • Series and Parallel Circuit Configurations
Teaches how components combine in series and parallel arrangements. Students calculate equivalent resistance and current distribution in each topology.
Lesson 5 • Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws
Introduces KVL and KCL as systematic tools for analyzing multi-loop circuits. Extends Ohm's Law analysis to complex networks.

Chapter 2See details

Electronic Components and Their Characteristics

Lesson 1 • Resistors: Types and Applications
Covers fixed, variable, and specialty resistors along with color-code reading. Connects resistor selection to circuit design requirements established in Chapter 1.
Lesson 2 • Diodes: Operation and Applications
Covers p-n junction physics, forward/reverse bias, and diode circuit models. Introduces rectification as the first active-component application.
Lesson 3 • Capacitors: Principles and Types
Explains charge storage, capacitance calculation, and dielectric materials. Introduces RC time constants as a bridge to dynamic circuit behavior.
Lesson 4 • Inductors and Magnetic Components
Describes inductance, magnetic field energy storage, and RL time constants. Establishes the inductive behavior needed for AC and power circuit chapters.
Lesson 5 • Transistors: BJT and MOSFET Basics
Introduces bipolar and field-effect transistors as amplifying and switching devices. Provides the component foundation for amplifier and digital chapters ahead.

Chapter 3See details

Test Equipment and Measurement Techniques

Lesson 1 • Power Supplies and Bench Safety
Covers regulated bench supply operation, current limiting, and safe wiring practices. Establishes lab safety habits required throughout the entire course.
Lesson 2 • Circuit Debugging and Fault Isolation
Introduces systematic fault-finding strategies using the instruments covered in this chapter. Builds diagnostic reasoning applied in every subsequent hands-on lab.
Lesson 3 • Oscilloscope Setup and Waveform Analysis
Teaches triggering, time-base, and vertical scale adjustment for accurate waveform capture. Oscilloscope skills underpin all AC and signal-level measurements in later chapters.
Lesson 4 • Signal Generators and Function Generators
Explains waveform type selection, frequency, amplitude, and offset controls. Provides the stimulus source needed for amplifier and filter testing in later chapters.
Lesson 5 • Digital Multimeter Operation
Covers voltage, current, resistance, and continuity measurement procedures. Correct probe placement and range selection prevent measurement errors in all lab work.

Chapter 4See details

AC Circuit Analysis and Frequency Response

Lesson 1 • Frequency Response and Bode Plots
Introduces transfer functions, gain in decibels, and Bode plot construction. Establishes the frequency-domain framework used in filter and amplifier design.
Lesson 2 • AC Power: Real, Reactive, and Apparent
Distinguishes real, reactive, and apparent power and introduces power factor. Provides the power analysis foundation for transformer and power supply chapters.
Lesson 3 • Resonance in RLC Circuits
Analyzes series and parallel resonance, bandwidth, and quality factor. Resonance concepts directly support filter design and RF circuit chapters.
Lesson 4 • Sinusoidal Waveforms and Phasor Representation
Defines AC waveform parameters and introduces phasor notation for steady-state analysis. Phasors simplify the impedance calculations developed throughout this chapter.
Lesson 5 • Impedance of Reactive Components
Derives capacitive and inductive reactance as frequency-dependent impedances. Extends Ohm's Law to AC circuits using complex impedance.

Chapter 5See details

Analog Amplifier Design and Analysis

Lesson 1 • Small-Signal BJT Amplifier Models
Applies the hybrid-π model to calculate voltage gain, input, and output impedance. Connects DC bias analysis to AC performance prediction.
Lesson 2 • BJT Amplifier Biasing and DC Operating Point
Establishes stable Q-point design using voltage-divider bias networks. Correct biasing prevents distortion and is prerequisite to small-signal analysis.
Lesson 3 • Operational Amplifier Fundamentals
Introduces ideal op-amp properties and the virtual-ground concept for feedback analysis. Op-amp circuits form the basis of signal processing covered in this and later chapters.
Lesson 4 • Amplifier Frequency Response and Stability
Analyzes gain-bandwidth product, dominant poles, and feedback stability margins. Prepares students to design stable amplifiers with controlled bandwidth.
Lesson 5 • MOSFET Amplifier Configurations
Extends amplifier analysis to common-source, common-drain, and common-gate MOSFET stages. Highlights MOSFET advantages in high-impedance and switching applications.

