Hello all

As u saw from my posts, im not that good at electronics or atleast i concentrate on things that other dont really look at and the problem is i dont know why, i have no idea what im doing wrong while studying this subject? what i gotta do? just keep studying and simulating circuits till i understand things well? how much time i gotta pass on circuits and simulator before understand things properly? or its me that im not capable of understanding ?

 

Start building things, very simple things at first, like learning to walk, you need to crawl first. Use physical components that you can touch and smell when they burn. The mind and body form a ZEN that makes things clear when they work together.
This idea that learning is mental is not wrong but understanding is sensual, you can feel it while it's happening. Using both the body senses and higher brain functions while building things uses the mind/body part of the brain that humans have used for survival since the dawn of humans on this earth

 

How much time does it take to be proficient at something?

It depends on many things, person's age, motivation, devotion, regularity and consistency, and above all, practice, practice, practice.

I just taught my 4-year old granddaughter to ride a bicycle in three days, a total of 2 hours riding.

I have been learning a new language for 6 years and no way can I maintain a conversation with a native speaker. I have been learning to play guitar for over 60 years. You would think that by now I would be a master at it. No so. In many cases, you never stop learning.

You can learn the basics of electronics and computer programming in 6 months. To be very good at it would take 3 to 6 years of developing and applying your skills to real projects.

As spook says, build things, practical things. You have to practice, practice, and practice to become proficient.

 

Plus, you can always come here for advice. Remember that just as medicine, electronics has many specialties. What area are you interested in the most? ... there´s audio, controllers, digital logic, sensors and measurement, etc ...

 

In many cases, you never stop learning.

I haven't stopped learning about electronics. I started when I was about 10 years old, with a Phillips electronics kit and by reading magazines. My first 'design' was soldering a germanium diode (from that kit) across a hacksaw cut I'd main in a siding track on my model railway. I placed it so I could drive the train in at full speed, then it would cross the diode barrier and stop just before hitting the buffers. Then I could reverse the power and drive the train out again. I learnt that those diodes don't survive long for that application I did an electronics degree in the 70s and then worked in the electronics industry for 40+ years. Now I'm retired and still fascinated about learning aspects of electronics that I don't know enough about