Build, simulate, measure, compare
This course usesSpeedCircuits Labas a practical companion for learning circuit behaviour. You will move from circuit concepts and magnetic-cube representations to ngspice-backed simulation, time-domain signals, measurement thinking and evidence-based troubleshooting.
The currentSpeedCircuits project pageis the authority-facing entry point for readiness and limitations. Features marked experimental, HOLD or not verified are taught with those boundaries intact.
What you will produce
- predictions before simulation;
- annotated circuit and signal evidence;
- a simulation-versus-measurement comparison plan;
- a capstone design iteration with provenance.
Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 27 Lessons
- 60 Days
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- 1. Circuit foundationsVoltage, current, resistance, power and topology as quantities that can be predicted and checked.5
- 2. Cubes, components and circuit meaningTranslate physical-first building blocks into electrical nodes, components and a solver-ready model.7
- 2.1📮 Digital Inputs: Switches, Pull Resistors and Debouncing
- 2.2📮 Analog Inputs and ADCs: Sampling, Scaling and Calibration
- 2.3⚡💡 📮 Basic components and features of TinkerCAD circuits, and learn how to build and troubleshoot simple circuits
- 2.4⚡ Introduction to input and output in Arduino
- 2.5🆕 📮 Circuit cubes as conceptual building blocks
- 2.6🆕 From cube layout to schematic and netlist
- 2.7🆕 Predict before you press Run
- 3. Simulation and time-domain signalsUse ngspice-backed models and traces while keeping simulation evidence separate from physical measurement.4
- 4. Measurement, uncertainty and evidenceTurn readings and traces into evidence with units, timing, repeatability and provenance.6
- 4.1⚡💡 📮 How DC SERIES circuits work, voltage, current, resistance, power consumption and using a multimeter
- 4.2⚡ How DC PARALLEL circuits work, voltage, current, resistance, power consumption
- 4.3🎲⚡💻 📮 Using the Serial monitor tool to view and send data to the Arduino board
- 4.4🆕 Measurement workflow: predict, observe, record
- 4.5🆕 Repeatability, tolerance and uncertainty
- 4.6🆕 Simulation versus measurement
- 5. Troubleshooting and advanced previewsDiagnose one variable at a time and understand current preview/gated capabilities without overstating readiness.4
- 6. Capstone: evidence-backed circuit designClose the loop with a requirement, prediction, model, evidence and one justified revision.1
Instructor
Free
