Capacitors Course
Gain mastery over capacitors, bridging theory to practical touch sensor applications in labs. Explore parallel-plate capacitor design, ESR, leakage currents, environmental influences, and microcontroller integration to develop stable, low-noise, dependable capacitive circuits suited for everyday electronics projects.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Capacitors Course offers a quick, hands-on guide to designing and testing touch-sensitive parallel-plate capacitors confidently. You will grasp key electrostatics principles, non-ideal real-world behaviours, and impacts of temperature, humidity, leakage, and ESR on performance. Via practical labs, you create affordable measurement systems, achieve precise calibration, and connect sensors to microcontrollers for consistent, reliable touch detection.
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Develop skills
- Design effective touch capacitive sensors by optimising plates, dielectrics, and geometries swiftly.
- Deploy reliable RC timing circuits by choosing suitable resistors, capacitors, and microcontroller techniques for precise detection.
- Simulate human touch effects and parasitic influences to create accurate small-signal capacitor models.
- Counteract non-ideal capacitor issues like ESR, leakage, soakage, and drift through practical methods.
- Conduct professional lab-standard capacitor testing with safe rigs, calibration, data logging, and detailed reports.
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