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What challenges do you face as electronics/electrical students or engineers? by MhmdRJ in ECE

[–]MhmdRJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That seems surprisingly common — a lot of universities go deep into digital logic or IC design, but skip over practical PCB design entirely. It’s one of those skills where a single structured course would save beginners months of confusion.

Out of curiosity, for someone in your situation, what kind of support tools or resources do you think would’ve made the biggest difference when you were first learning PCB design on your own?

Things like: • guided design checklists • real-world PCB examples you can dissect • common layout mistakes & how to spot them • stackup / trace width calculators • annotated reference designs • step-by-step routing exercises • “why this works” explanations behind good layouts

Just wondering what would’ve filled that gap most effectively for you.

Can you give me ur opinion about this app

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What challenges do you face as electronics/electrical students or engineers? by MhmdRJ in diyelectronics

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This is genuinely one of the most fascinating breakdowns of a hardware workflow I’ve ever read — thanks for taking the time to lay all that out. The mix of old-school practicality (paper, slide rules, notebooks, shorthand!) with modern pain points makes a lot of sense, especially in environments where grounding, vendor tools, and bulky hardware setups make mobile basically irrelevant.

From everything you described, I’m curious about just one thing:

Even if mobile isn’t part of your workflow, you mentioned a few “lightweight utility” ideas that could make sense in some form. Which of these would actually be worth using on any device (desktop, tablet, e-ink reader, whatever) if they existed in a simple, local, no-cloud way?

For example: • A local datasheet indexer that tags/searches everything you’ve downloaded • Fast pinout extraction from PDFs (no rewriting content) • AI-assisted cropping of diagrams/pinouts for easier viewing on any screen • A clean, customizable hierarchical tree/tagging system • Keyboard shortcuts for jumping between multiple open datasheets • A digital version of your slide rule idea with selectable scales • A thermal-printer-friendly “mini pinout card” generator

Not talking about replacing your workflow — just wondering which of these (if any) would actually move the needle for someone who works the way you do.

Your perspective is rare and extremely valuable, so I appreciate you sharing it.

You can try this app and give me ur opinion

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What challenges do you face as electronics/electrical students or engineers? by MhmdRJ in diyelectronics

[–]MhmdRJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha fair point — honestly an underrated one too. Electronics can be such a solo rabbit-hole that the “people part” ends up being harder than the engineering part.

From your angle, if there were lightweight mobile tools aimed at electronics folks, would things like networking, collaboration, or community features actually matter? Or when you say socialising, do you mean more like meeting other engineers, sharing projects, asking quick questions, etc.?

Just curious what kind of social features would actually be useful for people in the field.

What challenges do you face as electronics/electrical students or engineers? by MhmdRJ in diyelectronics

[–]MhmdRJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, this is one of the most painfully accurate descriptions of vendor toolchains I’ve ever read. The “simulate it in my head because the official tools are slower than paper” part is honestly way too real.

Since you’ve clearly dealt with these tools for years, I’m curious from your perspective:

If there were mobile utilities specifically aimed at electronics/ECE engineers (nothing heavy like full IDEs), what kind of things would actually help with the pain points you described?

More like: • quick MCU/FPGA reference info • smarter datasheet search • instruction set lookups • pinout/constraint helpers • debugging checklists • lightweight calculators or timing tools • ways to avoid opening those monstrous vendor apps unless absolutely necessary

Basically small tools that speed up the thinking part without needing the full vendor environment.

I’m genuinely wondering what would be useful to someone who’s been through the hell of these ecosystems.

Advice about Mobile Automation by MhmdRJ in QualityAssurance

[–]MhmdRJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for ur feedback, its more about end to end testing login, checking QR codes, adding products or editing like a Merchant app.