I'm a Beginer!!!!

[Dat Tran]

Yes, I'm a beginer. My name's Dat Tran. I come from Vietnam. I just approach to electronics. I really love it, i want to learn about it, i want to become a proessional but i don't know how to learn? from where? from what?.....

My philosophy is always sharing - always learning - responsibility

Anybody, i need your help, please!!!

Thanks so much. And I apologize for my English, it is very poor

[rs20]

Think of something you want to build. Build it.
Then, think of something else you want to build. Build it.
Then, think of something else you want to build. Build it.
Then, think of something else you want to build. Build it.

Repeat over and over again. After a while, you will be an electronics wizard!

[Dat Tran]

Thanks you. But i don't have basics

[EEVblog]

Thanks you. But i don't have basics

That's the whole point of what rs20 is saying - by having a goal, i.e. building something you are interested in, you will have to go learn those basic skills in order to build it.
And in doing so you will learn some basics.
Repeat with another project and you'll learn more skill, and so on.

I get this question is a lot, what beginner book to read, what course to take, what videos to watch etc. The problem is that learning electronics "formally" like that step-by-step from the "beginning" is very boring and tedious. It's much more fun if you learn it ah-hoc by building projects are you interested in.

[Dat Tran]

Yep. I understand. At my school, I have a project, it is the first. My teacher required me design a radiation sensor circuit. I referenced on internet, they teach me use OP AMP ICs to amplifier input signal, after compare voltage to make pulses output.   From what you say, I think i start from OP AMP circuits: features, applications, analyzing,....vv.
How to analyze the OP AMP circuit ?

Thanks you all!!!

[yashrk]

Thats great! Want to lean about opamp head on over to eevblog youtube channel, there you will get great video by Dave on opamp there. You will enjoy it. Have fun !!

[Kappes Buur]

A great resource for learning about electronics is this textbook for the curiculum of a New Zealand high school

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/electronics-primers-course-material-and-books/msg595164/#msg595164

[Lightages]

Welcome to the world of electronics! Read, read, and read more. Try things and don't be afraid to break things.

[miguelvp]

Welcome to the world of electronics! Read, read, and read more. Try things and don't be afraid to break things.

I will add that breaking things is how you learn faster

Well, maybe not breaking them, but when they don't work then you have to dig into why they didn't work as you planned.

[Dat Tran]

Oh Yes. I love you all. Thanks so much for your help. I'm trying

[apis]

I agree that experimenting and building things is the best way (only way?) to learn things, but it can goes faster if you have help from a good book at the same time.

[jlmoon]

The internet can be a beginners best friend.. with the first rule of considering the source of information.  Best of luck with your new found adventure! 

[jlmoon]

A great resource for learning about electronics is this textbook for the curiculum of a New Zealand high school

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/electronics-primers-course-material-and-books/msg595164/#msg595164

Has everyone forgotten about the knowledge source - "The Art of Electronics" ?

[Dat Tran]

Thanks you very very much, apis, ijmoon. I don't say what to thank you all. i'm learning, learning and learning.

[Dat Tran]

Great!!! i have many and many friends 

[McBryce]

Has everyone forgotten about the knowledge source - "The Art of Electronics" ?

It's a great book, but might not be in everyones budget. Everything you need is on the web for free too. When I started (7 or 8 years old). I set myself a few goals to build (Radio, Amplifier, Remote control etc), but I also liked to modify working devices to learn what effect every component had on the circuit. I'd take some cheap FM radio and change or remove components to see the difference.

McBryce.

[timofonic]

Thanks you. But i don't have basics

That's the whole point of what rs20 is saying - by having a goal, i.e. building something you are interested in, you will have to go learn those basic skills in order to build it.
And in doing so you will learn some basics.
Repeat with another project and you'll learn more skill, and so on.

I get this question is a lot, what beginner book to read, what course to take, what videos to watch etc. The problem is that learning electronics "formally" like that step-by-step from the "beginning" is very boring and tedious. It's much more fun if you learn it ah-hoc by building projects are you interested in.

You made me cry. That's exactly what I did think while learning electronics!

I have ADHD, we are known to need more stimulation in order to do any task. That's why we learn better by Active Learning (AA), and your way of learning you describe is exactly that!

Are there advanced and well researched pedagogic resources about teaching and learning electronics by AA from basics to EE? That would be revolutionary and amazing!

My personal opinion is that technology pedagogy is very poor, often very abstract and don't taking into account the student's feedback and personal motivations, there's lack of empathy and psychological skills in the teaching environment (competition over collaboration, boring exams over amazing projects, lack of deep understanding of concepts and obsession with memorization). That happens in mostly all kinds of formal education, but I believe (maybe I'm subjectively biased!) the issue is more pronounced in many science branches and the applications of it (engineering).

Seymour Papert researched about different ways to teach computer programming. Are there other pioneers in the electronics field that tried to change the ways of teaching and learning it?

[McBryce]

3rd level tech/science education has changed a lot over the years. I graduated in 1991, back then it was 95% dry theory and friday afternoon lab for some mundane project. Today the university courses are much more pro-active, hands on, real world. I wish we had had that back then.

McBryce.

[timofonic]

3rd level tech/science education has changed a lot over the years. I graduated in 1991, back then it was 95% dry theory and friday afternoon lab for some mundane project. Today the university courses are much more pro-active, hands on, real world. I wish we had had that back then.

McBryce.

Where do you live? That's not what I hear about universities and vocational schools in my location!

[McBryce]

I studied in Ireland, but I live in Germany now. The student programs and hands-on projects that they do today didn't exist in my uni time.

McBryce.

[alsetalokin4017]

The books of Forrest Mims III were, and are,  immensely helpful and useful to me, as a hobbyist rather than a fullblown EE or working electronic technician.

Especially "Getting Started in Electronics", but also the various device-specific pamphlets in the "Engineer's Mini-Notebook" series.

Nowadays, in addition to those books, one might also like to get hold of an "Arduino Uno Starter Kit", in order to start exploring the wonderful world of programmable electronics.