Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
0 Hour(s) 2 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Andre LaMothe
Rating
Course Overview
Learn Analog / Digital Electronics and PCB Design from the Ground up with Altium CircuitMaker and Labcenter Proteus
Crash Course Electronics was designed for one thing -- to take you from mystery to mastery in Electronics and PCB Design. This massive course was custom made for those interested in learning electronics from the ground up that wish to leverage that knowledge to build actual printed circuit boards (PCBs). There is no other course like this in existence that has the depth and breadth of Crash Course Electronics. The course starts with atomic physics and the electron, before you know it you are learning Ohm's Law, circuit analysis, AC, DC, complex impedance, RC and RL circuits, filters, amplifiers, transistors, FETs, analog and digital theory -- too much to list here!
But, unlike other courses that are highly technical and math based. Crash Course Electronics was designed to be taken as a journey with the instructor. Each lecture building on the last, each new concept like a new puzzle approached in many different ways. The most complex topics and mathematical concepts are distilled down into understandable lectures and we have a lot of fun doing it! I had to learn this stuff at one point and remember how hard it was, so I approach each lecture as if we are both learning for the first time and make no assumptions about what you know or don't know.
As we progress through the lectures, expect to see every circuit and idea worked out on the black board, virtually simulated (with Labcenter Proteus), and built by hand right in front of your eyes in high def, ultra clean video and audio. Not only will you learn all the theory and practical aspects of Electrical Engineering, but my 35+ years of experience with electronics will be downloaded to your brain with countless real-world tips and tricks that will take you from a hobbyist to a deep understanding of the subject matter.
Then when we have all the basic electronic theory under our belts, buckle in for something you have never seen -- we will build, not one, not two, but three complete products! We will talk about the design, the motivation, look up parts, background information, and then design the circuits together like colleagues, lay them out in Altium CircuitMaker, route them, verify and produce manufacturing files. If that wasn't enough, we will take those files and go out on internet and send them to a number of online manufactures and get them ready for production, all you have to do is hit SUBMIT!
Last, but not least -- the course is based on my college text book "Design Your Own Video Game Console" aka "The Black Art of Video Game Console Design" -- this 800+ page book is included free of charge (the PDF version) with the course. Although, we won't be talking about game consoles in this course, we will be using the text for its theory, electrical engineering and PCB design chapters.
Course Content
- 9 section(s)
- 161 lecture(s)
- Section 1 The Starting Line
- Section 2 Introduction to Electronics
- Section 3 Advanced Circuit Analysis Techniques and Tools
- Section 4 Electrical Engineering 101 - And Here Comes the Crash Course Part...Buckle Up!
- Section 5 Introduction to Digital Logic Systems, Boolean Algebra, Timing Diagrams and TTL
- Section 6 Taking Digital to the Next Level with Small, Medium, and Large Scale Integration
- Section 7 Printed Circuit Board Design and Technology with CircuitMaker
- Section 8 Graduating to Design Engineer: CircuitMaker Fundamentals and Real-World Projects
- Section 9 Crash Course Bonus Lectures
What You’ll Learn
- Students will be able to analyze and construct basic analog and digital circuits. As well as design printed circuit boards, assemble and get them running., Students will be able to leverage this knowledge to build and produce electronic products completely themselves., Students will be able to use numerous CAD and design tools such as schematic entry, PCB layout and routing, circuit simulators, MATLAB, and more., Students will learn how to use basic electronics lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, and more., Students will learn hands on techniques such as circuit construction with solderless breadboards, wire wrapping, and soldering.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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JJ.A. Altamirano
My background: 25yrs+ in IT Short: An excellent course in all areas: teaching style, in depth and breadth, in theory and hands-on. The Professor's knowledge and understanding is impressive. The Professor cares that the students understand the content and is attentive to answering questions. Detailed: Prior to this course, I began my electronics journey by watching youtube videos, but it was discouraging despite my persistence. The problem with such method, is that it is UNstructured and I never knew what came first or where to start and what to learn and in what order. This course builds knowledge from ZERO (perfect for beginners with some high school math) and continues building line upon line. I appreciated the Professor's warning and I echo the same that The course is NOT a short course, but it is just about all encompassing about electronics -- a university level course -- To push to the end I'd say that the student needs to be honestly interested in learning, patient and have the determination to continue till the end. Without hesitation, I'd give Professor LaMothe a higher rating than perfect.
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TTalha Khan
This course is a complete recipe for learning electronics, with a well-balanced mix of theory, mathematics, simulation, and bench practicals. It’s easy to appreciate how much time and effort must have gone into designing such a well-structured course. I truly learned a lot. Thank you for such a detailed and excellent course. I hope you’ll continue updating the bonus lecture section with new developments and advancements in electronics.
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RRussell Bauer
A long and detailed course. The videos are recorded live with minimal editing, which I think is a good thing. You can see the instructor thinking as he goes along, changing his mind what he is doing sometimes while explaining why, making minor mistakes and correcting himself. Also he records part of lecture using a writing board and detailing the circuits, etc. But then he records part as he is implementing the circuit on a breadboard, showing the breadboard layout along with DMM and oscilloscopes readings. So, this course is more like a live course, like you are there in the lab with the instructor as he shows you whiteboard presentation and then actually going and hooking up everything on a breadboard with power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, etc. I think this is much more effective teaching than a really polished, heavily edited videos mostly just showing PowerPoint slides.
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BBilal Samee
In no way replaces an undergrad, but complements it in every way. Here's what stood out to me: - Andre explains lots of basic EE theory AND at a level that's understandable by non-EE/CE students - Andre's course incorporates practical showcase segments AND he also gives his own experience with various real-life aspects of electronics (components, instruments, etc) that you would never learn in EE/CE This course was very worth it.
