inform3r@... writes:
>>I've been looking at old datasheets and the one thing that holds me back
from prototyping some simple circuits is my lack of understanding for
"ground." I know it sounds incredibly clueless, but the concept has always
eluded me.<<
I don't know whether my explaination is the best, but you need ground to
create a potential between two points to get current to flow. For instance,
when you put a battery into an appliance, you don't connect just one end of
the battery because nothing would happen. Current needs to flow from the
voltage source to someplace, and that is ground. Disconnecting ground is
like turning the circuit off.
-Elhardt