Electronics is the science of creating hardware that software applications run on. Think about your Smartphone or laptop. The physical device is all about electronics and the applications that run on them is the software.  

Electronic Engineering spans Analog and Digital electronic Signals and Systems. These range from sensors, semiconductor devices for signal processing, interfacing to input and output devices, microprocessors and memory modules for general computing.

In this series of courses on Electronics, we will cover basic electronic components, applications and later move away from the physics to real world applications using computer modules such as the ESP32 for Home Automation, Arduino for developing control systems and Raspberry Pi to demonstrate the power of electronics with a home media server project in later modules. 

EEARD001 The Arduino demistified

In this course we will take a look at practical uses of the Arduino family of computing modules that is taking the Maker world to levels of creativity never seen before.

An Arduino module will be issued to every student and we will delve into the world of Sketches, interface our modules with the outside world and develop logic and code it using the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

This course is aimed at beginners who wish to break into the world of electronics and computing, particularly become familiar with Arduino modules and flash programming it to carry out a specific task. 

SEN001 Sensors

Sensors are electronic devices that are used to detect the presence or change in attributes of a specific type of data. For example, a temperature sensor, sound pressure level, light luminosity sensor, gas sensor are all specific types of sensors that can be used to monitor or detect a change in value that may be of interest to our applications.

In this course we will give an overview of different types of sensors from an electronic engineering perspective to understand how we can design these components into our products to extend their functionality.

For example, we can use a photodiode to detect light or absence of it to draw the curtains at home or blinds in the office.  Or, using a thermistor, we can measure the temperature and take some sort of action such as turning on the heating or the blower fan to cool down a room.