I've been trying to learn how to design my own electronic circuits for years; I start with enthusiasm, learn a lot of new stuff, try to design something, fail miserably, get frustrated, and abandon it... then start all over again a few years later -this must be something like my 4th or 5th attempt-.
I'm a quick learner and I thought it would be like learning everything else, like programming a computer; you learn the basics (what each thing does) and then you figure out how to put them together on your own. But this ain't happening with electronics; everything seems to be already invented, and instead of putting things together on your own initiative you have to learn the designs made by other people, and then re-use them to make anything remotely original.
Am I right; or this is just not for me?
Is there any way to learn how to design circuits?... not even complex circuits... just simple circuits. For example: if I'm to make a flip-flop or an oscillator, the only way this seems to happen is by looking at other people's designs first and then copy them -you must know the circuit beforehand, you don't come up with it-. Is anyone ever able to design this things without knowing what other people did?
I'm a quick learner and I thought it would be like learning everything else, like programming a computer; you learn the basics (what each thing does) and then you figure out how to put them together on your own. But this ain't happening with electronics; everything seems to be already invented, and instead of putting things together on your own initiative you have to learn the designs made by other people, and then re-use them to make anything remotely original.
Am I right; or this is just not for me?
Is there any way to learn how to design circuits?... not even complex circuits... just simple circuits. For example: if I'm to make a flip-flop or an oscillator, the only way this seems to happen is by looking at other people's designs first and then copy them -you must know the circuit beforehand, you don't come up with it-. Is anyone ever able to design this things without knowing what other people did?