Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods &

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Jun 19 23:09:22 2004

At 04:14 AM 6/20/04 +0100, Tony wrote:
>
>>
>> It's worse than that. Most people in electronics today don't even have a
>> good understanding of basic components such as diodes, transistors,
>> capacitors etc. A good example was the guy on this list that claimed
>
>A lot of people don't understand _wire_ properly ;-). Of course that is
>one of the most complex parts of your circuit in general.
>
>> voltage didn't matter in a power supply, only current. VERY few of the
>
>I once had a row with an idiot who decided that the 100 off 100nF
>decoupling capacitors I'd shown across the supply lines (this was a large
>board...) could be replaced by a single 10uF electrolytic mear the power
>connector. This was on a board of ECL clocking at 100+ MHz.....
>
>> people that I know that have Electrical Engineering degrees can even read a
>> color code or can identify simple parts such as a resistor from a diode. I
>
>Most people with EE degrees over here can find and solve the equations a
>lot better than I can, but have no idea what they mean, or why they're
>applicable, or what the components actually are. Somebody once asked me
>for a 362.8 ohm (or something like that) resistor to use as an LED
>current limiter because that's what the formula had told him to use...
>

   I've had exactly the same things happen here. I wonder if it's this bad
in all the MODERN countries?

   Joe
Received on Sat Jun 19 2004 - 23:09:22 BST