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Micky Savage

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Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.


Micky
 
Read 'The Art of Electronics' by Horowitz and Hill

Then you will be off to a good start

Electronics, however, is not for thick people

Bill Naylor
Electronworks.co.uk - electronic kits for education and fun

"Micky Savage" <excaliber333@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.


Micky
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Ah yes! The nostalgia of the old fork in the outlet. It only takes one poke
to remember that particular lesson. If only all learning came with such a
powerful memory :eek:)


"Tim Wescott" <tim@seemywebsite.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0100, Micky Savage wrote:

Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.


Micky

How thick?

It's easier if you're interested from an early age. You really need to
play with batteries and motors and light bulbs; this is considered
'normal' if you're 9, and a bit screwy if you're 39 (it's still fun at
39, but you need to have children around to mask the fact that you're
doing it for your own entertainment).

Build a crystal radio set while there's still AM radio transmitters
around.

If you're in the US go to Radio Shack and hunt down their little
"Engineer's Mini-Notebooks". They want to sell parts, so they give you
projects to do. Find one that looks _easy_ first, then go for some big
fancy gizmo second (or 20th).

Dunno what to say beyond that -- I was experimenting with electricity
when I was two years old; my parents didn't get all the scorched outlets
replaced until I was in my late teens.

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications consulting
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0100, Micky Savage wrote:

Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.


Micky
Click to expand...
How thick?

It's easier if you're interested from an early age. You really need to
play with batteries and motors and light bulbs; this is considered
'normal' if you're 9, and a bit screwy if you're 39 (it's still fun at
39, but you need to have children around to mask the fact that you're
doing it for your own entertainment).

Build a crystal radio set while there's still AM radio transmitters
around.

If you're in the US go to Radio Shack and hunt down their little
"Engineer's Mini-Notebooks". They want to sell parts, so they give you
projects to do. Find one that looks _easy_ first, then go for some big
fancy gizmo second (or 20th).

Dunno what to say beyond that -- I was experimenting with electricity
when I was two years old; my parents didn't get all the scorched outlets
replaced until I was in my late teens.

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications consulting
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
 
On Sep 15, 11:47 am, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0100, Micky Savage wrote:
Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.

Micky

How thick?

It's easier if you're interested from an early age.  You really need to
play with batteries and motors and light bulbs; this is considered
'normal' if you're 9, and a bit screwy if you're 39 (it's still fun at
39, but you need to have children around to mask the fact that you're
doing it for your own entertainment).

Build a crystal radio set while there's still AM radio transmitters
around.

If you're in the US go to Radio Shack and hunt down their little
"Engineer's Mini-Notebooks".  They want to sell parts, so they give you
projects to do.  Find one that looks _easy_ first, then go for some big
fancy gizmo second (or 20th).

Dunno what to say beyond that -- I was experimenting with electricity
when I was two years old; my parents didn't get all the scorched outlets
replaced until I was in my late teens.

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications consultinghttp://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes,http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
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Or even better -- look at the book the author of the "Engineers Mini-
Books" wrote for people like us.

The author is Forrest M. Mims, and the starter book is "Getting
Started in Electronics". Actually, anthing by Mr. Mims is good for
newbies in Electronics.

This book isn't at Radio Shack -- you'll have to go to Amazon to order
it.

Cheers
Chris
 
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:03 -0700, Chris wrote:

On Sep 15, 11:47 am, Tim Wescott <t...@seemywebsite.com> wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0100, Micky Savage wrote:
Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.

Micky

How thick?

It's easier if you're interested from an early age.  You really need to
play with batteries and motors and light bulbs; this is considered
'normal' if you're 9, and a bit screwy if you're 39 (it's still fun at
39, but you need to have children around to mask the fact that you're
doing it for your own entertainment).

Build a crystal radio set while there's still AM radio transmitters
around.

If you're in the US go to Radio Shack and hunt down their little
"Engineer's Mini-Notebooks".  They want to sell parts, so they give you
projects to do.  Find one that looks _easy_ first, then go for some big
fancy gizmo second (or 20th).

Dunno what to say beyond that -- I was experimenting with electricity
when I was two years old; my parents didn't get all the scorched
outlets replaced until I was in my late teens.

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications
consultinghttp://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes,http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html

Or even better -- look at the book the author of the "Engineers Mini-
Books" wrote for people like us.

The author is Forrest M. Mims, and the starter book is "Getting Started
in Electronics". Actually, anthing by Mr. Mims is good for newbies in
Electronics.

This book isn't at Radio Shack -- you'll have to go to Amazon to order
it.

Cheers
Chris
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Does he advocate leaving bobby pins around the house for your 2-year old
to stick into light sockets, or is he, like, boring?

Apparently when I was a toddler I ran around constantly with a
screwdriver in my hand; my mission in life was to disassemble things (not
to clean up the pieces left scattered around the area, or -- god forbid
-- put them back together). I can't remember any of this (probably due
to the bobby pins in the light sockets).

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications consulting
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
 
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:34:47 +0100, Electronworks.co.uk Electronic Kits
wrote:

Read 'The Art of Electronics' by Horowitz and Hill

Then you will be off to a good start

Electronics, however, is not for thick people

Bill Naylor
Electronworks.co.uk - electronic kits for education and fun

"Micky Savage" <excaliber333@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:H4GdnfiRTckQDVPVnZ2dnUVZ8h-dnZ2d@bt.com...
Hi Group,
If one is a bit thick how do I start in electronics.


Micky
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AOE would be a good second book, but if you're still pondering how to get
a motor to spin I'd have to second Chris's suggestion. I knew about
Forrest Mims, it just didn't occur to me to look for his work outside of
Rat Shack (damn those bobby pins!).

--
Tim Wescott
Control systems and communications consulting
http://www.wescottdesign.com

Need to learn how to apply control theory in your embedded system?
"Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" by Tim Wescott
Elsevier/Newnes, http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html
 
"Claude" <claudec@cae.com> wrote in message news:garak6$2o5$1@dns3.cae.ca...
Ah yes! The nostalgia of the old fork in the outlet. It only takes one
poke to remember that particular lesson. If only all learning came with
such a powerful memory :eek:)


As a child with my brothers & sisters playing the flame swallower with a
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holiday candelabra - pretty 110V 15W incandescent bulb on a plastic candle.
Ow! Wee.
 
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