Introduction to Electronics

Three core components

This Coursera course builds a first picture of electronics around three parts: diodes, transistors and operational amplifiers. Rather than going deep on theory, it concentrates on how each device works at a basic level and where it turns up in everyday circuits.

What you walk away with

• A working vocabulary for electronic components
• An understanding of how diodes and transistors behave in simple applications
• A sense of what op amps are for

Good for

Hobbyists, students and professionals who need to read a schematic or understand a board before going further into circuit design. Because the course is short in scope, it works best as a first step rather than a complete path.