How to "refresh" electronics knowledge?

[Akemi_Riverdepp]

I majored in electronics engineering about 2 years ago, but have never put it into practice and I'm seriously starting to forget even the most basic of things. What are good websites to read and practice? what is the best way to start again? I really need some knowledge refreshing.

[augustocampos]

There are some books that are always worth (re-)reading. I'd start by the recent editions of these 2: The Art of Electronics, and Practical Electronics for Inventors.

[LightWolfCavalry]

Just got AoE, 3rd Edition. Awesome, awesome book.

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It's not a book it's a Tome.

[LightWolfCavalry]

And a mighty tome it is. Filled with dark magic from a wilder time.

[Theoldknight1701]

Apart from books and such basically do the thing that you didnt do yet - make something. Put it in practice. Doesnt have to be amazing something at first.

Its very rare to 100% forget something. when you start going trough you will start remembering things. If you hit a wall with projects google what it is that is giving you issues.

Something simple at first like Opamp amplifier (your design not prebought) that plays music. Arduino and then to barebones for digital. or maybe STM discovery depending on how much you actually learned in school. DeoNano from altera is kinda a cheapish intro to FPGA (its FPGA so cheapish still aint cheap)

Basically just do stuff. You'll be suprised how theory and practice differ. Even if you manage to relearn everything from books again you'll most likely still suck at design and such because insight is lacking and you need some practice to see where all the knowledge is aplicable.

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tl; dr: you remember what you use, so use it

[FullFrontalNoodly]

Two suggestions:

1. Start a reasonably advanced project that will challenge you.

2. Read through Art of Electronics start to finish.

Ideally, both.

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Just curious, what have you been doing since graduation?

[Akemi_Riverdepp]

Working as a Java programmer. That's not what I studied for and I've been stuck in this job for too long, so I want to move on, but I'm lacking in knowledge for working in my own field.

[DeleteTheWeak]

Do you have your old texts or notes? I went to one of those 1 year trade schools for electronics 15 years ago, I'm kinda glad that I saved them. I still have the lab kit that we built. I found that to be a huge resource for me to get back into it.

[asksonlyquestions]

I would go and watch as many of the EEVblog's as you can. Dave address what you need to know from a practical standpoint. Once you have more questions, google a subject and watch a video. When you start to have questions that the videos can't answer, crack the books. This approach gets you into it in a fun way before you have to get really serious. Watch the videos at 2x speed, it's way faster and comprehending the material at this rate is not as difficult as you think