> How do you keep from forgetting things that you learned in school, but
> don't use everyday? I just got a B.S in Electronics Engineering

A friend of mine in College showed me a book he called the Kumquat manual.
 It was a 3 ring binder, and every time he came across a juicy piece of
info that he figured he would have to look up someday, he organized it
into the kumquat manual.  Kumquats are a juicy kind of fruit.

I started keeping such a book, and when I was doing lighting and power
design it expanded to 15 thick volumes, now gathering dust since I am not
in that industry anymore.   At one time I used them every day.  My
electronics stuff is organized into a big directory on my hard drive,
which nearly fills a CD with stuff that I might need to look up someday.
90% of it I will never need again, but it is easy to throw stuff in there
as I run across it.  For example, just today I appended several threads on
Tantalum Capacitors into a text file from another thread on the PIClist.

I have made no effort to preserve intellectual property ( it is for my own
use) so I really could not share this legally, but the technique is
simple.  If you run across a concise text on a subject you might want to
learn about later, save it in an organized way.  Need an ASCII Chart?  Why
look it up on the internet every time, save it where it is handy.  Can't remember the formula for using a flat
panel aluminum heat sink?  Next time you look it up, jot your notes in the
Kumquat manual. Found a web page with a bunch of useful Links?  Save it as
a web archive file in an organized way so you can find it later.

--Lawrence


Jake Anderson wrote:

<...>

> Is there some nice page that talks about the different kinds of caps in
> something like a "caps for dummies" style with examples of use perhaps?
>

Capacitors on bypassing.
http://www.glencoe.com/ps/ee/williamson/bypass.html#introduction

Picking Capacitors.
http://www.capacitors.com/picking_capacitors/pickcap.htm
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-- Lawrence Lile





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