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Electronics S1W1: Basic Terminology and Schematic Symbols (Udemy.com)

Intro to Electronics: Learn about bonding, conductors, insulators, terminology & schematic symbols (Semester 1, Week 1)

4.4
356 reviews

Created by: Richard Vannoy II

Last updated February 2017

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What you will learn

  • You will be able to identify atoms as conductors, semiconductors or insulators.
  • You will know why electrical current is the flow of free electrons.
  • You will be introduced to schematic diagrams and and many schematic symbols, and be able to identify several schematic symbols.

How it compares

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  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 39% of them
  • Reviews356#173 of 336 by number of reviews
  • Length2.9 hoursshorter than 73% of them
  • Last updatedFebruary 2017earlier than 96% of them

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Course Description

The course: This course is Week One of an Eight Week section titled "DC Electronics", which is the first semester of an eight semester program. The main topics for this course are: 1. Starting at the atomic level, or, why we need to understand how electricity and electronics are driven by electrons. 2. The three things that make electronics work: ......
Conductors ......
Insulators ......
Semiconductors 3. What is electrical/electronic current? 4. Intro to basic circuit terminology. 5. Overview of many schematic symbols The Semester: (This course is week 1 of this eight week semester.) These are the classes for this eight week semester: 1. Direct Current at the Molecular Level (This class) 2. Electrical Units; Volts, Ohms, Amps and Watts 3. Measuring Equipment 4. Basic DC Circuits; Voltage, Current, Resistance and Power 5. DC Circuit Analysis; Kirchhoff's Laws; Determining Resistance, Voltage, Current and Power in Series and Parallel Resistive Circuits 6. Resistors, Potentiometers, and Rheostats 7. Cells and Batteries 8. Magnetism and Magnetic Devices; Selonoids and DC Motors The Program: This course is part of the first semester, DC Electronics. Future semesters will include AC Electronics, Solid State Electronics (Transistors, FETs, MOSFETs and JFETs), Transistor and OpAmp theory, Communications Theory and Digital Electronics. Who this course is for: This course is appropriate for teens through adults that desire to understand, analyze, design, repair and construct electronic circuits or projects.
People who take electronics courses often go on to become electronics hobbyists, robotics hobbyists, electronics engineers, electronics test technicians or electronics repair technicians.
Read More Beginner Beginner Level product length iconTime: 2.9h

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Instructor Details

Richard Vannoy II

College teacher for:
- Computer programming (Visual Basic, Visual C#, C, C++, Python, Java), database (SQL, Access)
- Electronics: Microcontrollers, Programmable Logic Controllers, basic and intermediate electronics for 20 years. Teaching awards include Instructor of the Quarter (Four Awards), Regional Instructor of the Quarter, Employee of the Year, Employee of the Month (Two Awards)
Ten years employed as computer programmer.
Degrees: A.S. Computer Programming, B.S. Electronics, M.S. Information Technology.
Interests: Arduino, 8051 Assembly Programming, robotics, electronics
Founder and past president of San Diego Robotics Society. Member and guest lecturer Riverside and Long Beach Robotics Societies.

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4.4

356 ratings on Udemy

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By Edmund Melikian on 9/10/2020

Having a great time learning !

By Cameron Deacon on 5/23/2020

This course is great for setting a foundation for understanding the basic principals of electronics and how they work fundamentally. Thoroughly looking forward to the rest of the course!

By Victor Rodriguez on 4/25/2020

So far the instructor has been clear explaining the lessons. The charts have been very helpful and specially the voice over explaining them. Im enjoying the classes. Great work!

By Suzy Mossman on 4/9/2020

Yes, this class was very helpful for beginners.

By Donovan Wright on 1/26/2020

I very much like the detailed explanations.

By Rupert on 1/22/2020

Explanations are good.

By Aaron Rogers on 1/17/2020

Very clear and well presented. Looking forward to the next classes in the series!

By Keith Devlin on 11/9/2019

So far a good ground up class. Building a good foundation of info and instructor doesnt cut corners in trying to teach electronics.

By Thomas Berube on 10/27/2019

Great lesson. Learned a lot about the Anatomy of an Atom and what some components do.
Looking forward to the next lessons. Hope to start building and playing around with Power.

By Neel Bhansali on 10/9/2019

IS NOT CLEAR

By David Cuppy on 10/3/2019

yes so far so good

By Ross Havlick on 9/10/2019

So far I'm really enjoying this class and instructor. He is very efficient, easy to understand and to the point.

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Electronics S1W1: Basic Terminology and Schematic Symbols
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