Crunch Week

Spent this Saturday from 9am-4:30pm in the school lab working on various assignments. I could easily think of a dozen places I'd rather have been. However Professor Brixen takes an extra Saturday every semister to help us procrastinators get our work done. The very least I can do is make good use of the time.

Professor B. gives his time; provides us with donuts and coffee for breakfast and pizza for lunch. I suspect he gets a bit of grief on the home front, yet he always manages to get us a good portion of a day.

I've never met a more generous, helpful and supportive slave-driver in my life. He's works us all pretty hard, but it's for a good cause. Compared to so many classes you actually learn stuff! Not just gain a temporary ability to recite a few memorized facts and answer multiple-choice tests.

Next week will be spent frantically finishing more lab assignments. Then the following week is finals. After that I hope to move forward on a couple of projects.

Y.A.E.T. - Yet Another Electronics Tutorial

Through my classes I've been introduced to a very good electronics education site: Work Ready Electronics.

Under Modules it offers instruction on a wide range of topics such as Electronic Careers, Switching Power Supplies, Fourier Theory, Data Conversion, MOSFETs, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), etc., etc.

After you've reviewed a module you can take an optional test to see how much you've retained. You're prompted for an email address, but you can skip this. Only three very basic questions regarding personal information are required before you can review a module. No required email address, date of birth, income level or other prying questions you find on many sites.

So whether you're just brushing up, or learning the subject for the first time, you might find this site useful. Please let me know what you think.