same observation. iilang graduates lang ang gusto sa circuit design, at madalas kapag nalaman ng mga kaklase mo or kabatch mo na nasa circuit design ka, super geek ang tingin sayo, parang hindi na siya norm ngayon. 3 ang karaniwang napupuntahan ng mga graduates ngayon, System Integration, IT/Software Engineering, at Call Center.it may not be bad, pero sa tingin ko hindi rin siya totally good. madalas kasi 'yung natitira sa design, lumalabas pa ng Pilipinas, (we can't blame them dahil medyo mababa nga ang sahod dito).sabi nga ng isang Telco na may pinapagawa sa amin "'yung Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia may sarili na sila, tayo wala pa."
minsan kasi pag ang tao nasa "out of comfort zone" natataranta na, so mas hinihingi nila yung madaling solusyon, w/c is yung paghingi ng mga schematic at source code siguro dapat din silang iguide na, tipong "let's build it up step by step." pag di nag-agree, bahala na sila sa buhay nila... maghanap sila ng gagawa indirectly, isa rin sa may kasalanan nito is yung school, di man lamang nagtuturo kung paano ang stages ng development from conceptualization/analysis of requirements/design/implementation/testing and deployment, madalas self-discovery na lang ng mga estudyante ito... at sa mga companies na lang madalas matututunan ito.
I believe yung present educational system natin is mainly to blame. It seems to me our educational institutions are no longer after quality education. Masyado ng commercialized and mas priority nila ang kikitain.Katulad ng trimester system (i heard some are even contemplating making it quadmester, quad core?). I think this is a bad idea. The direct consequence na nakikita ko dito is the students are much hard pressed. They are being forced to accomplish so much in too little time. Wala na silang time to put in practice yung mga bagay bagay na natutunan sa school. Bookies (ng karera?) ang kauuwian ng mga ito. They know the theories but do not know how to apply it. Hilaw na graduates.In fact, kadalasan, pati sa thesis nila wala na silang time. Kaya nagiging flourishing business ngayun ang paggawa ng thesis.
minsan gusto ko ring mag initiate, create some sketchup video tutorials on the phases of development para sa mga students, kasi nakikita ko nga maraming students ang di alam kung paano sisimulan ang isang design... kaso baka tawanan lang ako ng mga masters dito so I guess, ang pinakamaganda gumawa nito ay si Tita Boy because malapit siya kay tita henry at dahil ang E-Gizmo ay mas may say sa mga design and application of theories...
sige sis rdp, simulan mo na
^^6.99impakta,I think maganda talaga meron mag initiate para mabago ang ganitong sistema sa school... minsan gusto ko ring mag initiate, create some sketchup video tutorials on the phases of development para sa mga students, kasi nakikita ko nga maraming students ang di alam kung paano sisimulan ang isang design... kaso baka tawanan lang ako ng mga masters dito so I guess, ang pinakamaganda gumawa nito ay si Tita Boy because malapit siya kay tita henry at dahil ang E-Gizmo ay mas may say sa mga design and application of theories...
it's sad that more and more can't design a circuit and prototype!...How can we help them out?
mga masters pahelp naman ano po ba puedeng resistor at capacitor pang-set ng frequency ng tl494?? may project kasi kaming switching power supply.. please help!!!!
^ isa pang masama diyan e kapag may na-fail kang subject, masyado ng magigipit ang oras mo. unlike two semesters na merong summer at kung wala kang summer class pwede mong i-devote sa advance learning.simulan mo na sis. sometimes, kailangan lang mas visual ang pagtuturo. most of the times, may mga tinuturuan ako tungkol sa transistor and I always point na 'yung current is always going with the arrow, by that time, nare-realize nila na madali lang pala ang analysis kapag naintindihan mo na kung saan dadaan ang current.kaya simulan mo na.
similar to every learning activities, the answer is practice.Practice reading schematic diagrams.Practice building circuits. Start small and gradually tackle complex circuitry as your confidence grow.A complex schematic diagram will become understandable after a few sitting. But familiarity of basic circuits, ie., op-amp circuit configurations (summing, difference, voltage-follower, etc), transistor circuit configurations (CE, CC, CB, etc), is a must. Even integrated circuits are easily understandable since they are treated as black-boxes. And now that practically every datasheets are a search query away, every electronic parts' characteristics are readily available for study. This is in great contrast to what was available to most of us in the 90's when we scrounge around in the libraries looking for information that were usually already obsolete. The only "current" technical information we have about parts were from Alexan's "Project and Circuits" and "Electronic Enthusiasts" magazines. And we tried to collect all those magazines as though they are goldmine because they really are!Now, what a difference! Every electronic hobbyist magazine (especially circuit-cellar which I could only dream for, then) can be readily downloaded and read at the comfort of my home.Students today have it good. All the information they need... All the answers to their assignments and projects... All the ideas they could ponder... All available on the web for just a few search query:if only he used the time he wasted typing that cry for help to searching for the datasheet for TL494 in Google , then he would appear intelligent once he posted questions here in the forum about his difficulties. At least, it would be evident that he'd done his research first before posting.So the key to understanding electronic circuits is familiarity. And practice begets familiarity.