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If you want to understand the fundamental principles of how op-amps and electric circuits work, I recommend learning the basic principles of elementary particle
by halayli 5y ago
If you want to understand the fundamental principles of how op-amps and electric circuits work, I recommend learning the basic principles of elementary particles, electric charge, electric fields, and electromagnetic force, without diving into the mathematics behind them.
It's easier to understand analog circuits without knowing the above because you are dealing with concrete components that abstract a lot of details away from you.
What drove me down this path is when one day I asked myself what is voltage? Why do they use the water pressure example to explain it? We are familiar with V = IR but that doesn't explain what voltage is just like an apple falling on the ground doesn't explain gravitational force.
Don't be surprised if this journey takes you down to quantum mechanics.
- elevation 5y ago> learning the basic principles of elementary particles, electric charge, electric fields, and electromagnetic force, without diving into the mathematics behind them I cannot emphasize this enough for those who have a "water in a pipe" mental model of DC electric circuits but struggle to intuitively grasp AC and RF concepts like filters, fields, transformers, antennas, or even buck/boost converters. Once you're able to mentally reduce some of these circuits to an understanding of the forces upon a single electron at any point in the circuit at any point in time, you being to be able to create your own designs rather than relying on the examples of others.
- halayli 5y agoexactly. this field of education needs a big revamp.
- bewbaloo 5y agocan you recommend any books on this subject?