--- William Chops Westfield <westfw@MAC.COM> wrote:

> > Since we tended to focus on device
> > operation and circuit analysis,
>
> Ahh.  Sounds like my school.  Lots of math, not many
> practical circuits.  It was the chemists who got to
> use Lancaster's cookbooks for their classes ("lab
> equipment you can make")

Huh, I'll have to look those up, sound like they'd
come in handy. I guess the schools figure as long as
we understand the theory really well we can analyze
any circuit under the sun. Then it's up to us to go
and find them! I know a few "electronic engineering
technicians" and at the tech institute they did the
opposite -- their focus was on the practical side. The
ones I met were mostly in equipment repair, and I'd
rather do design work so I think I made the right
choice. Besides, the Engineers give out that snazzy
little ring! :)

> H&H is a much more practically oriented text than
> the average ivy league EE textbook.  No calculus in
> the whole thing, I don't think, and much more of the

> practical considerations.

Maybe I'll pick it up then. I have more than a few
"What were they thinking when they assigned this"
textbooks, time to get some good ones. Maybe I'll pick
up Bob Pease's analog troubleshooting book at the same
time. Analog usually seems to be the troublemaker. ;)

- Todd.

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