Crash Course Digital Electronics

Master Digital Electronics and Robotics. Go from Zero to building a real CPU !

Created by: Hardware Academy
Hardware designer with BS in Electrical Engineering

What Will I Learn?

• Core concepts in digital electronics
• How a CPU works by building one from scratch
• How microprocessors and microcontrollers work and the difference between the two
• How softwares are loaded and executed on a microprocessor and a microcontroller
• Key building blocks of designing a CPU, a microprocessor and a microcontroller
• Memory types like Register, Cache, RAM, SRAM, DRAM, ROM, EEPROM and Flash
• The different peripherals that exists in both microprocessor and microcontroller
• How has technology progressed starting from the 18th century up to 2022
• The different communication protocols that are extensively used in a microcontroller
• How operating systems (OS) work and why we need them in the first place
• The concepts you will learn can be applied in Robotics, Embedded Software Engineering, Computer Science and of course, Electronics
• A solid foundation in the area of digital electronics on which it's easy to build and grow your knowledge

Requirements

• Since the course is about digital electronics, to get the full benefit of the course, you will need to follow along and test your knowledge at the end of each chapter.
• Basic programming skills in C/C++.
• Basis knowledge in analog electronics.
• Basic understanding on how to program a microcontroller.
• A High School or equivalent understanding of mathematics.

Target audience

• People who are interested in how on earth the digital world works.
• Electrical or Computer Engineering students that would like to see what the major is all about end to end as a head start in their degree.
• Students who are curious to find out the history behind all the modern programming langauges, compilers and microprocessors.
• Individuals who want to demistify the electronics world.