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Free online courseElectronic Circuits Course

Duration of the online course: 43 hours and 25 minutes

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Master electronic circuits with this free course covering electric principles, series and parallel circuits, transformers, and practical circuit analysis.

In this free course, learn about

  • DC Basics and Fundamental Concepts
  • AC Fundamentals and Power Transfer
  • Series and Parallel Components: Resistors and Capacitors
  • Circuit Laws, Dividers, and Measurement
  • Capacitors and Energy Storage Devices
  • Inductors, RL/RC/RLC Circuits, and Filters
  • Network Theorems and Advanced DC Analysis
  • Current, Charge, and Practical Electrical Quantities
  • Systematic Circuit Analysis Methods
  • Diodes, Rectifiers, and LED Circuits
  • Zener Diodes and Protection Circuits
  • Energy Conversion, Boost/Buck, and High Voltage
  • BJTs: Operation, Biasing, and Amplifiers
  • Operational Amplifiers and Audio Circuits
  • Oscillators: LC, RC, Crystal, and 555 Timer
  • Digital Logic and Sequential Circuits

Course Description

Delve into the world of electronic circuits with this comprehensive free online course designed for aspiring electricians and electronics enthusiasts. Covering a wide array of topics, this course provides a solid foundation in understanding the fundamental principles of electrical circuits. Begin with the basics of electric current, voltage, and resistance, and progress to more complex concepts, such as Kirchhoff's laws for circuit analysis and the loop rule.

Explore series and parallel circuits, AC vs. DC dynamics, and learn how to solve diode circuit problems using Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's principles. Discover the nuances of selecting resistor values in LED circuits, and understand electric power and its cost implications through kWh calculations. Analyze maximum power transfer theorems and delve into nodal analysis for efficient electrical circuit comprehension.

Expand your knowledge with topics on transformers, impedance, and capacitive and inductive reactance. Gain expertise in utilizing various electronic components like resistors, capacitors, and diodes, and understand their applications in both series and parallel combinations. From voltage divider principles to Wheatstone bridge circuit solutions, this course explains pivotal techniques for electronic analysis.

Get hands-on experience with practical circuits, such as voltage regulators, power inverters, and capacitor networks. Learn essential tools and measurement techniques with an introduction to multimeters that emphasizes the measurement of voltage, current, resistance, and capacitance.

Discover advanced topics like transistor theory, operational amplifiers, and oscillator circuits to design and troubleshoot basic electronic devices. Unravel the science behind oscillators, phase shift circuits, and explore the implementation of logic gates, truth tables, and Boolean Algebra for determining logical functions and digital circuit design.

Whether you're deeply interested in foundational theories or looking to craft complex circuits, this course equips you with a robust understanding of electronic circuits that paves the way for future exploration and professional growth in the discipline.

