Is there a Harvard course based on the book that I can take?
A reader asked: “What is the name of the summer course? When is the summer course? How many hours is the course – cost? Is it too late to sign up.”
Unfortunately, the only way to take the course based on Learning the Art of Electronics at Harvard is to be enrolled as a student. (The course is also taught in some form at University of Maryland and possibly at Stanford University in the EE Makerspace).
The course used to be taught by me in-person in Cambridge, MA, as a seven-week summer session by Harvard Summer School
and during the term, also in-person, by someone else in the Harvard Extension School
https://extension.harvard.edu/academics/programs/take-a-course/#courses-designed-for-impact
I stopped teaching summer school in 2017 and as far as I know it is no longer available in the summer program. I believe the person teaching it during the term as an evening class stopped when the school insisted he could only teach it remotely. (As you can imagine it is not a course that lends itself to remote teaching – although I did teach it for two terms remotely during COVID as a normal Harvard course, but only the digital portion of the book).
Harvard’s PHYS S-12, taught by Nathan Melenbrink and available in the Summer and Extension School covers some simple electronics in addition to 3-D printing, laser cutting and other fabrication techniques. It is not based on our book but is a fun course to take if you live nearby.
You might want to check your local community college or adult education to see what they offer. Also, in the current world there are a huge number of online resources including videos that could help you tackle it on your own.
Finally, I just gave my step-nephews an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi for their birthdays. Both (but particularly the Arduino when paired with the https://store.arduino.cc/products/arduino-sensor-kit-base) is a fun and easy way to get into embedded computer programming.