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Electronics courses at community college

By Jobi

12 years ago


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    #6 12 years ago

    You wont be doing nothing in regards to "pinball machines"!! No soldering, no nothing! I took an electronics class and no one there knew nothing about pinball, even the instructor didn't even know what a "leaf switch" was, and he held a MASTERS degree in electronics. So I brought one in to show him and he looked at it like a caveman would a lighter!You do learn the color bands on resistors and there purpose. You will learn "kirchoff's law", "Ohm's law", you will learn how to make a circuit. There really wasn't anything hands on except learning to read a multi-meter and take readings off batteries, etc. It was useless really if you wont to learn how to work on pins! I was wanting to learn how to solder on circuit boards, etc. but nothing like that in the first 2 years I went. I learned more by going on pinball websites and researching. Save your money!! You been warned!

    #7 12 years ago

    oh ya hope your EXCELLENT in math? It was all about math! Kinda frustrating to be honest, and a waste of cash that I could have bought another pin with!

    #25 12 years ago
    Quoted from DCFAN:

    Firebaall said:DCFAN said:
    Most electrical engineers that have 4-year degrees are paper pushers rather than circuit builders.

    Of course, the good thing about the paper pushing from my experience as an EE is that it usually pays more than hands-on work.
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    #29 12 years ago
    Quoted from StevenP:

    (Although basic grammar is apparently not a requirement.)

    Taking note of this Unwarranted shot!! Was just trying to let the OP know I was in the same boat as him and in case he was unaware theres alot of Math involved, which know one informed me about!

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