OppaErich 25 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 From UC Berkeley, starting 1/20/2015 https://www.edx.org/course/electronic-interfaces-uc-berkeleyx-ee40lx#.VH8h7GeNrcs Fmilburn and stasundr 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Last time a course was promoted here, the feedback was all out negative. Do you have any indication that this course will be better? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OppaErich 25 Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 You mean UT601x ? I loved that...I don't know this course but the syllabus looks like this is about basic electronics. The course consists of seven modules: Module 0: Introduction Module 1: The Basics Module 2: Resistors Module 3: Amplifiers Module 4: Capacitors & Filters Module 5: Transistors Module 6: Inductors Every module consists of a combination of theory-based lectures and lab-based discussions where we apply that module Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vinicius.jlantunes 50 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I subscribed to this a while ago just out of curiosity. My experience with edx courses is great, I've taken 4 or 5 before and am enrolled in a couple others at the moment. It doesn't mean this one will be good for sure, but well, it's a respected school and all that... probably not that interesting for those already experienced with MSP430 or electronics in general, but well, probably good for some. I am an engineer so I can skip all of those basic topics, but I normally do them anyways to get ideas for the classes I teach. spirilis 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vinicius.jlantunes 50 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I will ressurect this thread just to say that the course was quite nice. I have used their method in my classes, which is to take a larger system (e.g. a simple robot) and cover each of its building blocks sequentially during the course so you complete the job at the end; it's quite rewarding and helps keeping students engaged. It's not a great course if you're intested in learning MSP430 specifically, but that was not the intent of the course. It is good though for any begginer trying to get a grasp of basic electronics concepts that always surround a microcontroller. Here is the robot I built for the course - you were required to shoot a video of it for grading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
igendel 27 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I took this course too. The launchpad was mostly a "transparent" platform for the course material, which was - as mentioned here earlier - basic electronic components and circuits. As a hobbyist with no solid background in electronics, I quite enjoyed it. Good for beginners, just not as an introductions to MSP430 or MCUs in general. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
austen520 6 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Just to more or less reiterate igendel's point, this course is taught in parallel with the intro analog circuits course at UC Berkeley (you might say it's analogous to the edX class. Ba-dum-tss!). I took the course in the Spring, and the focus is certainly basic electrical theory and analog circuit design, with the MSP430 serving mainly as a tool to further explore those topics. That being said, depending on your application, having a good handle on the analog domain seems to be half the battle when working with an MCU (even more so with tools like Energia simplifying the development process... or at least, in theory). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fmilburn 445 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 @@OppaErich Thanks for posting! I've signed up and I'm going to try it out... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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