Electronics is Easy?

YouTube video clips

Copyright © 2025 by Clyde T. Eisenbeis

retired Electronic Design Engineer

Industry needs Electrical Engineers who understand electronic

fundamentals. These video clips provide those fundamentals.

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The contents strive to be clear and concise. The intent is to prepare

Electrical Engineering students for the world of electronics.

These video clips are based on 40 years of electronic design

experience at:

     Texas Instruments.

          -Radar Systems for the Navy.

     3M

          -Digital Magnetic Recording (for computers)

          -Anti-Shoplifting Systems

          -Cochlear Implants (restore a sense of hearing for the deaf)

     Emerson

          -Control Large Valves in an Oil Refinery with less power

                    than a 1 watt light bulb (pneumatic air pressure)

          -Wireless Communication with battery power that lasts

                    five years (without recharging)

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The video clips start at a middle school student level. They end

at a college student level.

 

Chapter 1

Electronic Basics

Middle School

1.1 Electronic Basics?
--- Garden Hose, Batteries, Voltage,
Resistance, Current, Flashlight ---
1.2 Electronic Voltage, Current, Resistance?
--- Battery, Voltage [volts], Resistor [ohms],
Current [amps], Equations ---
1.3 Electronic Voltage AC vs. DC?
--- Direct Current, Alternating Current, Frequencies,
Cycles Per Second, Hz ---
1.4 Electronic Electromagnetism?
--- Electricity, Magnets,
Power Plants, Motors ---

Chapter 2

Analog Passive Components

High School & College

2.1 Electronic Resistor Parameters?
--- Values, Accuracy, Power Rating, SMT, Thick
Film, Thin Film, Parallel, Cube Resistors ---
2.2 Electronic Capacitor Parameters?
--- Values, Accuracy, ESR, Filtering,
Voltage Derating, Series / Parallel ---
2.3 Electronic Capacitor DC, AC, Filters?
--- Direct Current, Alternating Current,
Resist Voltage Changes, RC Filter ---
2.4 Electronic Inductors Bifilar Chokes?
--- Values, Resistant to Current Changes, Switch
Interrupts, EMC Protection, Motor Noise Reduction ---
2.5 Electronic Resettable Fuses, Crystals?
--- Fuse Soldering Constraints, Constant Precise
Frequencies, Resonators, Oscillators, Wireless ---

Chapter 3

Analog Discrete Active Components

College

3.1 Electronic Diodes?
--- Forward Voltage Drop, Zener Diodes,
LEDs, Rectifiers ---
3.2 Electronic Transistors, FET, BJT?
--- NPN, PNP, N Channel, P Channel,
Voltage Control, Current Control ---
3.3 Electronic Analog Switches, Hall Sensors?
--- Bidirectional, Internal Resistance, Bandwidth,
Stationary Magnets, Proximity, Distance ---
3.4 Electronic Optoisolators, Supervisors, TVS?
--- Photocouplers, Galvanic Isolation, Monitor
Voltages, Voltage Spike Protection ---

Chapter 4

Analog Microcircuit Active Components

College

4.1 Electronic Op Amps, Comparators?
--- Gain Equations, Offset, N Channel Boost,
Slew Rate, Bandwidth, Constant Current ---
4.2 Electronic Digital Potentiometer, Op Amp Gain / Offset?
--- Microcontroller Changes Resistor Values,
Changes Op Amp Gain / Offset ---
4.3 Electronic Op Amp Differential Input / Output?
--- Transmit Signals Long Distances,
Differential Output Gain, Differential Output Filter ---
4.4 Electronic Instrumentation Amps, Voltage References?
--- Differential Input Amplifier, CMRR, Minimize Noise Amplification, Low Noise Voltage Reference ---
4.5 Electronic Linear Regulators, Switching Regulators?
--- Voltage Regulators, Power Efficiency, LDO,
Electronic Noise, Dual Voltages ---

Chapter 5

Digital

High School & College

5.1 Electronic Digital Basics?
--- Digital vs. Analog, Logic Gates, Sink / Source
Current, Open Drain, Switch Debounce ---
5.2 Electronic Binary and Hex Numbers?
--- 10001011b, 11110011b, 0xA,
0xB. 0xC, 0xD, 0xE, 0xF ---
5.3 Electronic Analog to Digital Converters?
--- Convert Amplitudes Into Binary Numbers,
SAR, Delta-Sigma, Pipeline, Sample Rate ---
5.4 Electronic Digital to Analog Converters?
--- Convert Binary Numbers Into
Amplitudes, DAC Types ---
5.5 Electronic Microcontrollers, Watchdog?
--- Structure, Usage ---
5.6 Electronic FLASH, RAM, FRAM?
--- Electronic Memory, Volatile Memory,
Non-Volatile Memory ---
5.7 Electronic SPI, I2C?
--- Transmit / Receive Binary
Numbers, Serial Communication ---

Chapter 6

Important Details

College

6.1 Electronic Datasheets, Micro-Cap?
--- Essential for Electronic Design Engineers ---
||| Micro-Cap download website |||
6.2 Electronic PCBs?
--- Printed Circuit Boards, Fiberglass / Copper Foil,
Multi-Layer, Voltage / Ground Planes ---
6.3 Electronic Documentation?
--- Product Specification, Schematics,
BOM, PCB Specification ---
6.4 Electronic Tests?
--- Design Verification, Firmware Verification,
Functional Test, EMC ---
6.5 Manufacturing Plant Assembly?
--- ESD, Incoming, Kitting, SMT Robotics, Manual
Soldering, Clean, ICT, Coating, Post Pot Test ---
6.6 Electronic EMC Design Considerations?
--- Decoupling Capacitors, Bifilar Chokes,
Spread Spectrum Oscillators ---
6.7 Electronic Tin Whiskers?
--- Solder With no Lead Results in
Tin Whisker Product Failure ---

Chapter 7

Electronic Jobs

High School & College

7.1 Electronic Co-op Jobs?
--- Increase Knowledge, Funding College Expenses,
Increase Odds of an Electronic Job ---
7.2 Electronic Important Skills?
--- Hardware Design, SPICE Model, Code Writing,
Writing Skills, Speaking, People Skills, Brain Skills ---
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