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Article #801Re: HOW OLD are you?
From: Don Pearce
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:26:16 -0700, SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com wrote: >On Sep 30, 3:03 pm, "Karl Uppiano" <karl.uppi...@verizon.net> wrote: >> <SFTVratings_t...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> > Soundhaspriority wrote: > >> >> >> He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous >> >> detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952. >> >> > Is "he" refering to me? Well sorry to disappoint you, but a lot of >> > that stuff is passe', and no longer taught in college. I studied >> > digital circuit design and digital signal processing at Penn State. >> > No analog stuff other than the basics (op-amps). >> >> Modulation and information theory are not "pass�". > > >I didn't say it was. I said ANALOG theory was. Digital of course >still has relevance. > But every digital device is full of analogue devices. Not only that, but they run so quickly that you need to be highly competent in distributed circuit theory and microwave design techniques. Digital is only of use if you do your engineering at the LEGO level. d -- Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com
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