Electronics Vocational School - Introduction
Electronics Vocational School is a complete series of courses, using which you can gain all the theoretical and practical knowledge to work as an
electronics technician in different fields related to electonics.
It is important to note that these courses will not substitute an electronics engineering course, as advanced topics in electronics like analog
and digital signal processing will not be discussed here.
In these courses, you will learn just about enough of everything to be able to work as an electronics technician. Therefore, you will not study advanced
subjects like physics of semiconductors. You will study enough mathematics, physics and chemistry to help you understand the material that is presented
in electronics related books in this course.
It is also important to note that all the necessary concepts will be discussed in the courses included here. For example, every electronics technician
needs to know how to design and draw parts on a computer, order them and have them built or 3D printed. Therefore, we have a complete course on computer
drawing that will be presented as a part of these courses.
The courses presented here are designed to be taken in six semesters or in three years' time but it is up to you how fast you would like to go through
the courses. You can take as much time as you need to complete the course.
Below, we have broken down all the necessary subjects to three levels. You can think of each level as representing one year or two semesters. It is necessary
to finish all the subjects related to each level before moving on to the next level.
What is missing from these courses right now is a couple of courses on computer programming. Over time, we will plan the necessary courses and add them wherever they
are required.
Creating this learning track is work in progress. It is going to take us a while to create all the courses related to all the three years. While creating
the courses, other useful material might (and most probably will) be added to the learning track. For example, every electronics technician, needs to know
some basics about computer hardware, computer networks and some useful operating systems like Linux. Those subjects will be added to the learning track
as we go along. The following is just a rough blueprint of the learning track to help us get started and going.
As a final note, the learning track presented below can be used to learn other vocations as well. As an example, once you have learned the material below
which is primarily related to electronics, there is not much that you need to learn to apply your existing knowledge to electrotechnic or other related fields
like power generation and transmission, etc. All such vocations have many modules in common. For example, mathematics, physics, chemistry, basics of computers,
computer programming, computer drawing, environment, business, etc. are all common to all such fields.
As the prerequisite for this learning track, you don't need much but the following:
- the ability to read and write and Understand the English language
- have access to a computer connected to the Internet to download the course material and sometimes watch a few videos
- completion of class 9 in most educational systems
What is meant by "class 9" above is, in most educational systems, there is a level up to which students study mainly sceince, language and mathematics. Once
this level is completed, students will start studying standards physics and chemistry. The level mentioned above, we have called "class 9", irrespective of
what it is called in the educational system you happened to attend school in.
Level 1
Below, we will list all subjects related to level 1. The subjects listed herein can be taken within the first two semesters of the course.
The subjects to be taken in the first level are,
- Computer and Internet - Tools to Deliver Your Message to Your Audience
- Mathematics I
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Computer Aided Drawing
- Eletronics - Basic Concepts
- Construction of Printed Circuit Boards
- Electronics Components
- Course Reference Book
Computer and Internet - Tools to Deliver Your Message to Your Audience
This course will not give you any technical information on computers and the Internet. Instead, it focuses on how the computer and the Internet
together is used for advertising different ideas and how you can do the same using them.
Mathematics I
In Mathematics I, the following concepts will be discussed:
- Proportions
- Percentage and its Applications
- Second Degree Equations
- Exponents
- Trigonometric Ratios
Note: The mathematics you will study in this learning track is not that advanced but it is enough for this learning track. In total, you will study
three mathematics courses during the three years. Calculus will be discussed in the end of the third book but it is very basic calculus. Only the basics
of the derivative and the limit are discussed here. The concept of the integral will not be discussed at all.
Physics
The following topics are discussed in physics:
- Units and Measurement
- Kinematics - Motion and Newton Laws
- Pressure and Matter
- Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
- Electrical circuits
Chemistry
The following topics are discussed in chemistry:
- Structure of Atom and Basic Chemical Principles
- Chemical Reactions
- Solutions and Solubility
- Electrochemistry
- Carbon Compounds
Computer Aided Drawing
The following topics are discussed in computer aided drawing:
- Sketching
- Analyzing Perspective and solids in 3D Space
- Drawing in 3D Space
- Drawing Using Autocad Software
- Computer Aided Drawing
Eletronics - Basic Concepts
The following topics are discussed in Eletronics - Basic Concepts:
- Basics of Electricity
- DC Circuits
- AC Circuits
- Electrical Work and Power
- Electronics and its Applications
Construction of Printed Circuit Boards
The following topics are discussed in Construction of Printed Circuit Boards:
- Soldering Techniques
- Simple Electric Circuits like Lamps, Dimmer Switches, Fuses, etc.
