Tutorial Re: Schematics Archive

[Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.]

> John,
> 
>     There's not much incentive for writing tutorials.  About a month ago I
wrote
> a tutorial on OTA's.  It took a few hours of my time.  It was posted on two or
> three websites, but I got almost no feedback.  Either people didn't read them,
or
> they read them and had no comments.  I have a short tutorial on op amps that I
> wrote for a class a few years ago.  It could use some work to improve it but I
> don't have the time.  Probably it would still be useful as is.  All the talk
> about VCO's lately tickles me to write a tutorial on VCOs, why they have/need
> exponential front ends, various methods used to get the exponential, the
> plus/minues of current controlled and voltage controlled oscillator
mechanisms,
> sawtooth vs triangle, etc.  But based on my experience with the OTA it
probably
> isn't worth the trouble.  It does seem, however, that people would have more
> success with their DIY projects if they had a better understanding of what
they
> were doing.
>
> Gene Z.
>
>

Gene,

This is true in may areas.  People seldom respond or comment.  In many cases
I have seen in other areas, the webmaster of the site either doesn't
acknowledge the contributor, or no method of feedback is supported.  So, the
reader simple reads it, maybe prints it, and that's the end.  Maybe each
tutorial on the site should have a feedback mechanism to send form data to
the author, or at least to the webmaster.  Forms are relatively easy to
create, and, even if the ISP only supports sending the results to a single
mailbox, many current email applications support mail routing based on
message content.


Geren W Mortensen, Jr.

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