Embedded Systems & Electronics

From electronics fundamentals to fabricated PCBs and real firmware: STM32/ESP32, RTOS, drivers and comms, on C++ and Python foundations, with the career/portfolio layer.

All four courses are $240 together, $60 less than buying them one by one.

What is inside

Recommended path

Electronics → microcontrollers & firmware → PCB design → a fabricated board running your own firmware.

How every lesson works

Each lesson runs the same seven-part structure: learning material, active recall, conceptual questions, practice problems, a Feynman explanation, error analysis, and a mini challenge, then a quiz you have to pass to mark it complete. Completed modules enter a spaced-repetition queue that asks you real questions at 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 60 days, and reschedules from what you actually get right.

Full syllabus

• Variables, types and arithmetic (locked)
• Comparisons, booleans and if / else (locked)
• Loops: for and while (locked)
• Functions (locked)
• Lists and arrays (buffers) (locked)
• From scripts to firmware loops (locked)
• Data structures for embedded work (locked)
• Files & CSV sample data (locked)
• Exceptions & error handling (locked)
• Classes & objects for device components (locked)
• Modules & libraries (locked)
• NumPy arrays (locked)
• Vector operations (locked)
• Matrix fundamentals (locked)
• Random numbers & simulation (locked)
• Reading sensors & timing the loop (locked)
• Sensor data processing (locked)
• State machines & device modes (locked)
• Serial communication (locked)
• Logging data (locked)
• Plotting with Matplotlib (locked)
• PROJECT: Simulated PWM thermal controller (locked)
• Structuring large programs (locked)
• PROJECT: UART sample logger (locked)
• PROJECT: Debounced fault detector (locked)
• Review & Retention // Python for Robotics (locked)
• The C++ development environment (locked)
• C++ essentials & the memory model (locked)
• Operators & expressions (locked)
• Functions in C++ (locked)
• References & const-correctness (locked)
• Arrays (locked)
• Classes, RAII & pointers (locked)
• Constructors, encapsulation & composition (locked)
• Operator overloading (locked)
• STL: strings, maps & iterators (locked)
• Timing functions (locked)
• PROJECT: A reusable PID class in C++ (locked)
• Serial communication in C++ (locked)
• Finite state machines in C++ (locked)
• PROJECT: Serial sensor reader (locked)
• PROJECT: Differential drive simulator (locked)
• Review & Retention // C++ for Robotics / Embedded (locked)
• Components & Ohm's law (locked)
• Series & parallel circuits (locked)
• Capacitors & inductors (locked)
• Diodes & transistors (locked)
• Measurement & troubleshooting (locked)
• PROJECT: Build & troubleshoot a power-supply LED circuit (locked)
• PROJECT: Audio amplifier (locked)
• Review & Retention // Electronic Technician (locked)
• Embedded architectures (locked)
• Microcontroller anatomy & GPIO (locked)
• Interrupts & timers (locked)
• PROJECT: Interrupt button + UART reporter (locked)
• Serial protocols: UART, SPI, I2C (locked)
• ADC & PWM (analog I/O) (locked)
• PROJECT: Temperature monitor (locked)
• PROJECT: Motor controller (locked)
• Review & Retention // Embedded Systems (locked)
• Electronic components (locked)
• From breadboard to schematic (locked)
• PCB layout basics (locked)
• Routing & design rules (locked)
• PROJECT: Design a sensor breakout board (locked)
• Power supplies & regulation (locked)
• PROJECT: LED driver board (locked)
• PROJECT: Robot controller PCB (locked)
• Review & Retention // Hardware Prototyping & PCB (locked)
• Iterators & generators (locked)
• Decorators (locked)
• Context managers (locked)
• Type hints & documentation (locked)
• Unit testing (locked)
• Advanced NumPy (locked)
• Pandas for capture data (locked)
