Introduction to Electronics – The Basics (web book)

A comprehensive course to help you start your adventure in electronics. Solve circuits, simulate, and experiment on the breadboard.

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Book information 2 Lectures

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Front matter

Table of contents

Review of software and hardware tools used 2 Lectures

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Course Overview and Objectives

Review of software and hardware tools used

Electric circuits, electricity, signals 6 Lectures

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What are electronic circuits?

What is electricity?

Key principles in electronics

Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC) circuits

Analog and Digital Electronics

Introduction to electronic components and tools

Fundamentals of electrical circuits 4 Lectures

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Introduction to Ohm’s Law

Power Calculations using Watt’s Law

Series and parallel resistor circuits

Voltage and current dividers

Prototyping on a breadboard and a multimeter 2 Lectures

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Breadboarding basics

How to use a multimeter

Section 5: Circuit Theorems and Analysis 7 Lectures

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Kirchhoff’s Law

Superposition Theorem

Thévenin’s Theorem

The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem

Norton’s Theorem

Mesh Analysis

Nodal Analysis

Capacitors and RC circuits 3 Lectures

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Capacitor basics

Capacitors in series and parallel

RC circuits

Inductors 7 Lectures

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Introduction to inductors

Uses of inductors in circuits

Types of inductors and construction

Inductors vs capacitors

Resistor-Inductor (RL) circuits

Measuring inductance

Experiments

Signal Analysis and Measurement 6 Lectures

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Basics of signals

Using the the oscilloscope

The Function Generator

Resistors in AC circuits

Capacitors in AC circuits

Inductors in AC circuits

Experiments with resistors, capacitors and inductors 7 Lectures

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E1 – Exercise: Ohm’s Law and Resistors in series

E2 – Exercise: Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law and Parallel Circuit Analysis

E3 – Exercise: RC Time Constant

E4 – Exercise – Voltage Divider Circuit Design: Generating 3.3V from a 5V Input

E5 – Exercise – Extended voltage divider exercise

E6 – Exercise – Voltage Division and Basic Filtering with Resistors and Capacitors

E7 – Exercise – Understanding Inductive Reactance in a Series R-L Circuit

Introduction to Electronics – The Basics (web book)

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