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IT & Software Hardware Electronics

The Electronics Workbench: a Setup Guide

Setting up your own electronics lab at home can be a daunting. This course will help you through the maze of options.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (533 ratings)
4,538 students
Created by Dr. Peter Dalmaris
Last updated 10/2019
English
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What you'll learn

  • Learn the basics components of a well-equiped electronics lab for the non-professional
  • Learn about power tools, like the electric drill, the hot glue gun and rotary tools.
  • Learn about soldering and soldering (as well as de-soldering) tools.
  • Learn about simulation, computer-aided design and electronic circuit calculators
  • Understand the use of sophisticated test instruments like the oscilloscope, and the function generator.

Requirements

  • Experience with technologies like the Arduino will help to understand the use of the tools covered in this course.
  • Basic understanding electronics.

Description

This course is designed to help you setup your own electronics lab.

If you are starting your adventures in electronics, and you are not looking to setup a professional electronics lab, then this course is perfect for you.

A lab is a place at your home that you have specifically organised in a way that promotes your enjoyment of working with electronics.

It is where your tools, components and instruments are.

It is where you do your circuit experiments and the bulk of your learning.

There are significant differences between professional and hobbyist electronics labs. That's because the amateur electronics lab is far more restricted in every respect to the lab of a professional.

If you are a hobbyist, using a spare room or your bedroom as your electronics lab, then this course will help you make the most of it.

In this course, I will discuss the basic features of an amateur electronics lab by showing you how I have organised mine.

I have most of the restrictions of an amateur, and with the exception of a few of the items in my kit, my lab is purely an amateur lab.

In each lecture, I present a specific topic and in most cases I demonstrate the use of a tool or instrument.

Through these demos, I wish to help you gain a working understanding of what these items are designed for.

You will not become an expert, but you will know enough to know when you need one.

I am always available to discuss any of the topics I present in this course, so please feel free to ask using the course's discussion tool.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone with an interest in electronics, who is purchasing tool for their work bench.
  • Take this course before you buy anything!

Featured review

Patrick Biegel
Patrick Biegel
148 courses
44 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
Good course to get the basics about setting up an electronics lab. Some more information about comparing/choosing multimeters and oscilloscopes would be nice (What to check before buying such a tool).

Course content

9 sections • 52 lectures • 5h 24m total length

  • Preview03:20
  • Preview1 page
  • PreviewIFrame

  • Introduction
    00:38
  • Wires, screwdrivers, tweezers, breadboards
    11:47
  • Wire strippers, cutters, helping hands
    12:31
  • Storage
    06:13
  • Components
    09:02
  • Conclusion
    01:06

  • Introduction
    00:41
  • Preview13:25
  • Walled power supplies
    04:23
  • Bench power supply
    09:41
  • Conclusion
    00:45

  • Introduction
    00:33
  • The rotary tool
    21:00
  • Finish project box holes with a reamer
    02:44
  • A better way to open a hole in a plastic box and attach a toggle switch
    01:03
  • The hot glue gun
    07:22
  • Conclusion
    00:45

  • Introduction
    01:02
  • Multimeters
    06:59
  • Auto-ranging multimeters
    11:57
  • Multimeter demo: DC measurement
    05:04
  • Multimeter demo: AC measurement
    08:06
  • The oscilloscope
    15:05
  • Decoding I2C with the oscilloscope
    10:19
  • The function generator
    05:52
  • Function generator, a demo testing a simple filter
    11:40
  • Conclusion
    00:56

  • Introduction
    00:31
  • Soldering tools
    12:16
  • Soldering through-hole components demo
    08:31
  • Desoldering through-hole components with a desoldering gun
    06:20
  • Soldering surface-mount components demo
    10:03
  • Desoldering SMD with hot air reworking tool
    11:54
  • Heatshrink tubing
    09:14
  • Crimping tools
    07:05
  • Conclusion
    00:54

  • Introduction
    00:28
  • Simulators
    12:12
  • Demo of iCircuit
    06:14
  • Calculators
    06:32
  • Smartphone apps
    07:45
  • Electronic design automation with Kicad
    05:19
  • Conclusion
    00:42

  • Introduction
    00:41
  • Safety
    12:19
  • How to read a datasheet
    17:22
  • Conclusion
    01:06

  • Course Conclusion
    01:20
  • Bonus Lecture
    00:43

Instructor

Dr. Peter Dalmaris
Educator and Author of "Maker Education Revolution".
Dr. Peter Dalmaris
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 13,979 Reviews
  • 97,544 Students
  • 23 Courses

               

Peter Dalmaris is an educator, electrical engineer, electronics hobbyist, and Maker. Creator of online video courses on DIY electronics and author of three technical books, and has recently released his book Maker Education Revolution.  

As a Chief Tech Explorer since 2013 at Tech Explorations, the company he founded in Sydney, Australia, Peter’s mission is to explore technology and help educate the world. 

Tech Explorations offers educational courses and Bootcamps for electronics hobbyists, STEM students and STEM teachers.

A life-long learner, Peter’s core skill is in explaining difficult concepts through video and text. With over 15 years of tertiary teaching experience, Peter has developed a simple yet comprehensive style in teaching that students from all around the world appreciate. 

His passion for technology and in particular for the world of DIY open source hardware has been a dominant driver that has guided his personal development and his work through Tech Explorations.

Peter’s current online courses have helped over 60,000 people from around the world to be better Makers. 

For more information on Peter's work, please go to his web site.

 

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