victorbouvet / roadmap

A small compilation of every books, docs, tools that I use as an electronics engineering student (mostly about analog design)

Roadmap

My go-to resources as an electronics engineering student.

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Learning Ressources

To evaluate each resource presented in this document, I have set up a rating system:

❤️ : Must-Have (maximum one or two resources per part, mandatory resources)

⭐⭐⭐ : Required (almost essential reading)

⭐⭐ : Recommended (necessary or highly useful)

⭐ : Possibilities (useful in specific cases)

Useful softwares any EE student should know

• Programming languages: C, Python, Matlab/Octave
• VSCode/VSCodium
• Git
• Unix commands & Bash scripting + text editor (I recommend vim (see 1 and 2 + vimtutor command), nano or gedit
• Docker
• make and CMake

Electronics equipment

Lab Equipment

• Oscilloscope: Siglent SDS1104X-E, Rigol DS1054Z, Keysight DSOX1202A, Rigol DS1104Z-S+ (with function generator), Rigol MSO5072 (w/ function generator & logic analyzer)
• Function generator: Siglent SDG1032X, Siglent SDG2042X
• Lab power supply: Rigol DP832
• Digital multimeter or bench digital multimeter
• Logic analyzer: Saleae Logic 8
• Probes: PCBite 4019
• Spectrum analyzer: Siglent SSA3021X

Prototyping Kit

• Wire stripper
• Solderless breadboards
• Breadboard cables
• Stranded cables
• Resistor / Capacitor / Inductor kits

Digital design Kit

• FPGA: Digilent Nexys A7-100T

PCB Kit

• ESD mat
• Soldering iron
• Solder wire
• Solder flux
• Smoke extractor
• Desoldering braid
• Hot air station
• ESD tweezers set
• Screwdriver set
• Cutting pliers
• Hot glue gun

Useful websites

• EDN
• All About Circuits : Community of electrical engineers with hundreds of technical articles
• Open Tetxbook Library : Free electrical/electronics engineering textbooks

Basic of electronics and Semiconductors theory

Analog Design

Digital Design

Computer Architecture

Mixed-Signal Design

PCB Design

Digital Signal Processing

RF Design

Programming (WIP)

Books

• The C Programming Language, K&R ❤️
• Python book

Free resources

CS50 Harvard ⭐⭐

Protocols (WIP)

Free resources

• UART, I2C, SPI ⭐⭐⭐
• CAN Protocol ⭐
• AMBA Protocol ⭐

Docs

• I2C Protocol, Texas Instruments
• ARM's AMBA protocol: AMBA AXI Protocol + AMBA AHB Protocol

Authors

• @victorbouvet

OLD STUFF

Semiconductors explained Electric EDA Digital communications tutorial + Book Getting to Blinky ⭐ KiCad Tutorial ⭐⭐️ CppSim : Tool to perform system-level simulations of complex mixed-signal circuits FPGA design with Verilog tutorial

• Dynamatic, EPFL : Open-source HLS (high-level synthesis) compiler
• Digital Design by Wakerly
   Acquire advanced knowledge of digital design
• CMOS VLSI Design by Neil Weste and David Harris
   Read 3rd chapter carefully or Sigasi : VHDL verification tool OR OSVVM :

Tools

• NGSpice: Free Verilog-AMS (hardware description language that can model both analog and digital) simulator
• Xyce + ADMS : Same as NGSPicew with Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS