The 14-day plan
About three hours a day. Tick lessons off here or on the lesson page; labs tick themselves when you hit their goal.
Day 1 Silicon basics
130 minBands, doping and the p-n junction.
Day 2 Transistors to fabs
160 minMOSFETs, CMOS logic and how wafers are made.
Day 3 Packaging, power and the industry
130 minPackages, SiC and GaN, and where the jobs are.
Day 4 Circuits and components
195 minFundamentals, passives and actives.
Day 5 Schematic to layout
165 minCapture, stack-up, routing and integrity.
Day 6 Manufacturing and bring-up
155 minDFM, debugging and a real KiCad project.
Day 7 Robot anatomy, sensors, actuators
150 minWhat a robot is made of.
- Anatomy of a robot40 min
- Sensors55 min
- Actuators and motor drivers55 min
Day 8 Firmware, control, kinematics
200 minMicrocontrollers, PID and motion math.
- Microcontrollers and firmware55 min
- Control systems and PID50 min
- Kinematics and motion50 min
- Lab: PID tuning lab25 min
- Lab: 2-link arm kinematics20 min
Day 9 Navigation and the build
125 minBehaviors, state machines and building the robot.
- Perception and navigation50 min
- Build your smart robot75 min
Day 10 Simulation and ROS 2
165 minTest controllers in the simulator, then the professional stack.
Day 11 EV powertrain
165 minArchitecture, motors and inverters.
Day 12 Batteries, Tesla, charging
155 minPacks, the Roadster lineage and charging systems.
Day 13 AI-assisted design
160 minCAD kernels, design agents and a Claude tool.
Day 14 Interview marathon and capstone
Mock interview mode, careers page, capstone checklist.
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