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A Summary of Electronics

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Re: A Summary of Electronics

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Very, very nice. Right from the beginning:

> At a fundamental level, electronics is the branch of physics in charge of controlling the flow of charged particles, typically electrons. In practice, electronic engineering uses the highest level manifestations of said flow of charge to provide solutions to problems or needs.

I absolutely love reading text that state what we already feel intuitively and present it as an eloquent statement of fact.

Re: A Summary of Electronics

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This is cool, I’ll use this when I get back to studying electronics. the next and previous page shouldn’t open in new tabs though :)

To add to this, on iOS I couldn’t get the cookie pop up to clear so after the first 3 sections I had to move on. The writing was indeed great but navigation and screen real estate for mobile made this a bit tough.

Re: A Summary of Electronics

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Hmm, while the website seems quite beautifully designed, the introduction is quite rudimentary. I don't think you'd be able to figure out how a circuit works just by reading this.

Re: A Summary of Electronics

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If the author is lurking, § 3.2.2.1 Passive Components[1] table headers are listed in English; § 3.2.2.2 Active Components[2] are listed in Spanish.

I'm clearly not the target audience here, but I'd be lying if there wasn't a sense of conceit in its objectivity...kind of like those World Book encyclopedia entries I'd read for hours at a time as a kid, becoming aware of the existence of something, but only enough to sow more questions than answers.

[1] https://electroagenda.com/en/a-summary-of-electronics/analog...

[2] https://electroagenda.com/en/a-summary-of-electronics/analog...

Re: A Summary of Electronics

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post #8

It seems like these guides never include the most useful info: safety. Does anyone know guides that talk about electronics safety?

User or component safety? I think in general electronics do not require much in the way of user safety (Ofcourse I exclude power electronics and other high-energy systems) beyond how to properly use measurement devices. Component safety, eg: the art of not killing your semiconductors is another beast entirely

Re: A Summary of Electronics

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post #5

Hmm, while the website seems quite beautifully designed, the introduction is quite rudimentary. I don't think you'd be able to figure out how a circuit works just by reading this.

Electronics is a tremendously complex subject, akin to "mathematics". So just replace one with the other and you'd know what to expect: "a summary of mathematics". Ridiculous, to begin with.
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