The Starting Line
  • Setup, Installation and Getting Things Ready to Roll
Introduction to Electronics
  • Course Overview
  • Intro to Electronics and Meet the Parts
  • Digital Concepts Primer, Units and Hands On
  • Atomic Theory and other Spooky Phenomena
  • Understanding Current and Voltage
  • Understanding Current and Voltage - Part II
  • Series and Parallel Batteries and Circuit Analysis Teaser
  • Into the Abyss with AC/DC
  • Ohm's Law and Just a "Bit" of Power
  • Ohm's Law Deep Dive and Basic Circuit Analysis - Part I
  • Ohm's Law Deep Dive and Basic Circuit Analysis - Part II
  • Deciphering Resistor Color Codes and Meet the Capacitor
  • Inductors: Be Afraid...Very Afraid
  • Transformers - There's More to Inductors than Meets the Eye!
  • Manipulating Current with Diodes
  • "Manipulating Current with Diodes - Part II
  • Manipulating Current with Diodes - Part III
  • Switching States with Transistors
  • Switching States with Transistors - Part II
  • Switching States with Transistors - Part III
  • Understanding the Alien Language of MOSFETS
  • Understanding the Alien Language of MOSFETS - Part II
  • Tools of the Trade
  • Tools of the Trade - Part II
  • Tools of the Trade - Part III
Advanced Circuit Analysis Techniques and Tools
  • Real DC Circuit Analysis
  • Kirchhoff's Laws and a Dash of Common Sense
  • Kirchhoff and Ohm vs. Basic Circuits
  • Voltage Dividers Up Close and Personal
  • Simulating Circuits with SPICE
Electrical Engineering 101 - And Here Comes the Crash Course Part...Buckle Up!
  • Game Plan for Section 4.0
  • All About Mechanical Switches
  • Fun and Games with POTentiometers
  • Capacitors and AC Coupling
  • Working with Series and Parallel Capacitor Networks
  • Getting to Know RC Circuits
  • Exploring the Dark Side with Inductors
  • RC Circuit Review, Simulation with Matlab and Finally RL Derivations
  • Understanding I and V in RC and RL Circuits with E.L.I. and I.C.E.
  • Fire all Phasors - Reactance and the Math Behind Phasor Representations
  • Easing into Complex Impedance with Phasor/Reactance Diagrams
  • Imaginary Number Primer and Complex Phasors
  • Putting Complex Impedance to Work with RC Analysis, Simulation, and Bench Model
  • Phasor Analysis of an RL Voltage Divider Circuit
  • Using RL Circuits and Impedance Analysis to Illustrate Low and High Pass Filters
  • Bonus Round - Plugging AC Line Voltage in an RC Circuit
  • Frequency Domain Analysis of a Low Pass Filter
  • What's Up with Decibels and all this dB, dBm, and dBv Stuff?
  • Hands on with Low Pass Filters and Frequency Response
  • Going to the Bench with High Pass Filters
  • The Dreaded Inductor - Round 1: Low Pass Filters
  • The Dreaded Inductor - Round 2: High Pass Filters
  • Building the Low/High Pass Filters
  • Diodes Reviewed and Starter Applications
  • Understanding Zener and Schottky Diodes plus Simple Voltage Regulators
  • Half Wave and Full Wave Diode Experiments on the Bench
  • Diode Experiments on the Bench - Part II
  • Schottky Diode Experiments and Logic Gate Implementation
  • Introduction to Voltage Regulators and Power Supply Design
  • Power Supply Primer
  • Building a 5V Power Supply...LM7805 Style
  • Adding 3.3V to our Power Supply Design
  • Taking our Power Supply Offline with a Transformer
  • Wiring up the Transformer to our Power Supply
  • Get the Noise Out! Introduction to Power Supply Filtering
  • Circling Back to Transistors...A 15 Minute Refresher Course
  • Introduction to Transistor Amplifier Circuits and Models
  • Transistor Biasing, Current Amplifiers and Voltage Regulation
  • Small Signal Transistor Amplifiers
  • Common Emitter Amplifier Design
  • Hard Core Analysis of the Common Emitter Amplifier
  • Transistor Motor Driver Bench Experiment and Noise Reduction
  • Current and Voltage Regulation Experiments
  • Building a Practical Audio Voltage Amplifier
  • Crossing the Threshold from Analog to Digital Electronics
  • Retro TTL Build! - Inverter, AND, NAND, OR, NOR
  • Temporal Manipulation and Clock Oscillators
  • Timing Circuit Theory and Building Clocks with XTALs and Oscillators
  • It's all about the 555 Baby!
Introduction to Digital Logic Systems, Boolean Algebra, Timing Diagrams and TTL
  • Boolean Algebra, Number Systems, and 100% Digital Electronics
  • Boolean Algebra and DeMorgan's Laws
  • Logic Families, Data Sheets, and Digital Signal Properties
  • Slaying the Dragon with Timing Diagrams
  • Integrated Circuit Packaging and a Walk Through History
  • Binary Mathematics Primer and the Full Adder
  • Mixing Logic Families and TTL/CMOS Interfacing Considerations
  • Circuit Fabrication Technique Review
Taking Digital to the Next Level with Small, Medium, and Large Scale Integration
  • Getting to Know Basic Integrated Circuits: SSI, MSI, LSI, and VLSI
  • Building Circuits with the 74LS138 3:8 Decoder
  • Intro to LED Display Drivers and the 74LS47
  • Wiring up the 74LS47 on the Bench
  • Switching Things up with Multiplexers
  • Multiplexing Analog Signals on the Bench with the 4051