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Prabu

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

Can anyone advice me regarding learning electronics through self
study!

I'm a computer science graduate. I would like to learn electronics to
play with robotics.

Any resources available in net for self study?

Thanks
 
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Rich Webb

Jan 1, 1970
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Hi,

Can anyone advice me regarding learning electronics through self
study!

Get a copy of "The Art of Electronics" and its companion "Student Manual
for The Art of Electronics." Read the main text, work through the
exercises in the student manual.

You'll need access to some parts and test equipment. You can use SPICE
to simulate some things and as a pseudo test and measurement environment
but you'll need to build some real circuits as well.
 
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ehsjr

Jan 1, 1970
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Prabu said:
Hi,

Can anyone advice me regarding learning electronics through self
study!

I'm a computer science graduate. I would like to learn electronics to
play with robotics.

Any resources available in net for self study?

Thanks

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/

Try this url, let us know what you think. I don't remember who
originally posted that link - but whoever it is should get the
thanks.

Ed
 
FWIW, that's what I've been trying to do.  

In th eend, it mainyl depends upon one's aptitude.  My strong aptitudesare
mostly right-brain/conceptual-analytical/visual, whereas my weakest pointhas
always been Math and related linear-logical subjects.


Sometimes you really do need to take a class. I was fine at C
programming (self taught from books, after taking a Pascal class) but
I just couldn't understand C++ from books. Then I took a class. An
analogy: C is like walking into a jewelry store, taking what you
like, and leaving the cash on the counter. C++ is like walking into a
jewelry store, asking the clerk for a ring, the clerk takes the ring
out of the locked case, then you pay for it. Slower, less efficient,
but more security. Ah! Now I get it.

There are entire books on-line - I also bought a couple - "Practical
Electronics for Inventors" is IMO great!  I still needed to fill in a bit
with other references, including my old Physics text from University (yup, I
took 101 and 102 - but stank at it) but the latter was because PEfI was
confusing re: Capacitors.  

One of the most confusing thing is that different book use different symbols
for some things - most common seems to be "E" versus "V" for Volts, but the
more egregious IMO is C sometimes meaning "capacitance" and sometimes meaning
"charge".  


I thought the convention for charge was "Q".

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

You also have to keep track, in the formulae, of those pesky prefixes, such
as micro-, milli-, mega-, and so on.  

I've been finding it useful to write up my own "book" or notes, collecting
all the various formulae, because the books don't necessarily do a great job
of relating one section with another and explaining how it all fits together.


So true. I did the exact same thing when studying for my licensing
exam (not in electronics).

OTOH, unilke me!, people with an aptitude for electronics can "see" in their
heads how it all fits together.  So if you are like that, self-teaching
shouldn't be at all bad.  

In case you're wondering, I'm teaching myself becuase i have one specific
thing I want to do - I'm very "goal-oriented" in that I tend to learn what I
need to so as to do something sepcific, make a specific item/project.  THat
probalby also makes it more difficult, because I don't have the patience to
"start from the beginning and learn it all through".  If you have a
generalized interest in electronics itself, that, like natural aptitude for
math-related topics, will also make it easier.

In the meantime, try the links below as a starting-point.

HTH!

- Kris


Regards,

Michael
 

neon

Oct 21, 2006
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To learn electronics all you need is books the thing about it some people think they know it. You need to evaluate yourself do you have a logic mind? If so forget about spice and analizers is just like learning using a computer without knowing how it works. Spice will not tell you how good or how bad is the circuit is.
My sugestion is read parts specs which are free and go from there.
 

cellu

May 25, 2010
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the electronics book

there is a good book for self study of electronics hobby.

you can find it on

theelectronicsbook.com
 
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