[TriEmbed] Learning (Electronics Engineering) Curve

[Michael Wayne]

For one thing, university bookstores need to start carrying maker products
to reduce the engineering learning curve.
On Apr 15, 2015 10:00 PM, "Terry King" <terry at terryking.us> wrote:

> QUOTE:
> I love the question of how to go from Arduino to "lower level" embedded
> stuff, without a stop at
> an engineering degree along the way.
> This free edX course covers some of the "engineering" side:
> https://www.edx.org/course/embedded-systems-shape-world-utaustinx-ut-6-02x
> But aside from that I don't know of any prepackaged resources.
> /QUOTE
>
> This is a great question, and I have entertained variations on it for
> about 50 years (or they have
> entertained ME)..
>
> The basic issue is: There is TOO TOO much detail in "Engineering Having To
> Do With Electricity"
> for any one human to dig into all of it. So how do you handle the
> situation where you start out in
> one area and then need/want to dig into another area, and what does
> "School" have to do with it?
>
> Early example: I designed Audio equipment, Recording Studios, Disk Jockey
> Studios. BUT I would
> like to really be able to design multi-tower broadcast directional arrays
> (before computers).. Go
> back to school? Find a Mentor? Hit the books myself?  Net: I never got
> real far with it, but
> studied enough and talked with people in the field enough to get by.
>
> Today: Totally different situation because of information technology. You
> can find books, hit
> Amazon, hit Google and learn about almost anything.  So since I hit IBM
> VNET in 1975 (IBM's
> discussion forums before the internet) I've been able to learn far enough
> ahead of the curve so
> that 2 years later I end up teaching it... To those people who want to sit
> in a class.
>
> Lately one of my Engineer Sons and I have discussed classes we have taught
> over the years (SUNY,
> IBM, NRG, High School, now Makerspaces) and  what the relationship is
> today between Arduino-era
> hands-on easy-to-get started on Electronics and "Electronics Engineering"
> (Whatever THAT is)..  We
> are trying to figure out what Engineering (OH: Engineering to us means
> "You can actually Design
> stuff yourself!"). ...what Electronics Engineering areas a person really
> needs to go from an
> Arduino Kit (Like the one I've sold 2000 of) to being able to really
> design Microcomputer-based
> systems with some sophistication and manufactureability.
>
> I just finished being Technical Editor of the second edition of
> "Beginning C with Arduino", which
> is a nice thorough walk through 'C' with code actually running on
> Arduino.  It has crossed my mind
> that my Son and I could write something like "Beginning Electronics
> Engineering with Arduino",
> with enough depth in DC and AC circuits, Digital Logic, Microcontrollers,
> Sensors, Analog Design,
> electronics packaging and circuit board design, 'C' programming,
> Servo-DC-Step motors, and related
> Stuff to take a smart Arduino enthusiast to the point where they can
> really design interesting
> devices, or start to.   It all relates. Maybe.
>
> Some disciplines really require a thorough scientific grounding and
> advanced study to be able to
> approach deep scientific research. I have great respect for the people
> (Like my daughter: Phd,
> Biochemistry Professor) who do that. But there are other paths and today
> there is much more
> freedom to explore them.
>
> Oh.. where did I start. Oh, Yeah.. "That's a Great Question"  :-)
>
> I dunno.. but I want to do more of this before I get Old...
>
> Regards, Terry King
> ...In the Woods in Vermont USA
> terry at terryking.us
>
> -The One who Dies with the most Parts LOSES. What do you need??
>
>
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