Basic Electronics Part II w/Lab

[BeeAmaker]

Host: Glenn Berden, Electrical Engineer.
Location: The Maker Hive, Elkhart get directions
Day: April 19th
Time: 2:00pm (no ending time but plan 3 hours)
Cost: Free to donating MakerHive members $10 for all others.

Course Topics:
Re-cap of Basic Electronics Part 1
Conductors/Insulators
Resistors
Capacitors
Inductors
Series Circuits
Parallel Circuits
Kirchhoff's law (P = V * I)
Open discussion

Lab will include Bread board for each participant and various electronic parts for experiments.
Bring a Volt meter if you have one, one will be supplied to pass around.

Please reply to this post if you plan to attend - thanks!
11 of 15 seats available!

[ZionPhil]

I'm in. How much?

[navkram]

count me..

[jimustanguitar]

Sounds good to me!

I've got a decent understanding of the basics of analog circuits (maybe not functional knowledge, but enough to read more and figure it out), but where I really get lost is when things go digital and you add transistors and micro-controllers. I'd love to have a class where I could leave and understand simple circuits with semiconductors and controllers like these:
www.sparkfun.com/products/11044
www.sparkfun.com/products/9286

[BeeAmaker]

Mar 6, 2014 13:02:33 GMT -5 jimustanguitar said:

Sounds good to me!

I've got a decent understanding of the basics of analog circuits (maybe not functional knowledge, but enough to read more and figure it out), but where I really get lost is when things go digital and you add transistors and micro-controllers. I'd love to have a class where I could leave and understand simple circuits with semiconductors and controllers like these:
www.sparkfun.com/products/11044
www.sparkfun.com/products/9286

Yep, that would be the Advanced electronics class. I think the fundamentals of the Resistor, Capacitor and Inductor need to be understood first hence the reason for the Basic Part II.

My goal is to crate a series of classes throughout the year, then start them all over again so new members have a chance to take them. Something like
Basic Electronics I
Basic Electronics II
Advanced Electronics (maybe I and II not sure yet)
Introduction to Micro controllers & Programing Basics
How to Solder

Then in between I might do some quicky classes that focus on a single topic like Transistors & MOSFETs, Switches and Relays, Electromagnetism etc.

[jimustanguitar]

Let's record them as a reference for new members, and refresher for old ones. Finally something I know how to do!

[BeeAmaker]

Did you read the first comment under the Tiny Cylon kit link you posted?

[Larry]

save a spot for me.

[jimustanguitar]

Mar 6, 2014 14:23:31 GMT -5 BeeAmaker said:

Did you read the first comment under the Tiny Cylon kit link you posted?

That's me.

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(Apple and Microsoft don't see eye to eye on the orientation codes for video, sorry)

[navkram]

sweet jim did not get a chance to even walk around MRRF to see this kinda stuff.
may be next year I will just Attend.. without table or printer.

[BeeAmaker]

Mar 17, 2014 11:28:48 GMT -5 navkram said:

may be next year I will just Attend.. without table or printer.

That's no fun

[BeeAmaker]

Date ok, Thoughts on time? Last one was at 2:00pm, that seemed to work good - but it is coming into spring.

[ZionPhil]

Good for me.

[BeeAmaker]

Day set for April 19th
Time 2:00pm until - ?? when ever. I would plan 3 hours

If you plan to attend, please leave a reply if you have not done so already.

[jimustanguitar]

I'll be there.