- Simple Electronic Circuits
- Testing Semiconductors like Transistors and Diodes
- Component Datasheets
- LED's
- Voltage Regulator IC's
- Solar Cells
- Transistors and their Applications
- Building Printed Circuit Boards (Without Computer Software)
- Building Printed Circuit Boards Using Computer Software
- Electronics Projects
Electronics Components
In Electronics Components, the following concepts will be discussed:
- Chapter 1
- Basics of Electricity
- Working with Test Equipment
- Understanding Different Electronics Components like Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, etc.
- Building Inductors and Related Calculations
- Wire Gauge, Current through Wire and Related Calculations
- Chapter 2
- Sine Waves and their Characteristics
- Sine Waves - Phase Difference
- Generation of Electricity
- Transformers
- DC Voltage
- AC Signal Generators
- Chapter 3
- Different Wave Forms
- Converting Wave Forms
- Audio Signal Generators
- Digital Counters (Frequency Meter)
- Oscilloscope
- Chapter 4
- Electrical Power AC/DC
- Reactive Power
- Chapter 5
- Switches
- Fuses
- Connectors
- Speakers
- Microphones
- Electric Motors
- Relays
- Crystals
- Sensors
- Signal Lamps
- IC's
- Voltage Regulator IC's
- Timers
- Optocouplers
- Logic Gates
- Circuit Schematics
- Chapter 6
- Circuit Simulation Software
Course Reference Book
The Course Reference Book brings together all the important material from throughout the entire course (all the three years).
In this book, the material will not be as detailed as where it was originally discussed in the course. Usually, the material is recorded
in compact form so that you can come back to the material whenever you need to use it later. This is usually formulas from mathematics,
formulas from Electronics, etc. In short, the Course Reference Book is a collection of all the useful material that you need while doing
something that you might forget.
The material related to this book will be collected while we are writing the course material.
Level 2
Below, we will list all subjects related to level 2. The subjects listed herein can be taken within the third and forth semesters of the course.
The subjects to be taken in the second level are,
- Environmental Studies
- Innovation and Business
- Mathematics II
- Building Electronics Projects
- Electronics SMD Components
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies is a useful field to understand how to deal with the environmet in a sustainable way. All the subjects under
Environmental studies are optional courses for electronics but the information you
find in these courses is valuable. We will put together useful guides from different sources and urge you to go through them. It is
always beneficial to you and to your environment to know enough about your environment.
Innovation and Bussiness
Innovation and bussiness does not give you any technical knowledge or information about electronics. It teaches you some ways to
solve problem more easily and how to use your knowledge of electronics in the world today commercially, how to translate your technical ideas and
experties into sales, etc. It is therefore necessary to go through
the courses under Innovation and Bussiness since eventually, you want to apply your knowledge of electronics in the world around you
and of course, you need to understand how that world works.
Mathematics II
The following topics will be discussed under Mathematics II:
- Functions
- Linear and Second-degree Functions and their applications in Solving Equations and Inequalities
- Trigonometry
- Logarithms and their Properties
- Mathematical Statistics
Building Electronics Projects
In Building Electronics Projects, the following topics will be discussed:
- Designing Circuit Schematic Using Computer Software
- Working With Analog IC's
- Power Supply Projects
- 555 Timer IC and Related Projects
- Designing Multi-layer PCB's
- Techniques of Building PCB
- Amplifier Circuits
- FET Transistor and Applications
- JFET Transistor and Applications
- IGFET Transistor and Applications
- MOSFET Transistor and Applications
- Operational Amplifiers
- Telecommunication Project and Related Information
- Frequency
- Filters
- Oscillators
- Modulation
- Power Electronics
- Project Documentation
Electronics SMD Components
The following topics will be discussed in Electronics SMD Components:
- Chapter 1
- Soldering and Desoldering SMD Components
- SMD Soldering Equipment
- Reading SMD Resistors
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Digital Circuits and their Applications
- Chapter 4
- Microcontrollers
- How Microcontrollers Work
- Programming Microcontrollers
- C Programming in Microcontrollers
- Projects With Microcontrollers