Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis

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4.5 rating, based on 55 reviews

• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  This was a terrific class that teaches the fundamentals of circuit analysis, including resistors, capacitors, inductors and with a particular focus on MOSFET transistors and their applications to amplifier circuits and digital logic circuits.

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• Session was amazing It’s gave me opportunity to learn so much new things . I would recommends you to please see once you’ll love the they explain

• Ram Ramabhadran is taking this course right now, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

  This is a great course. I will be 70 years old this week. As a physics student who took electronics nearly 45 years ago when I was trained in radiological physics. I have been at it less than a week now and I am finding this course refreshing and rejuvenating. I enjoyed the math review although it took some work after all these years. I am finding the transition from physics thinking to the EE thinking a bit hard right now because of the sign issues in KCL and KVL, but hope to overcome it soon.
  
  I have taken this course for a certificate and I am looking forward to finishing it ahead of the deadline.

• Keshav Gupta completed this course, spending 6 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

  The material has been presented wonderfully! It has been ensured that no basic concept is unclear in the mind of the learner. You will definitely enjoy this course, as it is the best introduction to electronics. It is highly recommended that you take the 2nd and 3rd parts of this course as well. I am a high school student; the knowledge of High School Mathematics and Physics helped me in completing the course in lesser duration with 100 % final grade.
• Anonymous

  i did this course and is good, i recommend thi to all my friends in this field hi to all my friends in this field
• Anonymous

  Anonymous is taking this course right now.

  For any beginner who wants to know about electronics :start learning from here . This course assumes no prior experience in electronics . In fact this course is also learned by mit students so it is a good opportunity learn from this course.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  I gave this 5 stars because it does teach a lot and I don't see any other equivalent MOOC for electrical engineering. I hope MITx continues this course as it has helped me out tremendously.
  
  The only critique I have is I wish it gave more detail about how circuits work in the beginning. I had a tough time trying to understand direction/sign of current and then direction/sign of power. The book didn't explain it well and it took several youtube videos for me to pick up on it. After I got past the basics the course started to make a lot more sense.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  Fantastic course! I learned so much about circuits, and Dr. Anant Agarwal's demos and lectures were clear in illustrating the bridge from the high school physics I had learnt to Electrical Engineering. I especially liked the way that he left me in a cliffhanger at the end of most of his videos, leaving me to think, for example, how the Small Signal Method could be implemented without completely revealing it just yet. This course was definitely demanding and required a lot of effort, but taking the time to learn the material is definitely worth it!
  
  - Surya Rajan
• Anonymous

  Anonymous is taking this course right now.

  I loves the format. The content was good. Be warned that the interaction is very limited. If you’re stuck on a concept, it’s not easy to get help. Yes, I posted (more than once) and no one responded or answered (even after 3 weeks of waiting). I thought that getting verified and pursuing the paid certificate might garner a response, not so. If you know someone in this field that you can talk things through to, then I definitely recommend it. Good luck.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course, spending 15 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

  It is good course for beginners to understand the basics for the way of fixing electrical circuits.
  you might able to do in the circuit which contains 1000 resistors, independent 100 power supplys in 30 minutes as long as you can replace by hands.
  
  As the professor says, it could be normal that your watch changes the current time during using the chainsaw and hammer and tightening up bolts without the lubricant.
• Muhit Khan

  Muhit Khan is taking this course right now, spending 1 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.

  Hello, good evening. This is MUHIT Khan.Could tell me please, Is the course free? If you share me, I will get proper information.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  This was my first online class and I still consider it THE benchmark for what a great MOOC experience should be. Dr. Agarwal's passion for teaching really comes through in his ah-ha moments and other fun distractions that help make learning a tedious subject fun and engaging. The course also includes challenging homework assignments and a breadboard simulator too. One of my favorite parts of the course was discussing the lectures with friends on the forums.
  
  The course combines RLC circuit theory with digital concepts which helps break it up into digestible chunks. My one knock is we did spend a lot of time on mosfets. If you want a thorough anlog and digital circuits introduction this is the best.
• Anonymous

  Great course. Very informative and up to date with modern standards. WOuld definitely recommend to those interested to learn how circuits work.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  I took this course when it was launched for the first time through MITx, which is now edx. Right throughout the course it was very interesting, the sessions taken by Mr. Anant Agarwal were the best. He knows how to explain a concept in the easiest manner. Along with the classes, the quizzes and the problems at the end of videos and chapters were really testing our application of learning a concept. Overall the best course if you would like to learn basics of electronics and circuit analysis.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  This is an excellent course to get you started in electronics. The textbook is very helpful. It gives you confidence when reviewing schematics and solving for voltages and currents. I would recommend this course to any student that wants to be an electrical engineer.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  Of the 5 courses I've taken on edx and coursera, this was the Gold Standard. Everything was done right. The lectures were exceptional with annotated and clean lecture slides. The homework, exams, and labs are both challenging and instructive. Course administration was well managed. (Took spring 2012)
• Kypu.swetha

  Kypu.swetha is taking this course right now, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.

  I chose this course to improve my knowledge in electronics and communication.I hope this course will give me good experience and improves the job opportunities of mine after my graduation.I hope that you will give me good information regarding to electronics.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  This course is the one I currently rank above all the other online courses I have taken. The lectures were clear and interesting. The problem sets were the right difficulty and very insightful. Some work does need to be done on the homework page layout and input of formulas. They may have fixed that in the current iteration (I took the initial March-June 2012 class). Excellent course.
• Anonymous

  Anonymous is taking this course right now.

  Very nice course Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis
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• Anonymous

  Anonymous completed this course.

  I watched these lectures on MIT's OCW as a supplement to a circuits and devices course at Penn State University -- University Park (EE 210). These lectures helped reinforce (and, at times, clarify) the most important concepts in my course. Highly recommended.