Re: Trying to understand how to design circuits

On 26 Dec 2005 17:37:31 -0800, "chriswilliams"
<chriswilliams65@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi all:
>
>I am trying to understand the process by which the design of circuits
>is carried out.
>How from the white paper begins the design of a certain circuit?
>
>In many other areas one understands that there is a certain structure,
>a certain order, a process. For example:
>
>In the case of a writing one understands that there is a thesis, main
>ideas, ideas of support, a conclusion. All this must be articulated to
>achieve a certain objective. This is understandable.
>
>In the case of a car is understood that exists the motor, the electric
>system, the chassis, the panel, all they complying a certain function
>and thus in many other areas as the software, Civil Engineering, etc.
>
>But in the case of the circuits all seems very confused (at least for
>the novice). One doesn`t know how someone decided to put a resistor
>here, there a diode, or a capacitor over there. At times seems that
>certain circuits were discovered by accident. Which is the center and
>which the periphery.
>
>So the question is:
>Once one has certain know-how of electronics as the funcion of the
>components, the basic theory, etc
>¿How to proceed from the white paper to go building a certain circuit?
>
>How to decide where to put a resistor, a diode, a capacitor, etc?
>
>Thanks in advance by any comment.


Barrie Gilbert did a chapter in Jim Williams' first (1991) Analog
Circuit Design book[1], where he talks about this very issue, "Where
do little circuits come from?" Highly recommended, his bit and the
whole book.

John

[1] my copy of which, improbably, is autographed by Bob Pease.




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