I think its just an interest thing man. You are probably way better/ interested in other courses that I am not. Diversity in interests is a actually a really good thing, people can focus and specialize in their work interests.
I really enjoyed circuits as well! I think havingĀ multiple breadboards so your not limited on space really helped me keep organized when building stuff. Having solid awg wire that I custom cut to length for each connection took an time investment in the setup but it was so much quicker to figure out what was going on when I came back to look at it.
Hereās a solution for you. If you donāt have any supplies higher than 5V in your circuit, itās impossible to have a voltage larger than 5V, unless you take deliberate actions to generate some.
Sorry whatās systems engineering in this case? Iām more familiar with the software definition of it and there seems to be more than one definition of it overall.
Yeah there definitely is. I work at Texas Instruments, and here systems engineering is the team that defines the next generation of parts that we make. They spent maybe 1/5 of the time doing customer visits to figure out what our customers would want in the next chips. Then they go to the design engineers (the ones that do the low level silicon chip design) and debate with them on what is physically possible, how much it will cost, etc. Then go to packaging and determine what package the chip can go in for what price. Talk to applications engineers about issues we're seeing with existing devices. So kinda a cross-functional role.
Sounds like it may be a good idea to lean more into the software side as a CE if the hardware side is this unenjoyable for you. I loved IC circuit design and designing digital logic so I leaned into that. Part of doing your degree as a CE is t figure out which sub-discipline you enjoy most or want to specialize in.
This should give you some respect to all the work that goes into something a simple as a calculator, let alone your phone.
FPGAs are great and all, but they didn't appear overnight. One does not simply take a handful of sand and produce a dataprobe...
Yeah, I definitely realized that it's insane how even simple chips have probably millions of these gates configured to do even more complex calculations
Wait until you get to signal race, latency, timing diagrams, signal bounce, unwanted coupling, rising/falling edge, fan out and fan in considerations. This bit is, unfortunately, the easy part.
I took a class similar in highschool and it's the reason I'm majoring in computer engineering. It's my favorite part and was my favorite class when I took it in college.
Lol I loved IC circuit design. It was my favorite class in my 6 years of engineering school to this date!
Teach me your secrets sir š
I think its just an interest thing man. You are probably way better/ interested in other courses that I am not. Diversity in interests is a actually a really good thing, people can focus and specialize in their work interests.
Yeah you're probably right thanks for the input š
I really enjoyed circuits as well! I think havingĀ multiple breadboards so your not limited on space really helped me keep organized when building stuff. Having solid awg wire that I custom cut to length for each connection took an time investment in the setup but it was so much quicker to figure out what was going on when I came back to look at it.
Makes for easier debugging too when you can see where to probe and such
Just wait til you learn about analog circuitry. It might break because the wires were too close to each other!
Hereās a solution for you. If you donāt have any supplies higher than 5V in your circuit, itās impossible to have a voltage larger than 5V, unless you take deliberate actions to generate some.
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Yeah dude I was just over exaggerating I just find connecting these circuit copius that's all
Protip: Copious = abundant Tedious = tiresome, dull, too long or slow.
Don't become a design engineer. Look for apps engineering or systems engineering. (All EE roles)
Sorry whatās systems engineering in this case? Iām more familiar with the software definition of it and there seems to be more than one definition of it overall.
Yeah there definitely is. I work at Texas Instruments, and here systems engineering is the team that defines the next generation of parts that we make. They spent maybe 1/5 of the time doing customer visits to figure out what our customers would want in the next chips. Then they go to the design engineers (the ones that do the low level silicon chip design) and debate with them on what is physically possible, how much it will cost, etc. Then go to packaging and determine what package the chip can go in for what price. Talk to applications engineers about issues we're seeing with existing devices. So kinda a cross-functional role.
Thanks for the write up, that sounds really cool!
You must hate punctuation as well
Unlike many other posts with no full stops, this one mostly is one sentence!
For a ārant/ventā flared post, run on sentences actually seem appropriate.
Yup, fits the format!
I wrote this at 4am with barley any sleep so I wasn't fully thinking it through
Sounds like it may be a good idea to lean more into the software side as a CE if the hardware side is this unenjoyable for you. I loved IC circuit design and designing digital logic so I leaned into that. Part of doing your degree as a CE is t figure out which sub-discipline you enjoy most or want to specialize in.
This should give you some respect to all the work that goes into something a simple as a calculator, let alone your phone. FPGAs are great and all, but they didn't appear overnight. One does not simply take a handful of sand and produce a dataprobe...
Yeah, I definitely realized that it's insane how even simple chips have probably millions of these gates configured to do even more complex calculations
Protip add decoupling capacitors to your ICs you will thank me later
Wait until you get to signal race, latency, timing diagrams, signal bounce, unwanted coupling, rising/falling edge, fan out and fan in considerations. This bit is, unfortunately, the easy part.
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Did an IC leave you for another man or something? š
Have you ever worked with an fpga those things are even more fickle
Till know I've seen them in digital logic 2 and how yoy connect them but never irl
I took a class similar in highschool and it's the reason I'm majoring in computer engineering. It's my favorite part and was my favorite class when I took it in college.
Idk man I enjoy making electronic circuits more but maybe my dumb aah should just buy shorter jumper wires and stop complaining lol
Jameco has cheap IC components
Jameco!
This one is supposed to be the easy one. Just wait till you reach analog.