The Art of Doing: Electronics for Everyone

• Fundamental electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits. Learn how they operate and build!
• How to use various laboratory equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, function generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Both DC and AC applications of electronic circuits including transistor switches and amplifiers, RC timing circuits, and filters.
• The LM 358 Operational Amplifier – how to wire it up using a single supply as a crude comparator, non-inverting amplifier, and inverting amplifier.
• The LM 555 Timer – how to wire it up in bistable, monostable, and astable mode.
• The CD 4017 Decade Counter – how to wire it up as a 10 LED flasher and music sequencer.
• 10 “Circuit Challenge Problems” putting your knowledge (what you’ve learned in the course) to the test.
• 10 “Build Together Circuits” where we walk through, together, building 10 unique electronic circuits.
• Exciting circuits include: a working night light, sound to light show, volume meter, toy theremin, toy piano, 8 bit synthesizer, and 8 step music sequencer.

Who this course is for:

• Tinkerers, hobbyists, and DIYers of all things electronic.
• People who are interested in designing circuits.
• Anyone who has used an Arduino to blink a light and asked, “How would I do that without code?!?!”
• Anyone interested in creating music from electronic circuits; bleeping and blooping.