BTW, that was posted by someone who doesn't know shite about
electronics... :)
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@w...> wrote:
> For learning basic electronics, Radio Shack has (had?) a series of
> mini-books that were pretty cool. Also, for stuff targeted at
music
> electronics, there nothing like Electronotes, the early ones.
> Finally, Projects for Guitarists is really great and you can get
the
> PCBs (and the book) from PAIA.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Mike Estee <mikest@a...> wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2004, at 10:39 AM, Neil Bradley wrote:
> >
> > >>> question. Good thing I'm smart enough to admit I'm
> > >>> stupid. ;)
> > >> I wouldn't go that far, how about just uninformed? ^_^ I'm
still
> > >> building a mental model about how this whole "electricity"
> thing works
> > >> too. It's very strange to a software engineer...
> > >
> > > My father taught me electronics at a very early age and the
best
> > > analogy
> > > at the time was this:
> > >
> > > Voltage = How fast the water is flowing
> > > Current = How much water is flowing
> > > Resistance = Anything that restricts the flow
> >
> > yeah, I've heard that one. it breaks down rapidly as soon as you
> start
> > to do anything complex though. i personally think that analogy
is
> a
> > barrier to understanding single flow, and should be the first
> thing one
> > abandons when trying to learn this stuff "for real."
> >
> > i'm finding there's no substitute for experimentation, and an
> > oscilloscope ;) my understanding of all this grew ten fold after
I
> > could watch the circuits do their thing in a scope. (for fun
stick
> a
> > scope in the output of a 48Khz virtual analog synth and compare
a
> > square wave at 8khz to an 8khz square from the motm ;) ) i'm
> probably
> > learning all this stuff in a rather unorthodox manner as well.
> being a
> > software engineer I've started at the digital end of the
spectrum,
> and
> > as a problem arises in the analog domain (signal integrity, etc)
I
> > learn about how to fix the problem, what causes it, and of
course,
> how
> > to diagnose it ;)
> >
> > Hey more experienced people, other than the Art of Electronics,
> what
> > would you folks recommend for someone wanting to learn more
about
> > analog electronics? I know you're lurking out there ^_^
> >
> > --mikes