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Hi Simon,

I would add some basic topics such as:

Electrostatics, what you need to know, what it can do, and how you can tell if it is affecting your build.

Electromagnetic induction, what you need to know, what it can do, and how do you limit its effects in your circuits.

Stray capacitance, same kind of topics as above.

Ground loops, what they do, how can you tell if you have one, what you can do to correct a ground loop, how you can design so that you do not get any ground loops.

In general, I think the basic audience will be coming at the topics with little or no formal training.  So you might want to set up some links to basic electronics so they have some idea where to begin and where you have found trusted sources for what they need to learn.

Put as many examples into the discussions as you can.  People learn by seeing an idea fleshed out into a block diagram and then how the final circuit follows the design.  Always identify testing issues so that you begin to impress upon people that they will need to test their ideas at some point and the sooner they consider what test equipment they need, the more prepared they can be.

List the needed test equipment for each example.

Hopefully these issues will give you some good ideas.

You might want to work with the top members to preview the posts and provide an initial set of comments.

DAB

Hi Simon,

I would add some basic topics such as:

Electrostatics, what you need to know, what it can do, and how you can tell if it is affecting your build.

Electromagnetic induction, what you need to know, what it can do, and how do you limit its effects in your circuits.

Stray capacitance, same kind of topics as above.

Ground loops, what they do, how can you tell if you have one, what you can do to correct a ground loop, how you can design so that you do not get any ground loops.

In general, I think the basic audience will be coming at the topics with little or no formal training.  So you might want to set up some links to basic electronics so they have some idea where to begin and where you have found trusted sources for what they need to learn.

Put as many examples into the discussions as you can.  People learn by seeing an idea fleshed out into a block diagram and then how the final circuit follows the design.  Always identify testing issues so that you begin to impress upon people that they will need to test their ideas at some point and the sooner they consider what test equipment they need, the more prepared they can be.

List the needed test equipment for each example.

Hopefully these issues will give you some good ideas.

You might want to work with the top members to preview the posts and provide an initial set of comments.

DAB