Crash Course Electronics and PCB Design (Udemy.com)

A 112 hour electronics course that starts at the electron and ends with three real printed circuit boards laid out in Altium CircuitMaker. The syllabus shows 161 lectures across nine sections, and the biggest block, about 33 hours, is a single Electrical Engineering 101 run. The topic list runs from Ohm's Law through circuit analysis, AC and DC, filters, amplifiers, transistors and FETs. It suits patient self-learners, embedded developers who need the hardware side, and engineering students who want to see the whole major before they start. It is not a quick PCB tutorial. The requirements say as much: many one hour lectures, a breadboard and parts, and a lot of patience.

Andre LaMothe is the draw. Reviewers say he explains hard math and physics clearly and praise the hands-on side, and the description promises every circuit worked on the board, simulated in Proteus, then built on camera. One 62 year old student wrote that after two months the RCL and AC theory finally clicked. A working electrical engineer called it the best course he has taken. The complaints are fewer but real. One reviewer found the early physics confusing without high school physics, another could not find descriptions of what the section 8 projects actually do, and the bundled textbook is over 20 years old. A one star review calls it disorganised and points to free YouTube instead.

Value depends on how much someone wants. With 120,000 students, a 4.7 rating from over 19,500 reviews and a refresh in July 2026, the numbers back it up. Expect to buy parts and a breadboard to get the full benefit. For the whole path from Ohm's Law to manufacturing files, this is the one to take. For PCB layout alone, it is a long road to get there.