I think that's why I went for the throat when studying analog. Digital seems like it's just math and counting. Analog has so many ways to be elegant.But that (analogue) is where the fun is!
Best regards
HP
Headache = fun?But that (analogue) is where the fun is!
Best regards
HP
I fully concur that analogue design is far and away the more 'expressive' discipline - as is the math 'embracing' same! --- As a plain (if rather opinionated) example - I offer the observation that differential equations and transforms are lots more fun (and, I might add, elegant) than Karnaugh maps and (applied) Boolean algebraI think that's why I went for the throat when studying analog. Digital seems like it's just math and counting. Analog has so many ways to be elegant.
Yeah, math can be elegant, but look at the imaginative ways people have arranged analog circuits on this site! There is no catalog of the myriad ways you can do analog circuits. There are some basic building blocks, but when MikeML or crutschow teaches a TL431 how to control a battery charger, that's elegant.
One person's headache.... and all thatHeadache = fun?
Ok... I'm learning more about your "preferences" every day - whether I want to or not.
MCUs and FPGAs will not replace the majority of electronics, which usually consists of basic components and logic gates, in order to achieve something where anything 'smarter' is considered too expensive and a waste. For example-- you wouldn't use an MCU or FPGA for a light dimmer in a lamp. A few basic components can handle this fine-- for less money.I am an electrical engineering student and unfamiliar with the industry post graduation. A professor told me that the era of circuit design is dying and that's what I'm really interested in. Does anyone in the industry have an opinion? That comment hit me like a hammer and it seems to have truth.
"...so I said 'Bite me.' That's all, 'Bite me.' Sometimes that's all you need, just a good 'Bite me.'"Headache?
Is this professor in the EE field?I am an electrical engineering student and unfamiliar with the industry post graduation. A professor told me that the era of circuit design is dying and that's what I'm really interested in. Does anyone in the industry have an opinion? That comment hit me like a hammer and it seems to have truth.
And R.F. designers are even rarer. It's been a good living for me for 45 years....and I am busier now than ever.Back in 1968 I was advised to convert to digital design because digital would cause the phase-out of analog design. What a load of BS! Analog design has many more details to account for and requires a much stronger math capability than digital design, so most new college grads went into digital. This left a shortage of good analog engineers (they had techs designing circuits for a while) and my net income skyrocketed. I was in my 60's when I got a large bonus for changing companies (that is how bad the shortage of analog engineers was). Now, the majority of detailed analog design is done with computers; the IC, but analog engineers are required to process analog signals, understand analog systems theory, do some detailed analog design, troubleshoot any design (software and digital designers can't troubleshoot the analog problems they create), and understand the new analog circuits designed by computers.
This site is a testament to the difficulty of analog circuit design---just look at the number and complexity of analog questions asked. Analog designers are worth more now than they ever were! Furthermore, as long as humans survive, the first interface between man and machine will be analog. As digital electronics takes over the world more analog opportunities are created, so analog expects to be here as long as people are. Good luck and don't eat the BS!
Start listening to this podcast: http://theamphour.com/I am an electrical engineering student and unfamiliar with the industry post graduation. A professor told me that the era of circuit design is dying and that's what I'm really interested in. Does anyone in the industry have an opinion? That comment hit me like a hammer and it seems to have truth.