STARTING OUT IN BASIC ELECTRONICS
Where do I start in basic electronics?
I have provided a whole section devoted to basic electronics covering every topic I can imagine with more being added a time goes by. However I kept getting email asking "where do I start in basic electronics?". This page is the result of those enquiries.
Be careful going through these. Often students will want to roll through the tutorials as fast as possible. Most of the time that leads to what I have written becoming confused in your mind. Your brain needs time to digest all of this. If I might make a suggestion, don't do more than two tutorials a day. Therefore if you haven't already done so.......
Long teaching experience has taught me that students say they have read an entire chapter of a book on basic electronics, yet cannot remember what they have read.
That's because getting to the end was the goal, not getting the most out of the reading.
Speed kills. Give your brain time. Here's an example. You have read all of this, right? Well, without looking up the page... tell me what was the common email question.
You rolled before you crawled, before you walked, before you ran. Give your brain time to roll around these easy tutorials. Above all be systematic in your approach. I certainly recommend you read each electronics tutorial and then print it out for future reference.
This is your main starting point in basic electronics tutorials. You start with electron theory and atoms then move along to the basic units and topics of current, resistance, ohms law, voltage, reactance and resonance. After that you move to the more difficult topics.
As with the basics of anything you must master them before proceeding any further. Indeed you will find a need to return and refresh both your mind and understanding. Remember without mastering the basics you can't dribble a basketball, throw a curve in baseball, bowl a cricket ball or flick pass the ball in football. Every human endeavour requires you to master the basics. If you hadn't mastered the basics of the alphabet as a child you couldn't read this page...
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I have provided a whole section devoted to basic electronics covering every topic I can imagine with more being added a time goes by. However I kept getting email asking "where do I start in basic electronics?". This page is the result of those enquiries.
Be careful going through these. Often students will want to roll through the tutorials as fast as possible. Most of the time that leads to what I have written becoming confused in your mind. Your brain needs time to digest all of this. If I might make a suggestion, don't do more than two tutorials a day. Therefore if you haven't already done so.......
Long teaching experience has taught me that students say they have read an entire chapter of a book on basic electronics, yet cannot remember what they have read.
That's because getting to the end was the goal, not getting the most out of the reading.
Speed kills. Give your brain time. Here's an example. You have read all of this, right? Well, without looking up the page... tell me what was the common email question.
You rolled before you crawled, before you walked, before you ran. Give your brain time to roll around these easy tutorials. Above all be systematic in your approach. I certainly recommend you read each electronics tutorial and then print it out for future reference.
This is your main starting point in basic electronics tutorials. You start with electron theory and atoms then move along to the basic units and topics of current, resistance, ohms law, voltage, reactance and resonance. After that you move to the more difficult topics.
As with the basics of anything you must master them before proceeding any further. Indeed you will find a need to return and refresh both your mind and understanding. Remember without mastering the basics you can't dribble a basketball, throw a curve in baseball, bowl a cricket ball or flick pass the ball in football. Every human endeavour requires you to master the basics. If you hadn't mastered the basics of the alphabet as a child you couldn't read this page...
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