Intro to Electronics

Not Yet Ready, This Class is Still Pre-Proposal

Summary: A firehouse introduction to analog and digital electronics, for complete novices. Student walks away with a basic electronics kit and enough electronics knowledge to start building simple projects

Pre-Reqs: None

Schedule: Three hours, twice a week for four weeks

Fee: $200 + $100 Materials Fee

Contact: board@makeitlabs.com

Outline:

Week 1:

Basic hands-on electronics

• Voltage and Current

• Frequency

• How to use and read instruments

  • Multimeter

  • Power Supply

  • Oscilloscope

• The basic components and how to identify them

  • Resistors

  • Capacitors

  • Inductors

  • Diodes

  • Transistors

• How to read a circuit diagram

• How to use a breadboard

• How to solder

Project: 

LED 555 blinky

Week 2:

Analog Electronics

• Advanced Transistors

• Basic Filters

• Power supplies and circuits

• Opamps

Project:

AA USB-Charger

Week 3:

Digital: Analog to the X-Treme

• Basic Boolean Logic

• Clocks and Timers

Project:

Binary Calculator

Week 4:

Wrap-up

• Where to buy components

• How to get PCBs made

• Where to learn more