Capacitors Course
This course equips you with essential knowledge on capacitors, from fundamental electrostatic principles to practical applications in touch-sensitive sensors. Explore parallel-plate capacitor design, non-ideal behaviors such as ESR and leakage, environmental influences like temperature and humidity, and seamless microcontroller interfacing. Build reliable, low-noise capacitive circuits for real-world electronics projects through hands-on labs and testing.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical expertise in designing and testing parallel-plate touch capacitors. Master electrostatics, non-ideal effects from temperature, humidity, leakage, and ESR. Build measurement setups, calibrate accurately, and connect sensors to microcontrollers for dependable touch detection.
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Develop skills
- Design touch capacitive sensors by optimizing plates, dielectrics, and geometry.
- Implement robust RC timing circuits with proper resistor, capacitor, and microcontroller selection.
- Model human touch effects and parasitic capacitances in small-signal circuits.
- Mitigate non-ideal effects like ESR, leakage, soakage, and drift.
- Conduct lab-grade capacitor tests with safe setups, calibration, logging, and reporting.
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