What is the difference between the Penn Foster Basic Electronics class and the Electronics Technician class?

Question

I am looking into the possibility of taking one of the electronics home study class from Penn Foster. I would like to know what are the differences between the Basic Electronics and the Electronics Technician classes?

Answer 1

I could have sworn that I have posted this for you before, but I will post it again. The Tech course teaches some more advanced things, after you get through the basics. The basics start at "Introduction To Electronics" and end in "Electronic Power Supplies". Both courses teach these same lessons. Then the advanced Tech stuff starts off with "Reactive Circuits" and ends in " Basic Industrial Computer System". I have copy and pasted the list of assignments from my own Penn Foster account page below. I would highly recommend that you take the Tech course, if your looking for a course in electronics.







The Tech Course:



Introduction To Electronics

Learning Strategies

Mod 1 Basic Electronics

Nature Of Electricity

Pe Electronics Basics

Mod 2 Basic Electronics

Conductors, Insulators And Batteries

Circuit Analysis And Ohms Law

Exam Multimeter

Multimeter Operation Manual

Practical Exercise 2 Basic Electronics

Mod 3 Basic Electronics

Basic Test Equipment

Electronics Hardware

Switching Devices

Practical Exercise 3 Basic Electronics

Mod 4 Basic Electronics

Magnetism And Electromagnetism

Capacitors And Inductors

Basic Semiconductor Diodes

Basic Semiconductor Transistors

Practical Exercise 4 Basic Electronics

Mod 5 Basic Electronics

Alternating Current View Resource

Capacitors In Ac Circuits

Inductors In Ac Circuits

Transformers View Resource

Practical Exercise 5 Basic Electronics

Mod 6 Basic Electronics

Reactance & Impedance

Resonant Circuits

Applications & Troubleshooting Of Resonant Circuits

Practical Exercise Resonant Circuits

Mod 7 Basic Electronics

Rectifiers And Power Supplies

Amplifiers

Oscillators

Optoelectronic And Fiberoptic Components

Practical Exercise Advanced Electronic Components

Mod 8 Basic Electronics

Electronic Sensors

Modulation And Detection Circuits

Electronic Devices And Amplifiers

Using Basic Oscilloscopes

Practical Exercise 8 Basic Electronics

Mod 9 Basic Electronics

Audio And Rf Circuits View Resource

Oscillator And Feedback Wave Forms

Electronic Power Supplies

Practical Exercise 9 Basic Electronics

Mod 10 Electronics Technician

Reactive Circuits

Pulse Circuits Part 1

Pulse Circuits Part 2

Mod 11 Electronics Technician

Logic Circuits Part 1

Logic Circuits Part 2

Mod 12 Electronics Technician

Linear & Digital Integrated Circuits

Linear & Digital Integrated Circuits

Linear & Digital Experiments

Linear & Digital Experiments

Linear & Digital Experiments

Mod 13 Electronics Technician

Basic Industrial Computer Systems

Basic Industrial Computer System







The Basic Electronics Course:



Introduction To Electronics

Pe Electronics Basics

Nature Of Electricity

Conductors, Insulators And Batteries

Circuit Analysis And Ohms Law

Exam Multimeter

Multimeter Operation Manual

Basic Test Equipment

Electronics Hardware

Switching Devices

Magnetism And Electromagnetism

Capacitors And Inductors

Basic Semiconductor Diodes

Basic Semiconductor Transistors

Alternating Current

Capacitors In Ac Circuits

Inductors In Ac Circuits

Transformers

Reactance & Impedance

Resonant Circuits

Applications & Troubleshooting Of Resonant Circuits

Practical Exercise Resonant Circuits

Rectifiers And Power Supplies

Amplifiers

Oscillators

Optoelectronic And Fiberoptic Components

Practical Exercise Advanced Electronic Components

Electronic Sensors

Modulation And Detection Circuits

Electronic Devices And Amplifiers

Using Basic Oscilloscopes

Oscillator And Feedback Wave Forms

Electronic Power Supplies

Answer 2

Electronics was once as soon as a department or principal field in Electrical Engineering. Presently in different improve nations, you are going to be taking BS Electrical Engineering most important in Electronics. So hence, in the event you took Electrical Engineering, you would have background in Electronics Engineering and vice versa. At the moment in an Asian country, there would be much difference between the 2. Electrical and Electronics differs on the power they take care of. As per discovered. Electrical Engineering studes digs range on vigour vegetation, Transmission traces, substations, electrical machines down to residence wirings. Digital Engineering studes sort out on Circuits boards with vigor provide from an adaptor or from battery. Commonly offers on low vigor circuits however no longer the whole thing. An electronics studes would on the whole have their first task and that's power provide. Now a vigor deliver have a vast kind in phrases of energy rating. In fact switch Mode power give have voltages from 500Volts to 2000V and more specially on the majority or charge capacitor of the energy deliver circuits. Electonics deals additionally on high power accessories and circuits same because the Electrical studes. All of it will depend on the scholar on which he/she would tackle. I graduated Electronics Engineering and i additionally graduated Electrical Engineering. Electronics didnt go deeper on transmission strains and substation. Electrical Engineering additionally didnt go deeper on communications and computer hardware/programming. But in terms on circuit boards and vigour iteration they're just the equal. I simply relies on you. This could be a shaggy dog story however normally it makes sense. Electrical is confined to 60 hertz, 400Hz to some kilo hertz at the same time Electronics exceeds to Giga or Terahertz. Electrical is in the Megawatts at the same time electronics is from few kilowatts all the way down to milli or microwatts.

Answer 3

Simply put, the Electronics Technician course is a more in depth study in this field. Most, if not all, of the courses in the Basic program are included in the Technician program.