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I know a lot of the words here, but most of it sounds like gibberish. I wish I had the expertise and domain knowledge to be able to do something like this. It w
by Sakos 2y ago
I know a lot of the words here, but most of it sounds like gibberish. I wish I had the expertise and domain knowledge to be able to do something like this. It was a fantastic read and I'm awed by the author's dedication and level of knowledge.
Unfortunately, as an enterprise software developer, my hardware proficiency stops at being able to assemble PCs and diagnose simple hardware issues (is this power supply broken?) at a very abstract level. I've encountered issues like this before and lacked the expertise to properly diagnose it on a low enough level, which can be frustrating.
- chongli 2y agoIf you have some free time you could always try taking up electronics as a hobby. Learn about Ohm’s law and circuits, KVL/KCL, test equipment such as multimeters and oscilloscopes, alternating current, capacitors and inductors, relationships between frequency and impedance, Smith charts, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, oscillators, digital logic… Okay it sounds like a lot but if you have an hour or two to study per week you’d be surprised at how much you can learn in just a few years!
- jdietrich 2y agoElectronics has the benefit of having one truly definitive textbook. https://artofelectronics.net/ https://artofelectronics.net/
- chongli 2y agoAnd it has a lab course to go with it!
- atribecalledqst 2y agoThe lab course is getting harder to run since the parts in the BOM on the author website are being end-of-life'd. I ran into this when I started trying to run it as a self-study project a while ago. It wasn't always clear what parts you could use to replace them either... Also, the BOM itself doesn't have everything used in the course, so I sometimes found I needed to order something I hadn't anticipated needing. (the frustration with this ultimately caused me to drop it, maybe half-ish of the way through) This doesn't really negate your point, the lab course certainly still exists, I'm just not sure how amenable it is to run through as a self-study hobbyist.
- chongli 2y agoIt looks like some others on the eevblog forums have run into the same issues. I found a discussion on putting together a BOM for the second edition here [1]. It seems like it would be a good community project to maintain an updated BOM of available parts for the lab course! [1] https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/learning-the-art-of-electronics-parts-bom/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/learning-the-art-of-...