Capacitors Course
This course equips you with essential knowledge on capacitors, progressing from fundamental theory to practical touch sensor applications. Delve into parallel-plate capacitor design, ESR, leakage currents, environmental impacts such as temperature and humidity, and seamless microcontroller integration. Gain the expertise to construct stable, low-noise, dependable capacitive circuits tailored for everyday electronics projects in South African contexts.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain a swift, hands-on route to confidently designing and testing touch-sensitive parallel-plate capacitors. Master key electrostatic principles, practical non-ideal traits, and the influence of temperature, humidity, leakage, and ESR on performance. Via targeted laboratory exercises, assemble affordable measurement systems, achieve precise calibration, and connect sensors to microcontrollers for consistent, reproducible touch detection.
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Develop skills
- Design touch capacitive sensors by optimising plates, dielectrics, and geometry quickly.
- Implement reliable RC timing circuits by choosing suitable resistors, capacitors, and microcontroller techniques.
- Model human touch effects and parasitic influences to create precise small-signal capacitor circuits.
- Counteract non-ideal capacitor behaviours like ESR, leakage, soakage, and drift in real applications.
- Conduct professional lab tests on capacitors with safe setups, accurate calibration, data logging, and detailed reporting.
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