Well, I finally got around to finishing the curriculum for a beginning Electronics class. This class will cover a lot of the fundamentals that should be known when designing any type of electronic circuit. DC circuits will be covered here, so no frequency dependent (AC) topics will be touched. Hopefully in the future, I’ll have time to eventually write a followup Intermediate Electronics class that will cover AC circuits.
It will be broken up into two parts, a lecture-ish part with lots of fun whiteboard time and a lab (hands-on) portion:
Lecture Topics:
- Electricity, conductors, and insulators
- Ohm’s Law
- KVL & KCL: Series and Parallel circuits
- Voltage Dividers
- Traditional Circuit Analysis: Mesh Currents & Node Voltage
- Better Analysis Tools: Superposition & Thevenin’s Theorem
- Silicon Diodes and LEDs
Lab Topics:
- DC Circuit Simulation with LTspice (the best analysis tool)
- Learn how to use solderless breadboards
- Build simple circuits using resistors and LEDs
I will be giving away one small electronics “starter kit” consisting of a solderless breadboard, bags of resistors and capacitors, a bunch of jumper wires, and a digital multimeter. I’ll most likely dish this kit out by asking a bonus question and giving it away to the first person with the correct answer. Anyway, hope to see you there!
The Details:
- Who: Anyone who knows basic Algebra (Open to the Public)
- When: Sunday, June 29th – 2:00pm to 4:00pm…..or 5pm or 6pm or however long you wanna stay and learn
- Where: 3519 N. Elston – 2nd Floor in the Electronics Lab
- Cost: FREE
