/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/why-am-i-hereI thought I&#39;d share a little about myself to help others know why I&#39;m here. If you&#39;re not interested, just click on to the next thread / topic. My career has been an interesting one, I&#39;ve done everything from building computers to softwar...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/why-am-i-hereThu, 21 Nov 2019 21:52:49 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca0b873e-c7f9-4d54-ae49-9bf6d882d5eeDAB0<p>Welcome Brian.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You will find a number of like minded people with eclectic backgrounds among the membership.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Feel free to ask questions, there are few topics this group cannot cover.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8241&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/why-am-i-hereThu, 21 Nov 2019 21:41:59 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:ca0b873e-c7f9-4d54-ae49-9bf6d882d5eegenebren0<p>Nice introduction.&nbsp; I appreciate your desires to dig a little deeper and attempt to understand the hardware that generates all of the data.&nbsp; Understanding the bigger picture can be very helpful.&nbsp; Also having a project/application in mind is a good way to focus your learning.&nbsp; Trying to understand all of the aspects of electronics is an enormous task, while attempting to fill-in smaller gaps in your understanding is a much more manageable task. It is sort of of like that old joke, &#39;How do you eat an elephant?&#39; - &#39;One bite at a time&#39;, except you probably would never be interested in eating an elephant. </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=8241&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">