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A ground-up electronics foundation — household and building wiring, circuit safety, components, transistors, digital logic, and programming an Arduino microcontroller. Finish able to install low-voltage devices like video intercoms and build your own projects.
Electronics is the skill behind almost every device and installation job in Rwanda — from wiring a building safely to installing an access-control or video intercom system. This course starts from zero: what voltage actually is, and builds all the way up to programming a microcontroller.
You won't just learn theory. Every session is hands-on — you build something almost every time, finishing with a real project you design and debug yourself.
Safe wiring practice, circuit safety, and reading electrical diagrams for a real building.
Voltage, current, resistance, and Ohm's Law — the building blocks behind every circuit.
Series and parallel circuits, LEDs, resistors, capacitors and diodes, all built hands-on.
Using transistors as switches and amplifiers, relays, and working with sensors.
The binary system, logic gates, and integrated circuits like the 555 timer.
Introduction to Arduino, basic programming, and building your own final project.
Installing access-control and video intercom systems, like the one shown below.
The full 20-session, day-by-day breakdown is below.
Exactly what each session covers, from your first voltage calculation to your final Arduino project.
A ground-up electronics foundation — from what voltage actually is, through circuits and transistors, to programming a microcontroller. Built for complete beginners, finishing with a real project you design yourself.
Electronics vs. electricity, how everyday devices work, and building an engineer's problem-solving mindset.
Voltage, current and resistance, and Ohm's Law (V = I × R) with hands-on calculations.
Resistors and the resistor colour code, LEDs, batteries and switches — and how to use a multimeter.
Open vs. closed circuits, and series vs. parallel wiring.
Hands-on project: choosing the right resistor value and building a working LED circuit.
How capacitors store and release charge, and where they're used in real circuits.
How diodes work, and how they protect a circuit from damage.
NPN vs. PNP transistors, and using one as an electronic switch.
How a transistor boosts a weak signal, and where amplification is used in real devices.
Controlling high-power devices safely using a low-power signal.
Light and temperature sensors. Hands-on project: an automatic light that turns on at night.
How computers count and store information using just 0s and 1s.
AND, OR and NOT gates, and how they combine to make decisions.
What an IC is, and an introduction to the 555 timer chip.
Hands-on project: building a blinking LED circuit using a 555 timer.
Introduction to Arduino, and what a microcontroller actually does.
Writing simple code to turn an LED on and off.
Hands-on project: building a working temperature monitor.
Student's choice: an automatic light, an alarm system, or a smart charger.
Approaching a problem, sketching a circuit, testing it, and debugging faults — the process behind every project above.
A real video intercom system installed and configured as part of this course — the same kind of access-control and entry system work you'll learn to install and troubleshoot.
Notes, slide decks and practice videos for every module — unlocked as soon as you enroll.
Written PDF notes for every module, from your instructors.
Unlocks on enrollmentRecorded demonstrations and walkthroughs you can rewatch anytime.
Unlocks on enrollmentWiring diagrams, checklists and reference sheets to work from.
Unlocks on enrollmentGraduates leave with a real electronics foundation, not just theory. Here's what that opens up:
Handle household and building wiring with proper circuit safety.
Design, build and troubleshoot circuits from components you understand.
Fit access-control and video intercom systems correctly.
Write basic code and connect sensors to a microcontroller.
Take an idea from sketch to a working, tested device.
Use this foundation for CCTV, AC or other electrical trade courses.
Complete beginners with zero electronics background
Career changers building toward an electrical trade
Anyone who wants to install and repair low-voltage devices
Technicians in other trades who want an electronics foundation
Registration, lessons and certification for Electricity & Electronics Fundamentals happen on the IBTC e-learning platform. Create your account and pick this course to begin.
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