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| JustSquareEnough:
Thanks for all the responses folks. I think Old Printer and a few others hit it on the head, I'm currently balancing the fundamentals while also learning more moderate topics as well and not using either knowledge base enough for it to be "second nature". so I will just keep learning, building, and forgetting, I suppose that is what this hobby is all about. |
| tggzzz:
Much electronic/software "knowledge" has a short half life - pick a value between 3 and 5 years. Details of processor-specific features, or which button to push to floggle the widget are classic examples. If you've done something once it is easy to pick it up. Hence you are right to concentrate (ho ho) on the fundamentals, which will last a lifetime. I'm delighted and horrified at how easy it was for me to pick up embedded programming again after 20/30 years. Still 8 bits, still C, still IDEs, still RTOS, still debugging (JTAG vs ICE is unimportant). Cheaper and faster, but no better. The only sign of light in the tunnel is the XMOS xCORE devices, which are a uesful advance :) |
| In Vacuo Veritas:
--- Quote from: JustSquareEnough on July 23, 2018, 01:59:01 am ---As a beginner starting later in life compared to when I went to collage -David --- End quote --- How old were you? |
| mtdoc:
--- Quote from: JustSquareEnough on July 23, 2018, 02:58:28 pm ---I'm currently balancing the fundamentals while also learning more moderate topics as well and not using either knowledge base enough for it to be "second nature". so I will just keep learning, building, and forgetting, I suppose that is what this hobby is all about. --- End quote --- I’m in the same boat. Find joy in the learning not just the achievement. |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: rstofer on July 23, 2018, 03:12:13 am ---Your code should have had enough comments that it would be clear to the most casual observer what was happening. Every pin, timing requirements, startup sequence, everything. But that's in the past... You really won't remember stuff you don't use. In my case, I am happy to remember where I found the answer. Which book, which chapter, that kind of thing. There's just too much stuff to remember and it just gets harder with age. --- End quote --- Comments are one of those things that have to bite before you improve upon yourself |
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