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.

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.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction: The electronics maker lab

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 My electronics workbench

Lecture 3 The parts shown in this course

Section 2: Essentials

Lecture 4 Introduction

Lecture 5 Wires, screwdrivers, tweezers, breadboards

Lecture 6 Wire strippers, cutters, helping hands

Lecture 7 Storage

Lecture 8 Components

Lecture 9 Conclusion

Section 3: Power

Lecture 10 Introduction

Lecture 11 Battery packs, batteries, chargers

Lecture 12 Walled power supplies

Lecture 13 Bench power supply

Lecture 14 Conclusion

Section 4: Power tools

Lecture 15 Introduction

Lecture 16 The rotary tool

Lecture 17 Finish project box holes with a reamer

Lecture 18 A better way to open a hole in a plastic box and attach a toggle switch

Lecture 19 The hot glue gun

Lecture 20 Conclusion

Section 5: Test equipment

Lecture 21 Introduction

Lecture 22 Multimeters

Lecture 23 Auto-ranging multimeters

Lecture 24 Multimeter demo: DC measurement

Lecture 25 Multimeter demo: AC measurement

Lecture 26 The oscilloscope

Lecture 27 Decoding I2C with the oscilloscope

Lecture 28 The function generator

Lecture 29 Function generator, a demo testing a simple filter

Lecture 30 Conclusion

Section 6: Soldering and wiring

Lecture 31 Introduction

Lecture 32 Soldering tools

Lecture 33 Soldering through-hole components demo

Lecture 34 Desoldering through-hole components with a desoldering gun

Lecture 35 Soldering surface-mount components demo

Lecture 36 Desoldering SMD with hot air reworking tool

Lecture 37 Heatshrink tubing

Lecture 38 Crimping tools

Lecture 39 Conclusion

Section 7: Software

Lecture 40 Introduction

Lecture 41 Simulators

Lecture 42 Demo of iCircuit

Lecture 43 Calculators

Lecture 44 Smartphone apps

Lecture 45 Electronic design automation with Kicad

Lecture 46 Conclusion

Section 8: Other topics

Lecture 47 Introduction

Lecture 48 Safety

Lecture 49 How to read a datasheet

Lecture 50 Conclusion

Section 9: Conclusion and Bonus Lecture

Lecture 51 Course Conclusion

Lecture 52 Bonus Lecture

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

https://anonymz.com/?https://www.udemy.com/course/workbench/