"Electronics Fundamentals Course"
is Essential Electronics Course for all Engineering Students!

Kick start your Electronics abilities and develop essential skills for solving non-linear electrical circuits!

Learn the fundamentals of Electronics Engineering. Whether you are Electrical Engineering or any other engineering student, this course will teach you the necessary fundamentals!

Live 12-Week Course (offered every quarter)

The delivery of the course material has been meticulously designed with early engineering students in mind. All the live sessions are recorded in High Definition and recordings are provided to students for later use. Lecture slides and tutorial problems with solutions are provided as additional resources in PDF format.

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About the Course – Essential Course Facts

Course Title:Electronics Fundamentals Course
Course Subtitle:Essential Electronics Course for all Engineering Students!
Course Type:Live Weekly Delivery by the Teacher
Course Offered:Starting every January, April, July and October
Course Duration:12 Weeks: 2h Lectures + 1h Problem Solving Tutorial
Instructor:Mr. Sasha Jakovljevic (Electrical Engineer Sasha)
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Work with an Experienced Teacher

Sasha has been teaching University level courses since 2015. He has discovered the perfect balance between lecturing difficult engineering topics and an approach to make even the most difficult concepts simplified and easy for his students to learn. All this while keeping the lectures engaging and interesting, providing all the necessary “tricks of the trade”, important emphasis, cheat-sheets, summaries….

What Does the Course Cover? – Course Curricula Week-by-Week

12 Weeks • 24h of Lectures • 12h of Problem Solving Tutorials!

  • Diode operation: direct & inverse polarization and breakdown region
  • Non-linear diode characteristic (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • Load line analysis (graphical approach to solving a diode circuit)
  • Numerical approach using iterative process with assumptions
  • Diode types: Signal, Zener, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
  • Application of diodes – rectifiers, regulators, circuit protection
  • 1st transistor type: Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Operation of BJT: current relationships, regions of operation
  • 2nd transistor type: Field Effect Transistor (FET)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Operation of FET: voltage control, regions of operation
  • Non-linear transistor characteristics (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • Transistors in linear mode & transistors as switches
  • Ideal operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)
  • Input currents, voltage & input resistance; amplification
  • Voltage & current rules (solving Op-Amp circuits)
  • Inverting & non-inverting operational amplifier circuits
  • Voltage followers & voltage summation circuits
  • Operational amplifier circuits with batteries & diodes
  • Operational amplifier circuits with capacitors & inductors
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Thyristor compared to a diode – similarities & differences
  • Thyristor compared to a transistor – similarities & differences
  • Non-linear thyristor characteristic (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • AC & DC circuits with thyristors – behavior & analysis
  • Application of thyristors – phase control circuit
  • Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), Triac & Diac
  • Basic principles – sensing temperature & light
  • Sensing position – various ways to indirectly detect position
  • Hall effect sensors – using magnetism for sensing
  • Design of sensors & role of sensors in control circuits
  • Sensing motion – Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensors
  • Sensing vibration, tension, force & pressure
  • Passive vs active sensors & analog vs digital sensors
  • Application of sensors in various engineering disciplines
  • Rectification of A/C signals & obtaining DC signals
  • Half-wave rectifiers with a single diode
  • Full-wave rectifier with a single diode & mid-tap transformer
  • Full-wave rectifier with four diodes (diode bridge)
  • Single phase rectification with thyristors
  • Half- and fully-controlled rectifier bridge with thyristors
  • 3-Phase rectification with thyristors
  • Voltage regulation & stabilization (perfect smoothing)
  • Application of Zener diodes for voltage regulation
  • Voltage regulator Integrated Circuits (ICs)
  • The Buck & Boost voltage (switching) regulators
  • Duty cycle & the Flyback regulator
  • Constant & variable voltage power supplies
  • Efficiency, temperature raise & ripple ratings
  • Amplification or gain of an amplifier circuit
  • Input & output resistance of an amplifier
  • Ideal amplifier circuit & efficiency of amplifiers
  • Amplifier circuit with common emitter & characteristics
  • Types of amplifiers & quality of amplification
  • Distortion: magnitude, phase, frequency & crossover
  • Passive attenuators (opposite from amplifiers)
  • Basic LC oscillator (feedback circuit)
  • Hartley oscillator (including Op-Amp version)
  • Colpitts oscillator (including Op-Amp version)
  • RC oscillator with BJT or operational amplifier
  • The Wien Bridge & Twin-T oscillators
  • Quartz crystals as oscillation stabilizers
  • Operational amplifier multivibrator
  • Variety of signal waveform types & shapes
  • Characteristics of periodic (cyclical) waveforms
  • Function generator IC (waveform generator IC)
  • Monostable, bistable & astable multivibrator circuits
  • Schmitt & clock waveform generators
  • NE555 timer oscillator integrated circuit
  • Boolean algebra & logic functions
  • Laws of Boolean algebra & truth tables
  • DeMorgan’s theorems & equivalent gates
  • Switching theory & common circuit applications
  • Sum of product & product of sum expression gates
  • Combinatorial logic circuits – multiplexers & encoders
  • Integrated Circuits (ICs): TTL vs CMOS technology
  • Digital logic states, voltage levels & noise effects
  • AND, OR, NOT, NOR & NAND logic gates
  • Digital buffers & sequential logic circuits
  • Flip flops, multivibrators, counters & shift registers
  • Universal logic gates

