P8
Power Electronics — Fundamentals
Curated: learn how products get power — regulators, converters, batteries, and solar — from a free course, prove it in Forge, and get certified. The first module of the Power track.
Curated course · learn it herecurated 2026-08-06
Electronic Basics — regulators, converters, batteries & solar
GreatScott! · video · ~3h · Free · English
Why we picked it: The #1 beginner-maker electronics channel (2.16M subscribers) — hands-on, with zero graduate-level math. Its power/battery/solar episodes (buck/boost, TP4056 + BMS, MPPT vs PWM) each pull hundreds of thousands to millions of views. Watch the power, battery, and solar episodes in the series.
Covers
- linear vs switching regulation
- buck / boost / buck-boost converters
- efficiency (why SMPS beats linear)
- Li-ion / LiPo charging (TP4056)
- BMS / battery protection
- solar: MPPT vs PWM
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Study guide
Open the study guide →1 study section · what to focus on + prove it in Forge, then take the check.
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