Course content

  • Video class: Electric Current 18m
  • Exercise: A 10 V battery is connected across a 500 ohm resistor What power is dissipated by the resistor
  • Video class: Voltage Current and Resistance 19m
  • Video class: Kirchhoff's Voltage Law - KVL Circuits, Loop Rule 23m
  • Video class: Ohm's Law 14m
  • Exercise: Total current from an 18 V source feeding parallel branches of 3 Ω, 6 Ω, and 9 Ω
  • Video class: Series and Parallel Circuits Explained - Voltage Current Resistance Physics - AC vs DC 2h00m
  • Video class: Kirchhoff's Law, Junction 1h17m
  • Video class: How To Solve Diode Circuit Problems In Series and Parallel Using Ohm's Law and KVL 27m
  • Exercise: A 12 V source feeds a forward biased silicon diode with a 0.7 V drop in series with a 5 kΩ resistor. What is the current through the resistor in mA
  • Video class: How To Select The Resistor Value In a LED Circuit Using Ohm's Law 10m
  • Video class: Ohm's Law Formula 03m
  • Video class: Electric Power and The Cost of Electricity Using kWh 08m
  • Exercise: A device draws 2.3 A from a 120 V AC source. What is the electric power delivered?
  • Video class: Maximum Power Transfer Theorem Using Nodal Analysis 15m
  • Video class: Alternating Current vs Direct Current - Rms Voltage, Peak Current 11m
  • Video class: Capacitive Reactance, Impedance, Power Factor, AC Circuits, Physics 12m
  • Exercise: Find the capacitive reactance XC for a 50 µF capacitor at 60 Hz.
  • Video class: Inductive Reactance, Impedance 12m
  • Video class: Transformers Physics Problems - Voltage, Current 17m
  • Video class: 220V AC to 12V DC Converter Power Supply Using Diodes, Capacitors, Resistors 21m
  • Exercise: Full-wave bridge rectifier conduction during the negative half-cycle
  • Video class: Power Dissipation In Resistors, Diodes, and LEDs 15m
  • Video class: Power Zener Diodes as Voltage Regulators - Circuit Analysis 31m
  • Video class: Power Inverters - DC to AC Conversion 08m
  • Exercise: What is the approximate AC output current of a 2000 W inverter with 93% efficiency and 110 V output?
  • Video class: Resistors In Series - The Easy Way! 12m
  • Video class: Equivalent Resistance of Complex Circuits - Resistors In Series and Parallel Combinations 15m
  • Video class: How To Solve Any Resistors In Series and Parallel Combination Circuit Problems in Physics 34m
  • Exercise: A DC source of 60 V drives a circuit with total equivalent resistance of 20 Ω. What is the current delivered by the source?
  • Video class: Equivalent Capacitance - Capacitors In Series and Parallel 12m
  • Video class: Capacitors in Series and Parallel Explained! 11m
  • Video class: How To Solve Any Circuit Problem With Capacitors In Series and Parallel Combinations - Physics 33m
  • Exercise: Capacitors: series vs parallel — which quantity is invariant?
  • Video class: Series RLC Circuits, Resonant Frequency, Inductive Reactance 10m
  • Video class: Resistors In Parallel - The Easy Way! 12m
  • Video class: Finding The Current In a Parallel Circuit With 3 Resistors 11m
  • Exercise: Find current through R1 in a parallel circuit with R1 4 ohms, R2 6 ohms, R3 8 ohms, total current 13 A
  • Video class: Parallel RLC Circuit Example Problem 10m
  • Video class: Kirchhoff's Current Law, Junction Rule, KCl Circuits - Physics Problems 12m
  • Video class: Voltage Divider Circuit Explained! 25m
  • Exercise: In a series divider with Vin = 12 V, R1 = 10 Ω, and R2 = 20 Ω, what is the voltage across R2?
  • Video class: Voltage Divider Bias Circuit 21m
  • Video class: Current Dividers Explained! 15m
  • Video class: How To Solve The Wheatstone Bridge Circuit 11m
  • Exercise: Find the missing resistor in a balanced Wheatstone bridge
  • Video class: How To Solve The Wheatstone Bridge Circuit - Membership 57m
  • Video class: Intro to Multimeters - How To Measure Voltage, Current, Resistance, Capacitance 12m
  • Video class: How Do Capacitors Work? 05m
  • Exercise: What happens when you increase the voltage across a capacitor of fixed capacitance
  • Video class: Capacitors - Basic Introduction - Physics 28m
  • Video class: SuperCapacitors 20m
  • Video class: Voltage Multiplier Circuit Using Diodes and Capacitors 12m
  • Exercise: In an ideal voltage multiplier using a 12 V peak input, the node potentials progress as B = 2×Vin and C = 4×Vin. What is the potential at point D relative to ground?
  • Video class: How To Make a Voltage Regulator Circuit Using Zener Diodes 13m
  • Video class: DC to AC Reverse Polarity Using Capacitors, Inductors 14m
  • Video class: Voltage Controlled Capacitors - Varactor Diodes 15m
  • Exercise: In an LC circuit using a reverse-biased varactor diode, what happens to the resonant frequency when the reverse voltage across the diode is increased?
  • Video class: How To Use a Motor, Inductor 12m
  • Video class: Inductors - What Are They And How Do They Work? 11m
  • Video class: RL Circuits - Inductors 22m
