Here's some more confusion! I was teaching myself electronics for 4 years before I had a teacher, so I decided that a diode symbol looks like a speaker symbol. The bar represents the magnet and the wide end of the arrow emits electrons like an speaker emits sound.
I also decided that schematics are arranged with positive at the top because it makes the math easier. When I can't figure out something by using conventional flow, I revert to electron flow because electrons can't lie.
Confused enough? Just pick one and be consistent. When you get really good at this, you can do it both ways with very little adjustment.
I also decided that schematics are arranged with positive at the top because it makes the math easier. When I can't figure out something by using conventional flow, I revert to electron flow because electrons can't lie.
Confused enough? Just pick one and be consistent. When you get really good at this, you can do it both ways with very little adjustment.