What 'Essentials' Electronics Topic would you like to Learn More About?

Another useful topic would be electric actuators and electric motors and their interfaces.

Working with inductive loads

How about a series on what is needed for an efficient electronics maker operation - tools, techniques and work flows.

Technicians and technologists may receive some training in how to build electronic systems, but engineers often don't get much training and the rest of the maker community gets zero. It is a big topic with many relevant skills, but it can make a huge difference in project success to have the right tools and know how and when to use them. Work flows from concept to final test are not well covered in any one place and very few people are experts in all areas.

How about working with the big industrial servos and grey code absolute position sensors? Preferably with a simple micro controller.

Extremely useful in Gathering knowledge and Information

A Value Added article on interfacing different sensors with a more purposeful which creates long-lasting microcontroller with the objective to fulfill an Industrial automation

When I was at Bosch, I gave a series of seminars on industrial machine design for component testing so that the engineers could understand how their parts were being tested and what the numbers really meant. 

It's difficult to get some people to understand that a value of 12.987430273 is really a value of 12.7 +- 0.3 sometimes

The way I set up the classes were:

1) sensors and transducers

2) signal conditioning for the sensors

3) data acquisition and accuracy/resolution/sample rate/repeatability factors

4) operator interfacing and control, limits and techniques,

5) PID control theory

6) FMEA and warranty feedback to the design group

Scott

jwatson, where exactly do i find : "Essentials: MCUs learning module" or "Essentials: MCUs 1 course and quizz"

Thanks.

Yunus Vollenhoven

element14 Essentials: MCUs I

Hello Dave,

as far as I know, essentials is more focused on a specific type or components (e.g. microcontrollers) than e learning module. Instead a good series of learning modules on the most poopular - and not so much known - MCU excluding the Arduino, plese, I think it will be well accepted in the STEM or a specific area. Maybe integrated with an Essentials: MCU exploring differences and common principles (I suggest but not only, clock speed, memory, development environment etc.)

Enrico