Tech Explorations Basic electronics for Arduino Makers (Udemy.com)

An introduction to electronics to help you make the most from your Arduino or other prototyping platform.

( 50 Reviews )

Created by: Dr. Peter Dalmaris

Produced in 2022

What you will learn

Understand the concepts of voltage, resistance and current
Use Ohm's Law to calculate voltage, current and resistance
Use Kirchhoff's Laws to calculate voltage and current
Understand the meaning of and calculate energy and power
Use resistors in various configurations, like in voltage dividers and voltage ladders
Read the value of a resistor from its package
Use pull-up and pull-down resistors
Understand the use of capacitors
Use capacitors as energy stores and filters
Calculate the RC time constant of a capacitor
Understand diodes
Measure the voltage drop of a diode
Understand how to use rectifier and zener diodes
Protect a circuit from reverse polarity
Understand how to use a transistor to control low and high power loads
Calculate the currents and base resistor for a bipolar transistor
Use the correct voltage regulator for any circuit

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Course Description

Are you an Arduino maker, able to make things by following how-to guides and are confident with writing or modifying sketches, yet you are not so confident about things like calculating transistor currents, voltage drops and using capacitors as filters?
You are not alone. I have been teaching Arduino and Raspberry Pi topics for years. During this time I have realized that while these platforms are great for helping you to start tinkering with electronics, you will not be able to truly enjoy their power until you have understood basic electronics.
This is what this course is about. It is about helping you achieve a better level of understanding of the basic electronics principles and components that are commonly used in making on platforms like the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi.
I have designed this course for anyone with a basic understanding of electronics, who has already spent time tinkering with Arduinos.
By the end of this course, you will have learned how to use commonly used components found in Arduino projects. You will also have learned how to do the relevant measurements and calculations to help you select appropriate components for your projects.
To complete this course, you will need a few cheap and common components and tools: resistors, capacitors, transistors, LED, diodes, and batteries. You will also need a multimeter, a small breadboard and jumper wires. All of these are probably things that you already have.Who this course is for:

Anyone with minimal experience using an Arduino
Anyone with minimal experience using any prototyping platform
Anyone with a need to brush up their knowledge of basic electronics

Time: 7.5h

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Instructor Details

Dr. Peter Dalmaris

4.7 Rating
50 Reviews

Peter Dalmaris is an educator, electrical engineer, electronics hobbyist, and Maker. Creator of online video courses on DIY electronics and author of three technical books, and has recently released his book Maker Education Revolution.
As a Chief Tech Explorer since 2013 at Tech Explorations, the company he founded in Sydney, Australia, Peter's mission is to explore technology and help educate the world.
Tech Explorations offers educational courses and Bootcamps for electronics hobbyists, STEM students and STEM teachers.
A life-long learner, Peter's core skill is in explaining difficult concepts through video and text. With over 15 years of tertiary teaching experience, Peter has developed a simple yet comprehensive style in teaching that students from all around the world appreciate.
His passion for technology and in particular for the world of DIY open source hardware has been a dominant driver that has guided his personal development and his work through Tech Explorations.
Peter's current online courses have helped over 60,000 people from around the world to be better Makers.
For more information on Peter's work, please go to his web site.

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By Vatsal Hiteshbhai Salla on

The course has everything one needs to get STARTED for building circuits using Arduino. I personally never had confidence in making small circuits and have had forgotten everything that I learned in the past. I have already done my MS and to revise my basics, I would recommend watching this course. However, if you're an EE/CE Engineer, you should refer to other materials along with these lectures in parallel as it is too basic.

By Daniel Frosini on

2nd question on that resistor quiz with 2 power supplies had me very confused, but besides that, I learned a lot.

By Younes Alkhous on

excellent !!!!!. super good explanation . easy to followi learned a lot from this course .

By Ileana Murgueitio on

Very complete and didactic course, thank you so much.

By Damon Doyle on

The course wasn't as basic as I truly needed. I feel more time could be spent on what a specific item is and its use or purpose before we in to seeing how to input the component int o a circuit. Overall I did learn new things so it s worth the time.

By Tim Gardner on

This is a fantastic course for beginning in electronics and also as a refresher for anyone who is already experienced. Peter does an awesome job. I highly recommend Tech Explorations courses.

By Gabriel A. Cardenas on

he is very clear about his explaining the description of the pieces (diodes, resisters, etc) and he talks at good pace tone. Only thing so far (40% thru) is the actual physical circuit setup isnt always clear and i have to do a little trial and error to get wires and resistors etc in the right places. Other thing that would be nice is maybe examples of where and why they are used in real circuits/electronics; that would have been really cool.

By Donald Page on

Peter is great at sharing his knowledge in an enjoyable and easy to understand way.

By Michael Mai on

Good balance of theory and application. My 8th grader loves it!

By Nathan Hepler on

A lot of of good information is introduced here. This course is a good starting point, as it covers many important aspects of electronics. However, if you want to really learn the minute details behind most of the topics, you are going to have to look things up. That's not a bad thing because, in my opinion, this course works at the right kind of pace. You aren't bogged down in the details unless you choose to go digging.

By Robert Burkett on