  • Exercise: For a series LR circuit with R = 10 ohms and L = 200 mH, what is the time constant tau
  • Video class: RC Circuits Physics Problems, Time Constant Explained, Capacitor Charging and Discharging 17m
  • Video class: Low Pass Filters and High Pass Filters - RC and RL Circuits 18m
  • Video class: RLC Band Stop Filters and Band Pass Filters 10m
  • Exercise: Behavior of an RLC Band-Stop Filter
  • Video class: Impedance 10m
  • Video class: AC Circuits - Impedance 30m
  • Video class: Norton's Theorem and Thevenin's Theorem - Electrical Circuit Analysis 11m
  • Exercise: Using Norton's theorem, find the load current IL for IN=14.183 A, RN=2.357 Ω, and RL=6 Ω.
  • Video class: Thevenin's Theorem - Circuit Analysis 09m
  • Video class: Superposition Theorem 44m
  • Video class: Basic Electronics For Beginners 30m
  • Exercise: Select the current-limiting resistor for a 9 V source and a 2 V LED at 10 mA
  • Video class: Basic Electronics For Beginners - Membership 1h09m
  • Video class: The Electric Battery and Conventional Current - Introduction to Basic Electricity 11m
  • Video class: What Is Voltage? 11m
  • Exercise: Given VA = 16 V and VB = 9 V across a resistor, what is the voltage across it and the direction of conventional current?
  • Video class: Electron Volt Explained, Conversion to Joules, Basic Introduction 11m
  • Video class: What Is Electric Potential Difference? 05m
  • Video class: What Is Current? 17m
  • Exercise: Total current in a parallel network with 12 V across 2 Ω, 3 Ω, and 4 Ω
  • Video class: What is an Amp? 15m
  • Video class: Volts, Amps 22m
  • Video class: Battery Capacity - Amp-Hours, mAh, and Watt-Hours 18m
  • Exercise: A 12 V battery has a charge capacity of 30 Ah. What is its energy capacity?
  • Video class: Electrical Formulas - Basic Electricity For Beginners 18m
  • Video class: Internal Resistance of a Battery, EMF, Cell Terminal Voltage, Physics Problems 10m
  • Video class: Resistor Color Code Chart Tutorial Review - Physics 10m
  • Exercise: Determine the value of a 4-band resistor with bands yellow, violet, orange, gold.
  • Video class: How To Calculate The Voltage Drop Across a Resistor - Electronics 11m
  • Video class: Voltmeters, Ammeters, Galvanometers, and Shunt Resistors - DC Circuits Physics Problems 12m
  • Video class: Electricity - Basic Introduction 53m
  • Exercise: Current through a 4-ohm resistor with a 12 V source
  • Video class: Wire Gauge - AWG, Amperage, Diameter Size 10m
  • Video class: Node Voltage Method Circuit Analysis With Current Sources 32m
  • Video class: Mesh Current Problems - Electronics 27m
  • Exercise: In mesh current analysis using Kirchhoffs Voltage Law, what sign should you assign when traversing a battery from its negative terminal to its positive terminal?
  • Video class: How To Make an Electromagnet 05m
  • Video class: AC vs DC 07m
  • Video class: RMS Value of AC Circuits 11m
  • Exercise: RMS Voltage from Peak Voltage for a Sine Wave
  • Video class: Resonant Frequency of LC Circuits - Physics 02m
  • Video class: What Is a Diode? 12m
  • Video class: Diode Logic Gates - OR, NOR, AND 22m
  • Exercise: Diode NOR gate: Which input combination turns the LED ON?
  • Video class: Clipper Circuits 17m
  • Video class: Clamper Circuits 19m
  • Video class: Half Wave Rectifiers 14m
  • Exercise: Average DC output of a half wave rectifier with transformer and diode drop
  • Video class: Full Wave Rectifiers 12m
  • Video class: Full Wave Bridge Rectifiers 29m
  • Video class: Capacitor Voltage Booster Circuit 05m
  • Exercise: After charging then reconfiguring capacitors, what is the output voltage?
  • Video class: Voltage Multipliers - Half Wave Voltage Doubler Circuit 11m
  • Video class: Full Wave Voltage Doubler Circuit 06m
  • Video class: LEDs - Light Emitting Diodes - Basic Introduction 10m
  • Exercise: Choose the correct series resistor for a 9 V supply and an LED with 2.2 V forward drop at 10 mA
  • Video class: Potentiometers - Basic Introduction 11m
  • Video class: LED Dimmer Circuit - Brightness Control Using a Potentiometer 05m
  • Video class: Thermistors - NTC 13m
  • Exercise: Effect of temperature on an LED in series with an NTC thermistor
  • Video class: Zener Diodes 11m
  • Video class: How To Make a Solar Cell Using Zener Diodes 05m
  • Video class: 12V LED Battery Level Indicator With Zener Diodes 06m
  • Exercise: Battery indicator with zener referenced branches: four parallel branches each have a 1 kOhm resistor, a reverse biased zener, and an LED in series. Zener voltages for red yellow green blue are 1 V 3 V 6 V 9 V. LED drops are red 2 V yellow 2 V green 3 V blue 3 V. With Vin 9.6 V which LEDs are ON
  • Video class: Reverse Polarity Circuit Protection Using Diodes 08m
  • Video class: High Voltage Surge Protection Transient Suppressor Circuit Using Zener Diodes 10m
  • Video class: AC DC Polarity Tester Circuit Using LEDs - Electronics 05m
