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ELECTRONICS ROADMAP

USER919

Hello!

I am a university student and it is my third year studying electronics.  The studying system (programs) is so bad (no application of what you study : pure theory) and old (from the 70s) and the exams are just copies of older ones which lead to me passing the years with a lot of holes in my knowledge and I feel like I don't have any level (the biggest blame is on me there are a bunch of resources online and I chose to take the easy way).

So I want to try and catch up can any one who studied electronics by themselves give me a roadmap with books I should study and if possible with how much time it takes based on his experience. We studied a little of everything my problem is mainly with communication circuits.

Thank you for your time.

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  • I'll mostly repeat 's recommendations with one addition.

    First, "Art of Electronics." It is a fantastic mix of theory, math, and practical application. At the very least, it provides a good foundation for what to search next. Do not let the price tag scare you. You will have and use this book for a very long time.

    Second, build stuff. Until you build, measure, and debug circuits, you are not going to understand electronics.

    Last, I hear, every day, from students whining that their program doesn't teach them anything. Guess what? It does not matter if you are in a "good" or "bad" program. It is your responsibility to learn something from the curriculum. Keep in mind, even when you narrow the scope of "electronics" to a discipline like "embedded design," it is very difficult to provide a lesson plan that is adaptable to new technology, addresses the basics, and applies to each individual's long-term plan. Some stuff won't stick... and that is okay!

    The good news is that looking to see how you can self-learn in parallel is a great step forward. Just like any skill, the more you apply yourself to it, the more you'll get out of it. Having a context for the facts and figures will significantly help you get more value from your classes.

    For example, get Art of Electronics, a breadboard, some resistors, and some transistors. Make use of the test equipment in your school labs to build and test the various amplifier circuits in the transistor section. (You may also find if you approach your teachers with "I built this circuit expecting this to happen, but this happened instead, you'll have a much better dialogue with them.)

  • in reply to baldengineer
    baldengineer said:
    It does not matter if you are in a "good" or "bad" program. It is your responsibility to learn something from the curriculum.

    That's basically my thought on this topic, beautifully summarized into one sentence.

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