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Article #809Re: HOW OLD are you?
From: Phil Kane
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:10
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:10
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:59 GMT, nospam@nospam.com (Don Pearce) wrote: >>> >> He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous >>> >> detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952. He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering school. >>> > 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�". And as I stated above, neither is power generation and distribution. Where does he think the power comes from? The wall? And how does it get there? God puts it there? And how does it get from the wall into the digital gizmos? >>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. Perhaps after he has 40-50 years of experience -- if he lasts that long -- he will realize that basics are still basic. -- Philip M. Kane P E / Esq. VP - Regulatory Counsel & Engineering Manager CSI Telecommunication Consulting Engineers San Francisco, CA - Beaverton, OR
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