The Microscale Academy, public for the first time.
Hands-on engineering lessons, AI-graded assessments, and certifications that mean something to Nigerian employers. Two public tracks — Product Development with Forge and an eight-part electronics ladder. Every cert is shareable, queryable, and connects directly into Forge Design when an exercise calls for it.
Start with Product Development with Forge — a public, hands-on path from your first circuit to a fully custom product. The electronics ladder (L0–L7) is open too.
How it works
Three-lane assessment
Every module ships with the assessment lanes its skill actually needs. K-Check (auto-graded MCQ) for knowledge. S-Check (AI plays the customer / supplier / scenario counterpart) for judgment. P-Check (photo / video evidence with manager sign-off) for physical work.
AI roleplay that grades you
The S-Check engine is two separate AI subsystems: one plays the counterpart in character, the other applies the rubric. They never see each other. This is the wedge — a better actor AND a better grader.
Certs that mean something
No completion percentages. Pass/fail per module with expiry. Shareable links (LinkedIn-ready), platform unlocks (e.g. order bulk LiFePO4 cells once L6 is passed), and chipset-maker co-branded certs from Phase 4.
Product Development with Forge
A hands-on path from your very first circuit to a fully custom product — learned by actually using Forge. No experience needed. Three levels, each ending in a shareable certificate.
- 1. BeginnerStart
Foundations
Beginner. The two halves of every electronic product — the circuit and the enclosure — and how to describe one in plain English and watch Forge build it. No experience needed.
Start the course - 2. Intermediate
Building from the Library
Intermediate. Assemble real products from Forge's library of proven building blocks — sensors, power paths, outputs, buses, and whole 3D designs — and learn how the blocks connect. Follows BWF1 Foundations.
Open level - 3. Advanced
Custom Design
Advanced. Go beyond the library: specify custom circuits from requirements, design fitted parametric enclosures, work with 3D-print manufacturing limits, iterate a real design, and complete a capstone product end to end. Follows BWF2.
Open level
Electronics fundamentals
An eight-part ladder from first principles to embedded systems. Take them in order, or jump to the group you need.
Foundations & Components
The physics, then the physical building blocks every circuit is made of.
- P3
Pre-electronics Fundamentals
SI units and prefixes. Schematic symbols and datasheet reading. ESD and lab safety. Through-hole soldering basics, including the perfboard header lab that gates the rest of the technical ladder.
Open module - P3
Passive Components
Resistors, capacitors, and inductors — what they do, how to read their values, how to choose them, and the practical circuits they appear in. The second rung of the Technical Ladder, building on L0 fundamentals.
Open module - P3
Diodes & Transistors
The first active components: diodes (one-way valves) and transistors (electronic switches + amplifiers). What they do, how to use them, and the everyday circuits — rectifiers, flyback protection, transistor switches — they make possible.
Open module
Digital & Embedded
Logic, microcontrollers, and getting parts to talk to each other.
- P3
Digital Electronics & Logic
The binary world: HIGH and LOW, logic levels, logic gates and truth tables, and the digital concepts (clocks, registers, the move from analog to digital) that the microcontroller lives in.
Open module - P3
Microcontrollers
The programmable chip that ties it all together: what a microcontroller is, GPIO pins (digital + analog + PWM), how to read inputs and drive outputs, and the ESP32 vs Arduino choices. The capstone of foundational electronics.
Open module - P3
Interfacing & Communication
How microcontrollers talk to sensors, displays, and each other. The three workhorse digital protocols — UART, SPI, and I²C — plus analog interfacing (ADC/DAC) and how to choose the right bus for a job. The bridge between L4's microcontroller and the real components it controls.
Open module
Power & Instrumentation
Powering a product, and measuring what it actually does.
- P3
Power Systems & Solar
The deep dive into power: energy vs power, battery chemistry (why LiFePO4 for Nigeria), charging and regulation, solar panels and sizing, and the complete architecture of a solar generator. The technical heart of solar power systems, grounded in real Nigerian operating conditions.
Open module - P3
Test & Measurement Equipment
The instruments that let you see what a circuit is actually doing: the multimeter, the bench power supply, the oscilloscope, the logic analyzer, and the signal generator. How each works, what it measures, the traps to avoid, and which tool to reach for — the foundation of every real diagnosis.
Open module