In this tutorial, we provide the very basic fundamentals and also give you a thorough understanding of the principles and operation of electronic components and devices. This means, as a beginner, you don’t need prior knowledge about electronics to follow along.
In the first chapter, we will cover the basics of electricity and a few terminologies and then we’ll move on to simple, intermediate and advanced electronic components and circuits. The electronic components that we’ll learn about in these tutorials will be used to build simple circuits and projects, this way as a beginner you will be able to know how to apply and use them in real life.
Before we embark on this course, I’ll advise you to buy a starter kit with a few basic electronic components to help you build your own circuits and projects as you follow along with the tutorial series. Alternatively, you could use simulation software such as Proteus Design Suite or EasyEDA, but either way, you’ll get to learn a great deal about electronics.
In this introductory course to Electronics, we are going to cover the following:
Lesson 1: Electricity and how it works
Lesson 2: Circuits basics – Open Vs Closed
Lesson 3: Current – AC Vs DC
Lesson 4: Resistance, Voltage and Current & Ohm’s Law
Lesson 5: Resistors
Lesson 6: Capacitors
Lesson 7: Series and Parallel Circuits
Lesson 8: Multimeters – Continuity, Resistance, Current, Voltage
Lesson 9: Buttons and Switches
Lesson 10: Battery Technology
Lesson 11: Power
Lesson 12: Breadboards
Lesson 13: Diodes
Lesson 14: LEDs
Lesson 15: Relays
Lesson 16: Potentiometers
Lesson 17: Operational Amplifiers (Op-Amps)
Lesson 18: Seven Segment Displays
Lesson 19: Integrated Circuits ICs
Lesson 20: Transistors – PNP & NPN – BJTs
Lesson 21: Inductors
Lesson 22: Oscillators
Lesson 23: Schematics
Lesson 24: Circuit design and measurement
Author: Tum Kurtzman
Computer Engineer, Ugandan Life Hacker, Tech Blogger, YouTuber, Founder & Lead Engineer at SONALABS.ORG... Tum completed his BSc. in Computer Engineering from Makerere University and you can reach him via e-mail at tum@sonalabs.org.