Electricity & electronics - Robotics, learn by building
Teaching & Academics / Engineering

Electricity & electronics - Robotics, learn by building

Over 31,000 enrolled! Open career opportunities and have fun learning electronics focused

0 Students Enrolled
Intermediate
English
This Course Includes:
  • 6h 37m
  • 62 Lectures
  • 98 Downloadable Assets
  • Full Lifetime Access
  • Access On Mobile And Tv
  • Certificate On Completion

Overview

What will students learn in your course?
  • develop and build analog electronics circuits
  • you will build multiple circuits from sound buzzers to bionics where we actually control a servo motor by reading signals from your muscles
What are the requirements or prerequisites for taking your course?
  • Basic math skills, as well as some basic tools and electronic parts (parts & tools list is in the first lesson)
Who is the course for?
  • Intended for beginners and those with some experience in electronics and hobby robotics
Description

Course Content

  • 1 Sections
  • 62 Lectures
  • 6h 37m Total Length
Section 1
Even basic electricity can be complicated and fun

Even basic electricity can be complicated and fun

Time 6h 37m
Lectures 62
DC electricity
0:06:12
AC electricity
0:06:54
Bonus lesson - AC with DC voltages
0:03:41
Ohm's law and power
0:09:13
Using multimeters
0:09:13
Resistors
0:03:41
Schematic diagrams and resistors in parallel
0:03:41
Variable resistors
0:03:41
Capacitors
0:06:12
Diodes & LED's
0:09:13
Test your skillz - Quiz #1: Electricity & basic electronic components
0:06:54
Breadboarding and hooking up LED's and diodes
0:06:54
Bonus lesson: Broken power strips in breadboards
0:06:54
Microchips, and introduction to the 555 timer
0:09:13
Troubleshooting
0:03:41
Bonus lesson: Selecting a resistor to use with a diode
0:06:54
555 astable mode tone generator
0:09:13
Voltage dividers & Voltage Controlled Oscillators
0:07:30
555 Siren circuit
0:09:13
Inductors
0:09:13
Important ratings of resistors, capacitors and inductors
0:07:30
Switches and relays
0:06:54
Transistors: An introduction
0:03:41
Heat sinks
0:03:41
MOSFET transistors
0:06:54
Servo motors & controller circuit
0:06:12
Servos with variable resistors
0:03:41
The H-bridge
0:03:41
How servos work/Building your own servos
0:07:30
Continuous rotation servos - hacking servo motors
0:06:12
Test your skillz - Quiz #2: Electricity & basic electronic components
0:07:30
Dual power supplies and that mysterious ground
0:06:54
Transistor amplifiers, Part I
0:06:54
Transistor amplifiers, Part II: The "perfect" amplifier
0:06:12
Operational Amplifiers: Introduction
0:09:13
LM386 Audio amplifier
0:07:30
Differential and instrumentation amplifiers - bionics
0:06:54
Muscle sensing & controlling servos with your muscles - troubleshooting
0:03:41
Single supplies for Op-amps
0:09:13
Frequency Amplification/Colour Organ
0:09:13
RGB LED's and colour sensing
0:03:41
Optoelectronics
0:06:12
Zener Diodes
0:06:12
Salvaging electronics
0:07:30
Transformers: More than meets the aye!
0:06:12
Center tapped transformers
0:07:30
RMS?
0:03:41
Power supplies: Building and hacking
0:06:12
Bonus: response to student questions about motor speed and power
0:03:41

About Tutor

Braeden Satterfield
4.67 (6 Reviews)
Courses 1
Biography

Hello Everyone! I am pleased to be your Chinese teacher this year. I am very interested in having your support and working as a team with your family in order to have a very successful school year.

Ratings & Reviews

4.00
1 Reviews
5
4
(1)
3
2
1