Learn to design, verify, and bring up real semiconductor and electronics hardware — from device physics and analog/digital fundamentals through FPGA and ASIC design, PCB and high-speed design, power electronics, manufacturing, and test.
25 modules in 6 phases, with worked examples, interactive tools, labs and a quiz in every one, and a certificate of completion.
Build a power budget and document a circuit decision.
Driving current through the RTD is what turns its resistance into a voltage — but that same current also dissipates power in the sensor itself, which self-heats it above the actual process temperature and introduces a direct measurement error. A typical thin-film PT100 element in still air has a dissipation constant of roughly 5 mW/°C (manufacturer datasheets show a range of about 2-8 mW/°C depending on package and…
Selected training excerpt, not a complete design or a project submission. The full project includes its assumptions, methods and checks.
Build your own phase-by-phase workbook, record the evidence behind your decisions and download your work.
Estimate the daily energy needed by an equipment load. Change the power and operating hours, then check your estimate.
Daily energy = power × operating hours
Constant electrical input power; startup, standby and changing operating loads are excluded. This free exercise does not mark a paid module complete.
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Start with the free lesson →Covers Semiconductor Physics, Analog Electronics and Digital Electronics.
Band theory, intrinsic vs. extrinsic semiconductors, doping, charge carriers, the PN junction, and drift vs. diffusion current.
Diodes, BJT/MOSFET biasing, op-amp topologies, negative feedback, active filters, and real-world analog design limits.
Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic, finite state machines, CMOS electrical characteristics, and basic timing.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
Covers FPGA, Verilog & VHDL and ASIC Design Flow.
FPGA architecture (LUTs, CLBs, routing fabric), FPGA vs. ASIC trade-offs, the implementation flow, and clock resources.
HDL fundamentals, modeling styles, blocking vs. non-blocking assignment, testbenches, and synthesizable design.
The full RTL-to-GDSII flow, timing closure, physical verification signoff, tape-out, and custom-silicon economics.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
Covers PCB Design, Embedded Systems, Signal Integrity, Power Electronics, High-Speed Design and IC Packaging.
Schematic capture, footprints, layer stackup, routing rules, ground/power plane strategy, and DFM considerations.
MCU vs. MPU vs. SoC, memory architecture, core peripherals, interrupt handling, and firmware architecture.
Transmission lines, reflections, crosstalk, ground bounce, power integrity/decoupling, and eye diagrams.
Linear vs. switching regulators, efficiency and thermal design, power sequencing, and battery management basics.
LVDS/DDR/PCIe signaling, differential pair routing, length matching, via stubs, and SI/PI simulation.
Package types (DIP to WLCSP), package parasitics, thermal resistance, and wire-bond vs. flip-chip die attach.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
Covers Semiconductor Manufacturing, Testing & Validation, Hardware Debugging, Design Verification and Troubleshooting.
Wafer fabrication, photolithography, doping and deposition/etch, process nodes, and yield economics.
Test plan development, bench vs. production test, ATE basics, boundary scan/JTAG, and reliability testing.
Oscilloscope and logic-analyzer technique, systematic debug methodology, and common failure signatures.
Verification vs. validation, testbench methodology, functional coverage, assertions, and formal verification.
Real diagnostic scenarios — field-only timing faults, power/signal coupling, FPGA sim-vs-hardware bugs, and bus lockups.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
You apply what you have learned to 5 complete designs, starting with Analog Sensor Signal Conditioning Board.
A 4-wire RTD instrumentation-amplifier front end — worked gain, filter, and self-heating calculations.
A pipelined FIR filter in Verilog — fixed-point quantization, resource estimate, and a worked timing budget.
Stackup, length matching, fly-by termination, and a worked skew-budget calculation for a DDR3-800 interface.
A coin-cell wireless sensor node — low-power firmware, RF-aware layout, and a worked battery-life calculation.
Buck/LDO topology selection, power sequencing, and a worked efficiency/thermal calculation for an FPGA power tree.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
Covers Professional Engineering Practice, Documentation & Resource Kit and Capstone: Digital System Design & Certification.
Requirements definition, design reviews, the ECO process, IP licensing, and working with CMs and foundries.
A downloadable kit of 12 real project templates, from a component selection worksheet to an ECO template.
A final data-acquisition-system design assignment, drawing-interpretation and troubleshooting exercises, and your certificate of completion.
Project checkpoint: Record the assumptions, calculations and evidence behind this phase’s outcome in your project workbook.
By the end: Covers Semiconductor Physics, Analog Electronics and Digital Electronics.
Electronics design workbook: Build a power budget and document a circuit decision. Keep a result and a verification note for each phase.
Your All-Access Pass includes the project workbook, lesson notes, self-review checklists and portfolio downloads. Try the free lesson above to see a worked example.
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Finish all required module quizzes to unlock your certificate of completion. Modules with a score requirement must meet that requirement. Your project portfolio and skills summary are separate downloads for your own learning record.
A certificate of completion is not a professional license or accreditation.
12 real project templates — a component & datasheet selection worksheet, a schematic & layout design review checklist, a PCB stackup & impedance target worksheet, a power budget & decoupling worksheet, an IC package & land pattern selection worksheet, an ESD & handling procedure checklist, a bring-up & first-power test checklist, a design verification test plan template, a hardware debug log template, a bill of materials template, an engineering change order (ECO) template, and a design review sign-off checklist. Available for download from Module 20 (Documentation & Resource Kit) once you've unlocked the program.