Read this course at: https://siliconwit.com/education/modeling-and-simulation/

Build it in simulation before you build it in hardware. Nine complete Python projects covering battery discharge, circuit response, mechanical dynamics, thermal analysis, PID control, sensor fusion, signal processing, Monte Carlo tolerance analysis, and system identification from measured data.

modeling-and-simulation/
├── index.mdx
├── from-equations-to-simulations.mdx
├── simulating-electrical-circuits.mdx
├── mechanical-system-dynamics.mdx
├── thermal-modeling-electronics.mdx
├── control-system-simulation.mdx
├── sensor-fusion-state-estimation.mdx
├── signal-processing-simulation.mdx
├── monte-carlo-engineering-decisions.mdx
├── system-identification-measured-data.mdx
└── README.md

All commands below work on Linux, macOS, and Windows (using Git Bash, PowerShell, or Command Prompt with Git installed).

First time setup (clone the repo once):

git clone https://github.com/SiliconWit/modeling-and-simulation.git
cd modeling-and-simulation

Every time you start working:

git pull origin main

Always pull before making changes. This avoids conflicts with other contributors.

After making your changes:

git add .
git commit -m "Brief description of what you changed"
git push origin main

If you get a push error (someone pushed before you):

git pull origin main

Git will merge the changes automatically in most cases. If there is a conflict, Git will mark the conflicting lines in the file. Open the file, choose which version to keep, then:

git add .
git commit -m "Resolve merge conflict"
git push origin main

Tips to avoid conflicts:

• Always git pull origin main before you start working
• Push your changes as soon as you are done, do not hold onto uncommitted work for long
• Coordinate with other contributors so two people are not editing the same file at the same time

1. Fork the repository: SiliconWit/modeling-and-simulation
2. Clone your fork:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/modeling-and-simulation.git
   cd modeling-and-simulation

3. Make your changes and commit:

   git add .
   git commit -m "Brief description of what you changed"
   git push origin main

4. Open a Pull Request against main on the original repository
5. Describe what you changed and why in the PR description

• All lesson files use .mdx format
• Do not use <BionicText> in this course
• Every lesson contains a complete, runnable Python project
• Code blocks should include a title attribute
• Use ASCII diagrams in text code blocks where they help visualize systems
• Use Starlight components where appropriate
• All Python code must be testable: python3 script.py should produce output

Clone the main site repository and initialize submodules:

git clone --recurse-submodules <main-repo-url>
cd siliconwit-com
npm install
npm run dev

This course content is released under the MIT License.