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  1. John R Retired

    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    What is the hierarchy of electronics jobs in a typical manf. company? Let me guess---assembler, technician, engineer... Is that correct or are there more categories other than those 3 ? Howabout NON-Manufacturing electronics companies? What about "Research" maybe government funded? Is that what...
  2. John R Retired

    Artificial Intelligence---What is the Hardware Behind it?

    What is the Hardware Behind it? How does it work?
  3. John R Retired

    Not Understanding Arduino useage versus traditional Electronics useage in Devices.

    Are you allowed to download those books on "Internet Archives"?
  4. John R Retired

    Not Understanding Arduino useage versus traditional Electronics useage in Devices.

    Thanks for that info. Excuse me if I am behind and not up on the newer electronics like microcontroller. I did take a course in basic microprocessor using the Heathkit microprocessor trainer kit in college. I lost the kit while moving and wish I had it now, just for refreshing my memory. I did...
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    Best Arduino Starter Packaged Kits on Amazon. (also what about "Rasbery Pi"?)

    OK so all I need then to get started with Arduino is: 1) an Arduino Uno device (Rev-4 has bluetooth I think) 2) that sensor kit you cited from Banggood 3) displays and ??? Thanks
  6. John R Retired

    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    Isn't the future unknown? I’m on the fence with that one! Why? Are you one of those people who can see the future?
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    Isn't the future unknown? What does that have to do with having the blues? It's just an objective fact. You sure are obsessed about sperm given some of your graphical posts like resistors as sperms going to an IC.
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    Best Arduino Starter Packaged Kits on Amazon. (also what about "Rasbery Pi"?)

    You are advising to get a seperate Arduino and some sensors. What do you think about this kit or something similar...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    I'm not holding my breath for a job even with any kind of a degree. Did you see my name? Have your heard of age discrimination? Companies don't want a liability to deal with. Maybe a small company would deal with me, I doubt a large company would. I don't even have the job experience in...
  10. John R Retired

    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    A Sheepskin like in a Bachelors degree? How about an Associates Degree? How about "Some Classes"? I almost have an AA, just need a couple general classes. What do they expect you to do coming in the door? (i.e. hitting the ground running) If it is like mechanical Aerospace, the bigger the...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    What do you see as the minimum sklls and knowledge nowadays, to add any value as an employee to an electronics company, where they would want to hire you? With the high cost and gov't. regulations of running a business in Calif. I wonder if there are companies who can even justify operating in...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    I got interested when I was a teenager. Built some Heathkits, Allied shortwave kit, visited the local AM radio station (small town 5000 Watts) and watched the gas in the tubes oscillate as the DJ broadcast and spun records. Tore apart old TVs for parts. Took basic electronics in the Navy. Took...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    I've been looking for a book that traces the development of physics-electricity to modern electronics, say like from (1700-1800s) Ben Franklin and his kite to simple Morse code over telegraph wires to simple radio, then simple TV to tube-valve-transistor-ICs-Microprocessor etc Computers. But...
  14. John R Retired

    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    Thanks ! "Internet Archive" Isn't that the source that offers free books you can download? They have other electronics course books also?
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    Not Understanding Arduino useage versus traditional Electronics useage in Devices.

    Correct me if I'm wrong: With electronics circuits, you are using the flow of electricity as in "electrons" moving through a conductor and those electrons are being manipulated by various components, (resistors, caps, inductors, transistors etc) to achieve some end result like audio amplifier...
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    Not Understanding Arduino useage versus traditional Electronics useage in Devices.

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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    "Dont lose sight or despair, mostly good algebra skills top of list, again dependent on what you will be asked to design, handle. And its incremental, you build on basics step at a time. No one asks you to derive Einstein's equations as entry fee.....:) Regards, Dana." So what you are saying...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    I tried to make it not an open Q, but didn't know how to narrow it down. "in design work, much deeper would be required" Could you elaborate on that a little? Thanks
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    Not Understanding Arduino useage versus traditional Electronics useage in Devices.

    To davenn and Minder So then, for time efficiency (how to use daily time) really it is sort of a waste of time nowadays to build circuits with discreet electronics components (including ICs) and a better use of time to focus on how to substitute an Arduino (or Rasberry Pi) for a circuit...
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    Math Severity as applied to Serious Electronics

    How much Math do you really need to seriously work with electronics? "Seriously" is the keyword, meaning to be taken serious by someone who makes their living as a Tech or Engineer in the Electronics industry. There are the typical formulas, OHMs law, Resistors, capacitors, inductors series and...
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