I am curious for a electronic/electrical /hardware hobbiest.
What the extent of building devices is
Question
1) useing only simple basic electronic/electrical components (i.e resistors , capacitors , inductors , transistors ...etc and PCB boards)
NO IC , CPU/MICROPROCESSORS , OR CHIPS. (IE you have just the basic components to build with )
What can you build in practice? I know in theory you could build the same things as if you had IC , CPU...etc because these are just made up with smaller versions of the basic components but the practicality of building would be slim for most devices and would probably take a life time.
2)
Would it be possible to build a 3G or QAM modulator /demodulator with no chips and just the basic components.
You can assume in both cases you can send away to have the PCB etch for you. And you can assume that you can develop PCB schemes/spec's in eagle or other software.
I am just curious how much you can do without chips , IC , or microprocessors/cpus , etc etc in building electronic circuits and hardware devices
What the extent of building devices is
Question
1) useing only simple basic electronic/electrical components (i.e resistors , capacitors , inductors , transistors ...etc and PCB boards)
NO IC , CPU/MICROPROCESSORS , OR CHIPS. (IE you have just the basic components to build with )
What can you build in practice? I know in theory you could build the same things as if you had IC , CPU...etc because these are just made up with smaller versions of the basic components but the practicality of building would be slim for most devices and would probably take a life time.
2)
Would it be possible to build a 3G or QAM modulator /demodulator with no chips and just the basic components.
You can assume in both cases you can send away to have the PCB etch for you. And you can assume that you can develop PCB schemes/spec's in eagle or other software.
I am just curious how much you can do without chips , IC , or microprocessors/cpus , etc etc in building electronic circuits and hardware devices