11 · Life Plan
Tasks
What I am actively working on, with status, published so the list itself becomes accountability. Smaller than goals, more granular than the Master Plan's artifact backlog. Edits flow through the vault — the public read-only view is here.
Lifetime
- Electronics Diagnostic Reportopenelectronics
A self-assessment of remembered EEE knowledge, missing foundations, available equipment, and starting projects.
Done means:
- skills assessed
- equipment listed
- missing tools listed
- first lab sequence chosen
Priority: Very high
- Electronics Safety and Lab Setupopenelectronics
Manual A personal manual for safe bench work, power supply use, current limiting, multimeter use, oscilloscope use, and component handling.
Done means:
- safety checklist exists
- equipment workflow exists
- pre-power checklist exists
- lab notebook template exists
Priority: Very high
- Circuit Fundamentals Notebookopenelectronics
A notebook covering voltage, current, resistance, power, Ohm’s law, KCL, KVL, series/parallel circuits, dividers, nodal analysis, and Thevenin/Norton.
Done means:
- theory notes exist
- problems solved
- simulations included
- measurement labs included
Priority: Very high
- LTspice Simulation Labopenelectronics
A repo of simulated circuits.
Includes:
- resistor networks
- RC/RL/RLC circuits
- filters
- diodes
- transistors
- op-amps
Done means:
- simulations are organized
- screenshots/results exist
- README explains each circuit
- real-world comparison planned
Priority: High
- Passive Components andopenelectronics
Measurement Lab A lab notebook for resistors, capacitors, inductors, tolerances, RC curves, ESR basics, and real measurements.
Done means:
- measurements taken
- expected vs actual compared
- error sources discussed
Priority: High
- Semiconductor Devices Notebookopenelectronics
A notebook using Boylestad-style study for diodes, BJTs, FETs, MOSFETs, biasing, switching, amplification, and device behavior.
Done means:
- notes exist
- problems solved
- datasheet studies included
- lab circuits included
Priority: High
- Op-Amp Circuit Labopenelectronics
A lab for inverting amplifiers, non-inverting amplifiers, buffers, comparators, active filters, and instrumentation amplifiers.
Done means:
- circuits simulated
- circuits built where possible
- measurements logged
- real op-amp limitations discussed
Priority: High
- Embedded Systems Starter Labopenelectronics
A repo for Arduino/Pico projects covering GPIO, PWM, ADC, sensors, UART, I2C, SPI, displays, and basic firmware structure.
Done means:
- at least 5 embedded projects exist
- wiring diagrams included
- firmware documented
- debugging notes included
Priority: Medium-high
- First KiCad PCB Projectopenelectronics
A simple PCB designed, checked, exported, ordered if possible, assembled, and tested.
Done means:
- schematic exists
- PCB layout exists
- ERC/DRC checked
- Gerbers exported
- BOM exists
- bring-up notes written
Priority: Medium-high
- Hardware Case Studyopenelectronics
A full writeup of one electronics project from requirement to circuit, simulation, build, measurement, failure, and revision.
Done means:
- published on GitHub or website
- includes schematic/simulation/photos/results
- includes failures and lessons learned
Priority: High once one hardware project exists