pic microcontroller discussion list wrote:
> What do I want to do?  Not sure.  I've been a programmer on
> mainframes my whole life, and at the beginning of this year my wife
> got me a little robot kit, from there I went to PIC's, and now I'm
> trying to learn electronics, something I've tried to understand since
> I was a kid.  (Is it a different way of thinking, electronics and
> programming?)
>
> So the truth is that I was programming Pic assembler in a couple of
> days, but it took me about a month to figure out what a pull-up
> resistor was, for example.  (-:
>

might be a good idea to get a book, then. If you don't already have it,
get "The Art Of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill. I think it would be
ideal for you. It isn't geared towards EE students, but it is not
dumbed down at all. It gets recommended on this list quite often and
covers a broad spectrum of topics.


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