bigkim100
Banned
OK, Im not very bright...but I need clarification.
What is up with all of the posts on here for "Final School Projects".
Now, take into consideration, I took Electronics in High School in the 70's, and our final projects were to build AM/FM Radios. OK, nor exactly a sexy project that will get you into bed with any Cheerleaders (except maybe the ugly ones), but we had to design it from scratch, make and etch the circuit board, order all the parts, and build a case for it.
Now it seems that these guys, that have completed a complete electronics course, up to the point of building a final project, cannot even tell what the hell a SPST switch is...or where to find a SCR, but they choose to build something almost impossible (unless you have all of the design departments of Rockwell at your fingertips)...such as a Diamond Detector , or a Self-Navigating Chariot (!!??!!!!??!!!!????). I mean, not even something normal, or even remotely useful thats self navigating, like a car, bike, dog, wife, or Postman...but something as bizarre a a BLOODY CHARIOT!
As well, they seem absolutely oblivious to the powers of Google to find a huge number of basic schematics that can be adapted to practically any use. A good example is someone pleading for a circuit to fade a LED on/off. A quick search of Google turned up literally hundreds of schematics, from simple transistor based units, to ones using several ic's.
Who in heavens name is teaching these guys...Squeaky Fromme ???!!!
....Holy Cow!
What is up with all of the posts on here for "Final School Projects".
Now, take into consideration, I took Electronics in High School in the 70's, and our final projects were to build AM/FM Radios. OK, nor exactly a sexy project that will get you into bed with any Cheerleaders (except maybe the ugly ones), but we had to design it from scratch, make and etch the circuit board, order all the parts, and build a case for it.
Now it seems that these guys, that have completed a complete electronics course, up to the point of building a final project, cannot even tell what the hell a SPST switch is...or where to find a SCR, but they choose to build something almost impossible (unless you have all of the design departments of Rockwell at your fingertips)...such as a Diamond Detector , or a Self-Navigating Chariot (!!??!!!!??!!!!????). I mean, not even something normal, or even remotely useful thats self navigating, like a car, bike, dog, wife, or Postman...but something as bizarre a a BLOODY CHARIOT!
As well, they seem absolutely oblivious to the powers of Google to find a huge number of basic schematics that can be adapted to practically any use. A good example is someone pleading for a circuit to fade a LED on/off. A quick search of Google turned up literally hundreds of schematics, from simple transistor based units, to ones using several ic's.
Who in heavens name is teaching these guys...Squeaky Fromme ???!!!
....Holy Cow!
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