I have “played” this weekend simulating an electronic circuit. We have individual homework for Linear Integrated Circuits and my work involves studying the transient regime for a circuit. As far as I’ve noticed (with the help of a colleague student of mine), the circuit is an AND gate (or something like that) - we haven’t learned this yet.

I for one am not very passioned for theory, but I am well aware that practice can be fun, even when you don’t do something you really enjoy. Not being well aquainted with this domain made me experience a lot: tweaking parameters up and down, making graphs, exploring tools. It didn’t produce an addiction though, just many screenshots :).

I used the screenshots to check with the teacher if I was on the right track. After 10 pages of screenshots, conclusion: I am not on the right track, but I have mastered the method :D .

Tiny adjustments (changes in some parameter ranges) and everything should be OK now.

It was really fun. For the first time in my life I liked playing with electric circuits. Well, yeah, I didn’t really know what I should have obtained but, as the time passed, I was feeling more confident since things I’ve remembered started to connect with eachother. Learn by doing can be really efective sometimes.

Unfortunately, I don’t think the electronic courses are going to be so much fun for the rest of the semester. But.. there’s still hope… :)