William Chops Westfield wrote:> Note that with the state of free simulati=
on tools, you don't really> need real hardware to try something out.  Alt=
hough I'll admit that> getting something running under the usual simulato=
r lacks some of the> satisfaction of real hardware...
Yes, (forgive me James) using a simulator for EE beginner is just likehav=
ing sex with some simulator not real device. All the excitement isgone. R=
eading specs too much is like reading _this_ kind of literaturetoo much, =
- just do it ;-)
Olin wrote:> With your attitude you'll get an LED blinking a week> later =
than most, but a month after that you'll be way> ahead of the instant gra=
tification crowd (which is> unfortunately way too many newbies judging fr=
om> the posts here).
Sounds a bit religiously: everybody who is not going my way is a partof a=
 hostile crowd ;-)
My humble advice for a newbie would be: Don't lose excitement, if youfeel=
 you are excited about messing up with hardware =96 play withhardware, if=
 you are excited about reading docs =96 read them.
But do not make the "newbie" phase too long if you are thinking aboutEE c=
areer, not just having fun.
Regards,Mike.
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