Chapter 6See details

Digital Electronics and Logic Design

Lesson 1 • Combinational Logic Circuit Design
Applies Karnaugh maps and sum-of-products minimization to design efficient combinational circuits. Covers encoders, decoders, multiplexers, and adders as practical examples.
Lesson 2 • Boolean Algebra and Logic Gates
Introduces Boolean theorems, De Morgan's laws, and standard gate implementations. Boolean simplification reduces hardware complexity in combinational designs.
Lesson 3 • Sequential Logic and Flip-Flops
Introduces SR, D, JK, and T flip-flops as memory elements for sequential circuits. Flip-flop behavior is the building block for counters and registers.
Lesson 4 • Number Systems and Binary Arithmetic
Covers binary, octal, hexadecimal, and BCD representations and arithmetic operations. Provides the numerical foundation for all digital logic and microcontroller chapters.
Lesson 5 • Counters, Registers, and State Machines
Designs synchronous and asynchronous counters, shift registers, and finite state machines. Prepares students for microcontroller peripheral understanding in the next chapter.

Chapter 7See details

Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems Basics

Lesson 1 • Serial Communication Protocols
Introduces UART, SPI, and I2C protocols for microcontroller peripheral communication. Serial interfaces connect microcontrollers to sensors, displays, and other devices.
Lesson 2 • Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion
Covers ADC resolution, sampling rate, reference voltage, and DAC output techniques. Bridges analog sensor signals to digital processing in embedded systems.
Lesson 3 • Microcontroller Architecture Overview
Describes CPU core, memory types, clock system, and bus architecture of a typical microcontroller. Connects digital logic concepts to programmable hardware implementation.
Lesson 4 • GPIO and Digital I/O Programming
Covers pin configuration, input/output modes, and pull-up/pull-down resistors for GPIO control. GPIO is the simplest peripheral and the entry point for all hardware interaction.
Lesson 5 • Timers, PWM, and Interrupts
Explains timer modes, PWM generation, and interrupt service routines for time-critical tasks. Timers and interrupts enable responsive, real-time embedded applications.

Chapter 8See details

Power Electronics and Regulated Power Supplies

Lesson 1 • Power Supply Testing and Protection
Covers output voltage accuracy, ripple measurement, and overcurrent and overvoltage protection circuits. Validates supply performance and ensures safe operation in end-use equipment.
Lesson 2 • Linear Voltage Regulators
Covers Zener shunt regulators and three-terminal IC linear regulators for low-noise DC outputs. Linear regulators provide simple, low-ripple regulation for sensitive analog circuits.
Lesson 3 • Feedback Control and Regulation Loop
Explains error amplifier, voltage reference, and compensation network in a closed-loop supply. Stable feedback ensures tight output regulation under load and line variations.
Lesson 4 • Switching Regulator Topologies
Introduces buck, boost, and buck-boost converter operation and duty-cycle control. Switching regulators achieve higher efficiency than linear regulators for power-critical designs.
Lesson 5 • Rectifier and Filter Circuit Design
Analyzes half-wave, full-wave, and bridge rectifiers with capacitive filtering. Establishes the unregulated DC stage that precedes all regulator designs.

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This course is for you:

Hobbyist makers: ready to move beyond kits into original circuit designs.
Career changers: transitioning into electronics from unrelated technical backgrounds.
Mechanical engineers: expanding their skill set to include electronic system design.
STEM students: seeking practical depth beyond what classroom labs typically provide.
Technicians: aiming to advance from repair work into full engineering roles.
Entrepreneurs: building hardware products who need to own their electronic design process.

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