  • Exercise: AC vs DC Detection with Anti-Parallel LEDs
  • Video class: Piezoelectric Effect - Using Crystals to Generate Electricity 10m
  • Video class: Boost Converters - DC to DC Step Up Voltage Circuits 10m
  • Video class: A Simple Voltage Booster Circuit Using an Electric Motor 05m
  • Exercise: Calculating Primary AC Voltage in a Step-Up Transformer
  • Video class: 6V DC to 100V DC Voltage Boost Converter Circuit - Electronics 13m
  • Video class: How To Make a 10000V High Voltage Voltmeter 07m
  • Video class: Buck Converter 11m
  • Exercise: In an ideal buck converter with input 12 V and duty cycle 25%, what is the DC output voltage across the load?
  • Video class: RC Band Pass Filters - How To Design The Circuit 25m
  • Video class: Transistors - NPN 30m
  • Video class: BJT Transistors - Electronics Switches and Inverters 16m
  • Exercise: In an NPN switch with VCC 6 V, R1 500 kΩ to the base, VBE 0.6 V, β 200, and a green LED with 2.2 V drop in series with R2 1 kΩ from VCC to collector, emitter at ground, what is the approximate VCE measured by a multimeter
  • Video class: DIY Night Activated LDR Sensor Circuit Using LEDs 12m
  • Video class: Transistor Base Bias Circuits - Finding The DC Load Line 17m
  • Video class: Collector Feedback Bias Circuit 18m
  • Exercise: Collector-Feedback Bias: Base Current Formula
  • Video class: Emitter Feedback Bias Circuit 15m
  • Video class: Bipolar Junction Transistors - Common Emitter Amplifier 11m
  • Video class: Common Collector and Common Base Amplifiers 12m
  • Exercise: Identify the amplifier with high input impedance, low output impedance, and voltage gain slightly less than one.
  • Video class: BJT Transistors - Darlington Pair 11m
  • Video class: Transistor Amplifiers - Class A, AB, B 17m
  • Video class: How To Calculate The Voltage Gain of a Transistor Amplifier 20m
  • Exercise: Approximate voltage gain when RL is very large and RE >> r_e in a common emitter amplifier
  • Video class: Multistage Transistor Audio Amplifier Circuit 25m
  • Video class: Transistor Audio Mixer Circuit 10m
  • Video class: Operational Amplifiers - Inverting 12m
  • Exercise: Given an inverting op amp with Rf = 40 kΩ and Rin = 2 kΩ, what is the closed loop voltage gain?
  • Video class: Summing Amplifiers - Op Amp Circuits 05m
  • Video class: LM386 Audio Amplifier Circuit With Bass Boost and Volume Control 14m
  • Video class: LC Oscillator Tank Circuit 06m
  • Exercise: Energy distribution in an LC tank at maximum current
  • Video class: A Simple Oscillator Circuit 11m
  • Video class: Transistor Oscillator Circuit 10m
  • Video class: LED Flasher Circuit 07m
  • Exercise: Effect of Increasing C1 on LED Flasher Rate
  • Video class: Oscillators 14m
  • Video class: RC Phase Shift Oscillator Circuit Using a NPN Transistor 12m
  • Video class: Wien Bridge Oscillator Circuit Using a 741 Op Amp 10m
  • Exercise: Key conditions for stable sine-wave oscillation in a Wien bridge oscillator
  • Video class: Colpitts Oscillator NPN Transistor Circuit 14m
  • Video class: Hartley Oscillator Circuit 10m
  • Video class: Single Transistor Esaki Oscillator Circuit 11m
  • Exercise: Effect of increasing the resistor R in the Asaki oscillator
  • Video class: Single Transistor LED Flasher Circuit Using Negative Resistance 10m
  • Video class: Negative Resistance In NPN 2N2222A Transistor 19m
  • Video class: Colpitts Crystal Oscillator Circuit 15m
  • Exercise: What primarily sets the output frequency in a Colpitts crystal oscillator that uses a 455 kHz resonator?
  • Video class: Pierce Crystal Oscillator Circuit Using a JFET 17m
  • Video class: 555 Timer IC - Low Frequency Pulse Generator Circuit 24m
  • Video class: LED Blinking Circuit Using 555 Timer 15m
  • Exercise: In a 555 timer LED blink circuit with R1 = 1 MΩ, R2 = 1 MΩ, and C1 = 0.2 μF, what is the theoretical frequency of oscillation?
  • Video class: Voltage Controlled Oscillator Using 555 Timer 10m
  • Video class: 60 Hz Sine Wave Generator Using 555 Timer 17m
  • Video class: 555 Timer Signal Generators - Square Wave to Triangle Wave to Sine Wave Converter Circuit 12m
  • Exercise: Choosing R for RC conversion of a 300 Hz square wave to an approximate triangular wave
  • Video class: Transistor Logic Gates - NAND, AND, OR, NOR 19m
  • Video class: Logic Gates, Truth Tables, Boolean Algebra - Membership 2h11m
  • Video class: 3 Input Logic Gates With Truth Tables - AND, NAND, OR 11m
  • Exercise: Three-Input NAND Gate Low Output Condition
  • Video class: SR Latch Circuit - Basic Introduction 20m
  • Video class: SR Latch Circuit Using NAND Gates 11m
  • Video class: SR Flip Flop Circuit With NAND and NOR Gates 13m
  • Exercise: SR Flip-Flop: Effect of Clock = 0
  • Video class: JK Flip Flop - Basic Introduction 32m
  • Video class: Solar Cell Efficiency 12m

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