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I find "programming" a constant distraction from electronics in some "tutorials"
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eti:

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 or don't like because they don't do things the way you think they should.  And they provide them to you, for free,
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+1

You may also try Ben Eater's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater

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Yes, thank you, I find him fantastic.  :-+
eti:

--- Quote from: ebastler on September 21, 2020, 08:10:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: eti on September 21, 2020, 05:20:36 pm ---Case in point is a function generator I am playing with - the AD9833 module. I want to generate waves, not sift through Arduino code [...]
What did people do before Arduino and microcontrollers were the go-to "solution" (lazy solution) for almost EVERY project online, if they wanted to generate waveforms?
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Umm... You did realize that the AD9833 is a programmable waveform generator, did you? To use it, you might want to program it -- surprise! So I am not sure what you are complaining about. (Well, but that's true for most of your posts...) :P

May I recommend tube amplifiers as your next project? Less likely to encounter that pesky programmable stuff there.

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Clearly...  ;D hehe
Brumby:
I get what you are saying, but the world has moved on to the point of incredible complexity.  This has resulted in specialisation becoming absolutely necessary to produce the best results for any given corner of technology.  Flexibility has become a prime consideration in just about any design you might care to think about in pretty much every market segment - retail, commercial, industrial, aerospace or whatever - and this has brought us the modular units (such as Arduino) which can provide this flexibility.  As mentioned above, configuration of these modules is what allows a set hardware configuration to perform a variety of functions - and since these functions are so wide and varied, this configuration has also become complex.

Here is where we take the configuration process into a much bigger world - and call it programming.

We have moved on from digging ditches with pick and shovel to where big hydraulic machines are found everywhere.  Certainly, the pick and shovel still have a place, but you will find them special cases, rather than widespread use.  Such is the case for this day and age in the world of electronics.

Today, we stand on the shoulders of giants where the giants worked with the design details that created the modular tools and it is these modular tools that provide the means to produce the required outcome.

One sad aspect of this is that the analogue nature of circuits is getting lost and those all-important principles that apply are often only addressed as an after-thought when things don't work as expected.  The general response is that the module designers step up the performance of their modules so that the plug and play approach works as expected, which just affirms the concentration of "true" electronics design skills into the speciality of module development.

This is where we are today ... and, as I see it, it won't be going in any direction other than further down the same path.

Anyway, just think of microprocessor based circuits as requiring a high level of configuration.   ;D
fourfathom:
I think eti was trolling (and I was the first to bite)
greenpossum:
First, build a time machine. With non-programmable components naturally. :-DD
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