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Detailed Breakdown of Topics Covered Each Week

1. Diodes

  • Diode operation: direct & inverse polarization and breakdown region
  • Non-linear diode characteristic (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • Load line analysis (graphical approach to solving a diode circuit)
  • Numerical approach using iterative process with assumptions
  • Diode types: Signal, Zener, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
  • Application of diodes – rectifiers, regulators, circuit protection

2. Transistors

  • 1st transistor type: Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Operation of BJT: current relationships, regions of operation
  • 2nd transistor type: Field Effect Transistor (FET)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Operation of FET: voltage control, regions of operation
  • Non-linear transistor characteristics (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • Transistors in linear mode & transistors as switches

3. Operational Amplifiers

  • Ideal operational amplifiers (Op-Amps)
  • Input currents, voltage & input resistance; amplification
  • Voltage & current rules (solving Op-Amp circuits)
  • Inverting & non-inverting operational amplifier circuits
  • Voltage followers & voltage summation circuits
  • Operational amplifier circuits with batteries & diodes
  • Operational amplifier circuits with capacitors & inductors

4. Thyristors (Power Electronics)

  • Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)
  • Physical design, layers, terminals, semiconductor types
  • Thyristor compared to a diode – similarities & differences
  • Thyristor compared to a transistor – similarities & differences
  • Non-linear thyristor characteristic (reading data sheets & catalogs; ratings)
  • AC & DC circuits with thyristors – behavior & analysis
  • Application of thyristors – phase control circuit
  • Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), Triac & Diac

5. Electronic Sensors

  • Basic principles – sensing temperature & light
  • Sensing position – various ways to indirectly detect position
  • Hall effect sensors – using magnetism for sensing
  • Design of sensors & role of sensors in control circuits
  • Sensing motion – Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensors
  • Sensing vibration, tension, force & pressure
  • Passive vs active sensors & analog vs digital sensors
  • Application of sensors in various engineering disciplines

6. Rectifiers

  • Rectification of A/C signals & obtaining DC signals
  • Half-wave rectifiers with a single diode
  • Full-wave rectifier with a single diode & mid-tap transformer
  • Full-wave rectifier with four diodes (diode bridge)
  • Single phase rectification with thyristors
  • Half- and fully-controlled rectifier bridge with thyristors
  • 3-Phase rectification with thyristors

7. Voltage Regulators

  • Voltage regulation & stabilization (perfect smoothing)
  • Application of Zener diodes for voltage regulation
  • Voltage regulator Integrated Circuits (ICs)
  • The Buck & Boost voltage (switching) regulators
  • Duty cycle & the Flyback regulator
  • Constant & variable voltage power supplies
  • Efficiency, temperature raise & ripple ratings

8. Amplifiers

  • Amplification or gain of an amplifier circuit
  • Input & output resistance of an amplifier
  • Ideal amplifier circuit & efficiency of amplifiers
  • Amplifier circuit with common emitter & characteristics
  • Types of amplifiers & quality of amplification
  • Distortion: magnitude, phase, frequency & crossover
  • Passive attenuators (opposite from amplifiers)

9. Oscillators

  • Basic LC oscillator (feedback circuit)
  • Hartley oscillator (including Op-Amp version)
  • Colpitts oscillator (including Op-Amp version)
  • RC oscillator with BJT or operational amplifier
  • The Wien Bridge & Twin-T oscillators
  • Quartz crystals as oscillation stabilizers
  • Operational amplifier multivibrator

10. Waveform Generators

  • Variety of signal waveform types & shapes
  • Characteristics of periodic (cyclical) waveforms
  • Function generator IC (waveform generator IC)
  • Monostable, bistable & astable multivibrator circuits
  • Schmitt & clock waveform generators
  • NE555 timer oscillator integrated circuit

