Wow! I musta missed this group, but it's jes what I need. Been hanging out over on sci.electronics.design, which is waaay over my head. I'm jes a retired geezer hobbyist whose finally found the time to actually learn formal electronics theory.
I've tried to learn electronics a couple o' times, but always got bogged down in the math (which I can do) and sidetracked earning a living. I guess I wasn't dedicated enough, plus mechanics has always come natural to me. I finally did work my way into a electro-mechanical tech position and got pretty good at tracing circuits, soldering, troubleshooting, etc, but never really understood the deep theory that would allow me to design any but the simplest circuits and test fixtures. Anyway, Arduinos caught my eye and I'm now deep into it, learning theory off the web and buying components for experimenting, etc, as my fixed income allows. Keeps my dusty ol' brain from degenerating too quickly. No doubt I'll pop in now and then with some really dumb question.
For the first time with electronics, I'm having fun. ;)
notbob