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| borngborn:
Hi i am starting to learn about electronics a nd electrical egineering and would like to do stuff like this for a living maybe some day. Right now im learning the basics like ohms law what different terms mean and components like resistors ics transistors diodes. I also want to learn how to read schematics and analyze them. I wana really learn the basics atleast and get into component level motherboard repair and eventually even design my own little diy projects but right now i wana focus on component level repair. I dont need help with techniques etc. I wana learn how to find and diagnose problems to which ive been learning a little but i wana get a handle on actually knowing what things are and what im actually fixing a little more if you know what i mean. I get the most joy out of fixing things and soldering but i want to learn more and maybe take it further someday if someone can point me in the right direction thankyou Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Also sorry for the terrible grammer i am traveling and on my phone currently |
| Etesla:
My advice would be to find a hobby that interests you and is heavy in the use of electronics (for me it was audio and high voltage systems), and jump right into the deep end. This way you are bound to run into many, many, many problems that you will have motivation to solve. I think that the troubleshooting skills you develop doing hobbyist work like that are extremely valuable and can translate well to most other electronics work you may find yourself doing. Just my 0.02... |
| rstofer:
--- Quote from: borngborn on August 14, 2018, 05:31:58 pm ---Hi i am starting to learn about electronics a nd electrical egineering <snip> --- End quote --- It's one thing to learn enough theory for hobby level projects, engineering is an entirely different subject. How are you with math? That's going to be the discriminator; you can't even get past DC circuits without calculus if you are learning it at an engineering level. That depth usually isn't necessary for hobbyists. There is an Electrical Engineering course over at Khan Academy and, of course, there are dozens and dozens of math videos - great site! The EE program doesn't go very far but, without telling the viewer, it does dabble with Laplace Transforms. Unfortunately, the program stops when it gets to the first non-linear component, a simple diode. Maybe it will be expanded over time. But it's a start! In fact, it may be a nice way to get introduced to the higher level math just to see what is going on. You can see it used without actually having to use it yourself. There's a lengthy section on Fourier Analysis which I skipped over. Maybe I'll take a look later this week. Laplace Transforms are discussed at length in the Math portion of the site. Engineering is all math, there's no way around it. Fortunately, hobby projects don't often require that level of knowledge. You can get by with Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Laws in most cases. There's a Real Analog course at DigilentInc.com. Pretty good presentation. |
| Old Printer:
This is a good book that I just picked up. They just released the 4th edition a few weeks ago. For $20 it will get you a ways in reading schematics. It is spiral bound and will lay flat on your work bench while building circuits. You can probably find an old edition free online, but some things are just better in print. The author also has a lot of linked videos on YouTube. He is a little strange, but knows a lot. Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics 4th Edition by Stan Gibilisco https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Reading-Schematics-Gibilisco/dp/1260031101 |
| Pirateguy:
i followed a cryptography course on kahn academy once. great stuff, highly recommend. also i would suggest looking up some tutorials on how to use multimeters and osciloscopes. they will be your main tools for circuit analysis and learning how they are used will prolly yield some insights into the process and what you might want to learn next. |
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