• Signal processing (locked)
• Coordinate frames & transforms (locked)
• State estimation & sensor fusion (locked)
• Optimization basics (locked)
• Monte Carlo simulation (locked)
• PROJECT: A* path planner for a constrained target (locked)
• Threads, processes & the GIL (locked)
• Async programming (locked)
• Producer-consumer & real-time pipelines (locked)
• Design patterns for embedded tooling (locked)
• Logging frameworks (locked)
• Configuration management (locked)
• Packaging applications (locked)
• PROJECT: Live serial monitor (locked)
• PROJECT: Multi-sensor fusion framework (locked)
• PROJECT: Embedded tooling library (locked)
• LAB // Robot stack on Raspberry Pi (or full sim) (locked)
• Review & Retention // Python for Robotics (locked)
• Inheritance (locked)
• Polymorphism & abstract classes (locked)
• Copy semantics & the rule of five (locked)
• Smart pointers & resource management (locked)
• Templates, STL & move semantics (locked)
• Lambdas & function objects (locked)
• Error-handling strategies (locked)
• Memory optimization & profiling (locked)
• Concurrency & real-time safety (locked)
• Futures & async tasks (locked)
• PROJECT: Lock-free SPSC ring buffer (locked)
• Project: multi-threaded sensor system (locked)
• Design patterns for robotics (locked)
• Configuration systems (locked)
• Project: embedded communication framework (locked)
• Project: robotics middleware library (locked)
• LAB // Run your C++ on a microcontroller (or native) (locked)
• Review & Retention // C++ for Robotics / Embedded (locked)
• Oscilloscope, AC signals & filters (locked)
• Op-amps & power supplies (locked)
• Signal conditioning (locked)
• PROJECT: Sensor amplifier + regulated supply (locked)
• Power electronics (locked)
• Motors & drives (locked)
• Advanced troubleshooting (locked)
• PROJECT: DC motor driver (locked)
• PROJECT: Power regulation system (locked)
• LAB // Bench: meter, scope, op-amp, supply (locked)
• Review & Retention // Electronic Technician (locked)
• STM32 peripherals: clocks, buses & DMA (locked)
• Real-time operating systems (RTOS) (locked)
• RTOS scheduling & memory (locked)
• PROJECT: RTOS sensor data logger (locked)
• Device drivers & HAL (locked)
• Low-power design (locked)
• Embedded Linux (locked)
• PROJECT: Real-time robot controller (locked)
• PROJECT: Embedded robotics platform (locked)
• Hands-on // KiCad: design and fabricate a real board (locked)
• Hands-on // Real MCU dev (STM32/ESP32, PlatformIO, FreeRTOS) (locked)
• Hands-on // Embedded debug tools (scope, logic analyzer, SWD, gdb) (locked)
• Hands-on // Communication on real hardware (I2C/SPI/UART + CAN bus) (locked)
• LAB // STM32 / Pico: interrupts, DMA, RTOS (locked)
• Review & Retention // Embedded Systems (locked)
• Signal integrity, impedance & EMC (locked)
• Power distribution networks (locked)
• High-speed routing (locked)
• DFM, fabrication & assembly (locked)
• PROJECT: Order-ready 4-layer MCU board (locked)
• PROJECT: Industrial sensor board (locked)
• PROJECT: Embedded robotics PCB (locked)
• LAB // Fabricate and bring up your PCB (locked)
• Review & Retention // Hardware Prototyping & PCB (locked)
• P1 // Automated sorting/conveyor cell (PLC) (locked)
• P2 // Closed-loop PID process control + SCADA (locked)
• P3 // Networked embedded motor controller (the bridge) (locked)
• P4 // Integrated robot work-cell (the convergence) (locked)
• Hands-on // Git & GitHub (the universal signal layer) (locked)
• Hands-on // Portfolio & README craft (how to present your work) (locked)
• Hands-on // Interview prep (technical + behavioral) (locked)
• Hands-on // Networking & the job search (locked)
• TURN 1 // Final Mastery Assessment (locked)
• TURN 2 // Final Mastery Assessment (locked)

All four courses are $240 together, $60 less than buying them one by one.