Course on basics of electronics for students of automation and robotics

The paper presents the course of basics of electronics developed for the field of automation and robotics. The automation engineer should have general knowledge of theoretical foundations, but should also know modern, practical solutions for the power supply systems, power amplifiers, signal amplifiers, e.g. of signals coming from measurement sensors. Therefore, the lectures include both theoretical basics of semiconductors, amplifiers (including the power amplifiers), and feedback systems (control), as well as practical knowledge about the properties of modern components (including SMD) and their applications in electronic circuits. The lectures are supplemented by laboratories, which are planned in two ways: the first thread is a cycle of measurements of the main electronics components and basic electronic circuits using software and hardware from National Instruments, the second thread includes simulations in Altium Designer - the electronic CAD.