Contextual Electronics

The Online Electronics Apprenticeship

Learn to design custom electronics, no degree required

Contextual Electronics offers hands-on courses that teach you the skills to create your own custom electronics. Learn at your own pace, from the comfort of your own home.

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The Most Recent Episodes of The Contextual Electronics Podcast

CEP005 – Clojure Script on Hardware with Mike Fikes

Mike Fikes normally works on software, focusing on Clojure Script and other high level language implementations. Mike joins Chris to talk about bringing similar methodologies to the world of hardware, and how he learned how to work on hardware.

CEP004 – High current open hardware with Elen from Fully Automated Technologies

Elen from Fully Automated Technologies joins Chris to talk about building high current battery controllers. She also describes an exciting new site called EDeA, for offering circuit schematic and layout blocks in KiCad. That site will allow users to pull in open source, proven design blocks to their designs. All electronics designed at Fully Automated Technologies is open source.

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Check out some of the Contextual Electronics Course Projects (Free and Paid)

A sampling of the projects our members complete in order to learn more about electronics in a hands-on way. Click into each project to see the course outline and some sample content.

Start Here!
Start Here!This course will help you get the most out of Contextual Electronics.
Shine On You Crazy KiCad
Shine On You Crazy KiCadMake a custom but very simple piece of electronics for the Raspberry Pi platform.
Getting To Blinky 5.0
Getting To Blinky 5.0A short video series introducing the key concepts of using the open source ecad software KiCad.
The CE Header
The CE HeaderThe “CE Header” is a generic header that makes any development board or breakout board into an instantly “connected” device.
Current Sink Or Swim
Current Sink Or SwimThe current sink or swim is a self-powered current sink for testing devices like batteries, power supplies and more.
Power Swap
Power SwapThe Power Swap module is a range of videos about creating DC/DC converters.
Advanced BLE-CELL (ABC)
Advanced BLE-CELL (ABC)This course shows how to design and advanced PCB using a cellular module and a bluetooth chip, as well as all of the supporting components.

The Contextual Electronics Skills Projects (Free and Paid)

A sampling of the skills our members learn and use on a daily basis. These shorter video courses will enable users to become better electronics designers. Click into each skill to see the course outline and some sample content.

Soldering
SolderingLearn all about how to solder boards and rework boards using standard bench equipment.
Test Equipment
Test EquipmentLearn how to use test equipment which will be utilized throughout the CE course projects.
Simulation
SimulationLearn how to use traditional SPICE techniques to run through multiple situations on your designs.
Board Assembly
Board AssemblyThere's more to assembling boards than soldering. Learn some techniques for creating assembled PCBs.
Revision Control
Revision ControlLearn how to use revision control techniques for software and hardware projects.