I'm more of an applications guy who is moving to the systems programming area.  Though I'd like someday to write a compiler, like you've done.

But if I wanted to, I'm confident I could learn the things you mention below in not too long a time.  Like a previous person said: experience.

What is H&H?  I have The Art of Electronics...

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Wouter van Ooijen
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:05 PM
To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
Subject: RE: ] How do you create and understand circuits? (i.e. why am isostoopid)

> Well, I've read many books many times on electronics and I 
> think I understand what the components do, but I just cannot 
> figure out how to truly understand circuits.

You say you are a programmer, I assume you spent some time learning to
program. Do you know programming theory, things like properties of
sorting algorithms, calculatability, B+ trees, hashing, recursive decent
and bottom-up parsers, properties of numerical algorithms, linear
programming, AB-algorithm, etc? If you do: there just is as much to
learn about electronics. Get a copy of H&H and read it, read it, read
it.

> I do admit I lack some of the math that is 
> necessary to get the correct values of components, but I 
> think that can come after I understand.

I doubt that. 

Wouter van Ooijen

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