Electronics Fundation for Engineering, Robot, PLC-Automation (Udemy.com)
Learn electronics from the ground and apply it to industrial automation, robotics, PLC systems, and modern engineering
Created by: Dr. Oscar Rodriguez
Last updated June 2026
What you will learn
- Understand and apply safety rules when working with electronic circuits and devices.
- Understand and apply the principles of design and operation of Direct Current (DC) circuits and devices.
- Understand and apply the principles of design and operation of Alternating Current (AC) circuits and devices.
- Understand and apply the principles of design and operatoin of Digital (Dig) circuitsa and devices.
- Understand and apply the principles of design and operation of Solid State circuits and devices.
- Design and simulate basic DC circuits and applications using virtual software
How it compares
Against the other 335 rated Udemy courses in Engineering on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 13% of them
- Reviews739#116 of 336 by number of reviews
- Length3.6 hoursshorter than 64% of them
- Last updatedJune 2026more recently than 84% of them
Course Description
This course introduces fundamental principles and concepts in electrical and electronics engineering technology including Safety, Direct Current (DC), Alternating Current (AC), Digital, and Solid state electronic circuits.
This course provides lecture notes, videos lectures and quizzes to test your understanding of the concepts presented.
It takes about 2-3 hours to go through all 15 plus course lectures or approximately 15 minutes per lecture.
The course presents a sequence of topics from simple concepts to intermediate ideas. If you always wanted to understand the fundamentals of applied engineering electronics, this course is for you.
Now includes circuit design and computer simulations and by the end of this course, the students will:
Understand Direct Current Circuits.
DC Basic circuits, series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits.
Explain Alternating Current Circuits.
AC DC Basic circuits, series circuits, parallel circuits, series-parallel circuits.
Recall Digital Logic Circuits.
All Basic logic gates: Not, Or, And, Nor, Nand, Xor, XNOR
Remember Solid State Basic Circuits.
Basic diodes types and circuit types.
There is also section reviews to reinforce the concepts presented.
There is also evaluations in the form of quizzes and test to further fix information.
There is also demonstrations and simulation exercises to further understand the concepts studied.
More than 20 video lectures consisting of more than 2 hours of lecture materials.
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
739 Reviews
Dr. Oscar Rodriguez
Oscar “Dr.O” Rodriguez's academic credentials include a combination of international teaching and consulting in engineering and technology. He holds undergraduate degrees in engineering technology (Automation, robotics and instrumentation), a Master's of Science in Electronics & computers, a Specialist and doctoral degree in engineering technology education. Additionally, Dr. Rodriguez holds various technical professional certifications in electronics manufacturing, advanced manufacturing technologies, fiber optics, renewable energy, robotics, and control systems cybersecurity.
He has taught engineering and technology for almost 15 years both at corporate sites and college campuses on both cases using a variety of instructional methods including online and distance as well as computer assisted techniques. Additionally, he has developed and implemented numerous STEM projects in the U.S. and Latin America.
Dr. Rodriguez loves teaching and learning, it is a great way to share with others and keep himself committed to lifelong learning.
He looks forward to serving and sharing with many lifelong learners!
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Reviews
By Steven Cunningham on 4/29/2024
I think there were some content jumps that left me a little confused. There was an entire section that had music and weird lighting, I couldn't hear anything over the music. Other than that, it was a good introduction to some topics.
By Don Ames on 2/20/2019
Enjoyed the review and Dr. Rodriguez's enthusiasm. I gave 4.5 stars mainly because of the graphics; at one point they were partly obscured. Dr. Rodriguez should put his whole Electrical Engineering Technology course on Udemy, there will be interest! Thank you, Dr. Rodriguez, for sharing your knowledge.
By David M Owen on 1/21/2019
I enjoyed the course as a basic introduction. Its allowed me to get a brief overview of this area of study and left me wanting to understand more in depth and precise calculations of the field of Electronics Engineering Technology.
By Jovanni Terefic on 9/14/2018
This course has given me a bit insight of the difference between AC and DC circuit, how the AC converted in DC and gained a good general knowledge of electronic engineering. The course has been delivered eloquently by the instructor and I strongly recommend this course for the person who has no background in electronic engineering. Thanks.
By Deep Singh on 1/5/2018
He is going a little too fast in terms of concepts and understanding. Although the main purpose of taking this course is to review and understand principles in the field of electrical/electronics engineering. I have previously taken courses that help me understand what Oscar is referring to, however sometimes his examples are very broad and he gets off topic.
By Donald Victor on 7/26/2017
I should probably slow down the speed I may be going to fast. Or you could say the lecture instruction is going to fast. I enjoyed your teaching style and will consider your courses in the future. Also the link to the 3D virtual test environment was not supplied and I think this was key to further self study and design projects.
By Tim Gardner on 4/24/2017
Easy to follow along and listen to the instructor. Oscar does a great job explaining everything in an easy to understand way. I learned a lot from this course and will take more of them.
By Divya Vaidhyanathan on 8/7/2016
A great course for the beginners and those who want to brush up their knowledge in electrical and electronics field.. Kudos to the instructor, Dr.Oscar for creating such a course.. thank you!!!
By James T. Edwards on 7/19/2016
I'm from Oklahoma and that is a contributing factor in my ability to understand the Instructor as he speaks. I had hoped to have a little more content than what was presented, although I am sure I will find the information I am seeking on Udemy.
By Brandon E Hampton on 5/3/2016
Instructor is obviously very knowledgeable, however he lacks a customer friendly delivery which should be approved upon in future course. He can be dull and bland in his presentation on several slides, yet overall the course was great.
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Overall Score : 82 / 100