11. Digital Electronics

  • Boolean algebra & logic functions
  • Laws of Boolean algebra & truth tables
  • DeMorgan’s theorems & equivalent gates
  • Switching theory & common circuit applications
  • Sum of product & product of sum expression gates
  • Combinatorial logic circuits – multiplexers & encoders

12. Digital Logic Gates

  • Integrated Circuits (ICs): TTL vs CMOS technology
  • Digital logic states, voltage levels & noise effects
  • AND, OR, NOT, NOR & NAND logic gates
  • Digital buffers & sequential logic circuits
  • Flip flops, multivibrators, counters & shift registers
  • Universal logic gates

* Due to every class being unique and due to interactive nature of live classes, the Lecturer reserves the right to adjust and modify the actual content delivery, which may result in exclusion of some of the above-mentioned topics and/or inclusion of some other topics not mentioned above, as well as shuffling some topics around during the 12-weeks delivery period

My Student Testimonials

"Sasha is good lecturer. He always helps me and explains every question that I don't understand clearly. Course topics are well organised. Everything's good. He has practical approach to the course."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2016T3
"Sasha is good and patient teacher. He has good explanations for the questions that is so good for my studying. The course is very interesting to learn."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2017T1
"Everything was cool mate. I particularly like teaching style. The course has the most proper distribution of load per week and the lecturer explains everything very nicely. I like everything. Sasha is a very good teacher, we love him!"
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2017T2
"Sasha is a good teacher. He gave lots of explanations, making the lessons easier to understand. He clearly knows what is electrical engineering."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2017T3
"The teacher is very nice, patient and does interesting teaching. Sometime when we met some difficult question, teacher will explained pretty clear. His whiteboard is always good. He solves many problems."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2018T1
"The teacher made it easy to understand the difficult contents. I learned a lot of things that I had not learned before. Sasha gives patient and professional lectures."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2018T2
"I particularly like Sasha's teaching methods. He shows how to solve the questions in step by step manner. He is easy to understand and he uses interesting methods. He explains everything in great detail with a lot of examples. Sasha's teaching method using whiteboard formulas is brilliant and I would like other lecturers to adopt that method."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2018T3
"Sasha is well prepared and he is very patient teacher. I really like his whiteboard and solutions for each week task that help me a lot to memorize and practice."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2019T1
"The lecturer gives us extraordinary knowledge of electronics and electricity. He uses the multimedia well to give us that knowledge. He always provides lots of examples, he simplifies the answers and also simplify the solving processes. My skills in electric have improved."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2019T2
"Sasha is fun and his teaching way is really good. He is patient, NICE and always has good explanations. The course was lively. Everything taught is easily understood. Videos are readily available in the module and hence I can access everything any time anywhere. The course looks complete and perfect."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2019T3
"The best lecturer by far I've head. Spends time out of class editing lecture videos that are easy to follow and high in quality. Thoroughly enjoyed his approach to teaching the class in a calm manner. Goes through every niche detail for those having a hard time understanding. A trait I haven't seen from any other lecturers. Creates a personal connection from week 1 and knows everyone by their name and where they're from which I really appreciated. Also highly knowledgeable in his field."
Electricity & Electronics Student
anonymous student survey 2019T3
"I like that the teacher provided plenty of resources. He is friendly and overall, the lecture is good. Sasha has knowledge, patience and I particularly like his way of teaching. I like Sasha. He is good in teaching and easy to solve problems with him. The teaching approach is very nice and the lecturer is very nice and always answer my question in such a way that I can understand easily. His course notes are very good. It helped me a lot."
Electrical & Electronic Systems Student
anonymous student survey 2020T1
"The lecture notes made by the lecturer are very clear and easy to read, I like the notes! I like the teacher and his teaching methods. Sasha gives many interesting examples about this subject. Professor will answer student's question patiently. This is one of the best course I've had so far."
Electrical & Electronic Systems Student
anonymous student survey 2020T2
"The course was very well structured, course materials are extremely well organised. Our lecturer is excellent in providing information, he did a lot of preparation for the course. Everything was neat and tidy."
Electrical & Electronic Systems Student
anonymous student survey 2020T2
"Sasha has been a very good teacher. He always answers our questions and try his best to help students. I particularly liked his lecture method and his discussion method."
Electrical & Electronic Systems Student
anonymous student survey 2020T2
"I like Sasha's way of communication and his way of teaching. The course was interesting to me."
Electrical & Electronic Systems Student
anonymous student survey 2020T3

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