Practical Electronics OpenCourseWare: A Free Undergraduate Electronics Course by MIT

Published Jan 26, 2009

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Learn to build a variety of practical electronic devices using the free 'Practical Electronics' OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Students will study the underlying theories of electronics technology as well as how to create some common electronic devices, including toys, remote controls and more. No previous experience is necessary to benefit from this undergraduate-level program.

Practical Electronics: Course Specifics

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Undergraduate Yes No Yes Yes

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Practical Electronics: Course Description

Developed as an interdisciplinary special program by Dr. James Bales, the 'Practical Electronics' MIT OpenCourseWare teaches students basic principles and techniques that can be used to build various electronic devices, including light- or sound-activated toys, remote controls, simple appliances, clocks, timers and motorized devices. Lecture notes cover fundamental topics, such as resistors, diodes, switches, rectifiers, function generators, capacitors, RC circuits, relays, transistors, op-amps, flip-flops and the 555 timer circuit. Students will study fundamental theories of electronics, including Ohm's law, Kirchoff's voltage and current laws and more. No prior electronics experience is necessary.

The free OpenCourseWare includes a list of recommended texts, lecture notes, assignments, an image gallery from labs and lectures and videos of completed students projects. To download the course materials or to learn more, visit the practical electronics course web page.

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