Comments on: I’m seriously into engineering, I’d like some feedback please? http://www.circuitelectronics.info/simple-electronic-circuits/im-seriously-into-engineering-id-like-some-feedback-please/ Electronic Circuit Design, Repair, Software, Components & Theory Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Call me Batman http://www.circuitelectronics.info/simple-electronic-circuits/im-seriously-into-engineering-id-like-some-feedback-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Call me Batman Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:45:28 +0000 http://www.circuitelectronics.info/simple-electronic-circuits/im-seriously-into-engineering-id-like-some-feedback-please/#comment-2361 Question 1: There's no 'best' thing to be doing at any age really. However, if you're interested in electrical/computer engineering, then of course, learning about electronics in your spare time will save you the effort of learning it later. Question 2: That's a good question, but it's hard to answer. To get a good understanding on electronics requires that you know some calculus and are familiar with complex numbers. That being said, you can learn a lot of the basics with just algebra. I'd recommend looking through: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/ The subjects are presented in a logical order, so you won't have to worry about what to learn first (just go through each chapter in order). Don't worry if it all seems a little overwhelming though. If you do end up going into ECE, you'll take plenty of courses that will cover this sort of stuff Question 3: You could look up microcontrollers (for example: www.arduino.cc), they are very easy to use and you can make tons of cool things with them. There's also lots of tutorials around (for example: www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/). You might want to look for a magazine called 'Make' (or 'Make magazine'), they have lots of projects that you can try at home. Question 1:
There’s no ‘best’ thing to be doing at any age really. However, if you’re interested in electrical/computer engineering, then of course, learning about electronics in your spare time will save you the effort of learning it later.

Question 2:
That’s a good question, but it’s hard to answer. To get a good understanding on electronics requires that you know some calculus and are familiar with complex numbers. That being said, you can learn a lot of the basics with just algebra. I’d recommend looking through:
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/
The subjects are presented in a logical order, so you won’t have to worry about what to learn first (just go through each chapter in order). Don’t worry if it all seems a little overwhelming though. If you do end up going into ECE, you’ll take plenty of courses that will cover this sort of stuff

Question 3:
You could look up microcontrollers (for example: http://www.arduino.cc), they are very easy to use and you can make tons of cool things with them. There’s also lots of tutorials around (for example: http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/).
You might want to look for a magazine called ‘Make’ (or ‘Make magazine’), they have lots of projects that you can try at home.

]]> By: HillClimber http://www.circuitelectronics.info/simple-electronic-circuits/im-seriously-into-engineering-id-like-some-feedback-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 HillClimber Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:45:28 +0000 http://www.circuitelectronics.info/simple-electronic-circuits/im-seriously-into-engineering-id-like-some-feedback-please/#comment-2362 What your doing is all good and well. It will serve you in pursuit of a EE or ME. You would be far better off using some of that circuit building time in a study math and physics. Universities that offer engineering degrees have a math class that falls between college algebra and calculus. It goes by a number of names. You can check the curriculum of your intended school. It would help your college studies if you have a very solid handle on the math. Physics is the 'goodbye' course in engineering studies. It is not uncommon for one-third the class to drop out or fail. Getting a good handle on physics is even more critical than pushing too far in math. What your doing is all good and well. It will serve you in pursuit of a EE or ME. You would be far better off using some of that circuit building time in a study math and physics. Universities that offer engineering degrees have a math class that falls between college algebra and calculus. It goes by a number of names. You can check the curriculum of your intended school.

It would help your college studies if you have a very solid handle on the math. Physics is the ‘goodbye’ course in engineering studies. It is not uncommon for one-third the class to drop out or fail. Getting a good handle on physics is even more critical than pushing too far in math.

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