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by sebazzz 1283 days ago
I’m also curious how people come from the level “I know C, C++, Arduino, I understand what capacitors, resistors, transitors and diodes do” to the level of “I can integrate a 3.3V Arduino Nano with 5V or more circruitry with logic level shifters, I know when to use certain capacitor types, understand when inrush current conditions can happen, etc”. And I mean just for hobby. Not interested in anything pro.
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I’m also a hobbyist and I think it’s just slow and incremental.

This year I decided to expand my electronics hobby into synth stuff. I was by no means prepared for this, but after a year of studying various synth module circuits I’m starting recognize certain patterns when I look at a schematic.

Perhaps the hardest part of this process was learning enough to start asking good questions. Everything has gotten so much easier in the last 2 or 3 months because I’ve finally built enough confidence, knowledge and intuition to ask my EE friends why something was designed a certain way. I’ve also learned that they are often equally puzzled. :-)

I think it helps if you have a project you’re working towards.