Hi,
EE courses always confused me, but I am fascinated by the way electronics work. Is there a place that could show me the simple inner workings of a circuit such as a radio amplifier? In a light and switch circuit it's easy... the power comes out of the battery, through the switch, into the bulb which heats up due to it's resistance and turns bright, the power continues back to the battery, etc.
I'd like to understand how something like a radio receiver works in the same way - what happens inside each component to make the magic. Something like this... the power comes out of the source, then goes into the [whatever... capacitor]. It builds up a charge on a surface until x happens, and then jumps across the gap, which does xxx), and then into the [blank] where this happens, etc (and what purpose that served).
I know this is kind of sketchy, but each component does something and when strung together the right way, they perform a function. In a bigger circuit like a transceiver, I know there are stages and each stage does something to allow someone to receive or transmit. I can grasp the concept of a stage, and even what each stage does overall, but I want to understand how the electrons move from one component to the next and what happened when they did to make it all come together. Is there a way to learn this for a simple circuit (more than a lightbulb or motor)?
Thanks,
Mike
EE courses always confused me, but I am fascinated by the way electronics work. Is there a place that could show me the simple inner workings of a circuit such as a radio amplifier? In a light and switch circuit it's easy... the power comes out of the battery, through the switch, into the bulb which heats up due to it's resistance and turns bright, the power continues back to the battery, etc.
I'd like to understand how something like a radio receiver works in the same way - what happens inside each component to make the magic. Something like this... the power comes out of the source, then goes into the [whatever... capacitor]. It builds up a charge on a surface until x happens, and then jumps across the gap, which does xxx), and then into the [blank] where this happens, etc (and what purpose that served).
I know this is kind of sketchy, but each component does something and when strung together the right way, they perform a function. In a bigger circuit like a transceiver, I know there are stages and each stage does something to allow someone to receive or transmit. I can grasp the concept of a stage, and even what each stage does overall, but I want to understand how the electrons move from one component to the next and what happened when they did to make it all come together. Is there a way to learn this for a simple circuit (more than a lightbulb or motor)?
Thanks,
Mike