Thank you _very_ much, Olin, for taking the time to explain this in your own way.  I was actually hoping you would answer because I know you also teach electronics and I figured you'd have a good insight on ways to help someone along.

I'll really give your circuit a good look. But so far no one has answered my question on how/where to start.  Do I start at the + power supply and then make my way through all the components imagining in what "state" the current is in as it passes through each piece? 

Lindy 

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Olin Lathrop
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:01 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [EE:] How do you create and understand circuits? (i.e. why am isostoopid)

Lindy Mayfield wrote:
> How do you "understand" how a circuit
> works and how do you create with your imagination a new one?

I'm going to answer the second question first.  I've seen several replies
from others and I think they are missing the question, which I think is "How
do you synthesize a circuit given a task you want it to perform?".


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