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My self-study plan for electrical engineering

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Re: My self-study plan for electrical engineering

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Post by aj7 »

exmadscientist wrote: post #91
billfruit wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also perhaps units conventions etc may be different in EE and Physics, like use of Gaussian units in electrodynamics in Physics, and also things like the mysterious 'Z'-transform that seems to pervade much of EE.

Gaussian units seem to be on their way out. I, for one, won't miss them. (Or cgs.) The Z-transform is much more related to the others than is clear at first glance. This post on transforms [0] from the The n-Category Café is fascinating, and my go-to for understanding what the Laplace transform really is , even if I don't quite grasp many things in the post. (And I also have a math degree! But not a graduate one in a…

Gaussian units make physics prettier.

“Avoid for new designs”

Re: My self-study plan for electrical engineering

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Post by billfruit »

aj7 wrote: post #141
exmadscientist wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gaussian units seem to be on their way out. I, for one, won't miss them. (Or cgs.) The Z-transform is much more related to the others than is clear at first glance. This post on transforms [0] from the The n-Category Café is fascinating, and my go-to for understanding what the Laplace transform really is , even if I don't quite grasp many things in the post. (And I also have a math degree! But not a graduate one in a…

Gaussian units make physics prettier. “Avoid for new designs”

Only now I had noticed, in the Gaussian system, the unit for capacitance is centimeters.

Re: My self-study plan for electrical engineering

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Post by TrackerFF »

My main concern is that you won't get anywhere near of lab-time. It is a huge part of EE education, and I honestly probably spent 30% of my time working on lab projects.

More importantly - many of those lab projects require:

1. Expensive equipment. Spectrum analyzers, big motors/transformers/generators, etc.

2. Bespoke/boutique setups for things like automation projects , that simulate real-life processes. Schools spend a lot of money on these things, and have in-house engineers that perform maintenance, updates, repairs on them. These are normally not things you can just build over the weekend, and then use for self-learning. Hell - in many cases, Bachelors Thesis projects consist of building stuff like that, and then validating the generated data (measurements, etc.) by theory.

Sure - one can simulate A LOT of things today, but there are things you need to work on with your hands, in order to learn something useful.

Re: My self-study plan for electrical engineering

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Post by aj7 »

billfruit wrote: post #142
aj7 wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gaussian units make physics prettier. “Avoid for new designs”

Only now I had noticed, in the Gaussian system, the unit for capacitance is centimeters.

Exactly. Quick now, how many farads in a cm?
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