24 Jun
2012
24 Jun
'12
6:17 p.m.
Nor mine. For that matter, Tony won't like my
answers, either :-)
Maybe NOBODY will like the suggestions that I'm making off the top of
my head, . . .
Step ONE:
The first tool for you to buy is a DISPOSABLE multimeter.
You WILL buy a better one. LATER. [...]
STEP TWO:
Buy a cheap soldering iron, and some 60/40 rosin core lead solder.
($5) You WILL buy a better one LATER. [...]
STEP THREE:
STEP FOUR:
[...]
STEP TEN:
Fix the computers.
Actually, I like them. I like them all.
This deserves to be put somewhere where people contemplating learning
about electronics can find it easily. It's perhaps the best short
summary of how to learn about electricity and electronics that I've
ever read.
If you got this far, you've almost certainly
abandoned these "silly
steps", and have taken off on more interesting projects and tangents.
Indeed. By the time you get to step ten, you no longer need the list.
But, as someone is supposed to have said of music, you can't safely
break rules unless you understand them thoroughly.
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