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[terriea]

Hi all,
I'm Antoine. I'm a French guy who studied electronics a long time ago. I switched to the binary world and I'm now software engineer with almost eight years of experiance. I had the occasion to work in the world of embedded software, in relation with some hardware-electonics-guy, this combined with the larger and larger amount of enhousiast project I see on the net pushed me to get back into electronics.
In my quest for comprehensive electonics information I found on this marvelous video blog. It's full on great information and good knowledge and all explained clearly. So keep on your exellent work, thank you very much for the class.

[F2DC]

Hello everyone : I'm Roland, a semi retired Electronics Research Engineer living in France.
I'm a radio ham with the F2DC call sign.
My electronics interests are summarized in my Web pages : http://roland.cordesses.free.fr/

[Fathead]

Hello my name is Pawel. I'm a high school student trying to learn a lot of electronics but lacking the time to do it. I've been doing electronics since I was 12 (not that seriously back then). I've been playing around with basic stamp, Avr, and xilinix spartan. I also like mechanical design and machining which I learned thanks to a very kind teacher during non-mandatory technology classes. I guess I would learn more if took things one step at a time and not just learning the interesting bits

[santy.raghavan]

Hello all,

Santosh (Santy) from Dallas, TX. A programmer by trade. No formal training in electronics. I experiment with micros and try to learn things by blowing things up :-).
Awesome blog.

BTW, used to live in Sydney. Miss the nice looking ladies and coffee.

Santy

[dmlandrum]

Here I am, five posts in and I only just now saw this thread.

My name's Darren, from Port Huron, Michigan, USA, and I'm a third-year physics undergrad, aiming to be a professional entertainer. I'm an on-and-off electronics hobbyist for many years, but have recently gotten more serious with it, especially with the recent surge of the Maker's movement, thanks in large part to Make Magazine. But my real dream is to become a comedian/musician/entertainer famous enough to appear on my favorite British and Australian panel shows.   Personally, I think wanting to be famous for anything is a serious mental defect, and I should consider getting treatment.

Music is my big thing, so my future plans for projects include modifying one of these old reel-to-reel tape decks for keyboard-based motor speed control, some analog synth stuff, and whatever other interesting sound making stuff. I also want a set up for scientific data collection, so I've been getting more and more into digital electronics lately.

So, hello, and thanks for the welcome.

[jahonen]

Hi everybody, my name is Janne and I am 34 years old.

I am working as an electronics design engineer in one medium sized design house here in Finland. I have worked on almost every field of electronics (but excluding RF and microwave), but I find special interest on high-speed digital, signal integrity and EMC fields. I also like to write some utilities to make tedious jobs easier, like SQL-database-based parts management in my work, which was gratefully accepted by my colleagues.

My personal interests are digital signal processing in audio, digital measurement and control algorithms, motion control, FPGA-based things and generally those applications which nobody has not yet tried

Here are couple things to show you which are built by me, SPDIF-DAC + headphone amplifier (software under debug in that picture), 8-channel volume control (remote controllable via IR remote or galvanically isolated USB), Tripath(RIP) TA0104 based amplifier and electric consumption logger (logs using the flashing led in EE meter front panel) to name a few. And I have created a nice (at least I think so) resistor optimizer for finding out optimal feedback resistors for adjustable regulators or opamp feedback network.

I have also contributed the math code in WinISD pro (some of you may know this software for designing subwoofers or low-frequency driver enclosures).

Regards,
Janne

[yoshiki]

Hello my name is Yoshiki, I am from México I am about to start my 3rd year on Biomedical Engineering, pretty much love & enjoy instrumentation & software. I have been buying my own tools, looking forward to buy my firs oscilloscope.

Looking forward for more blogs, a fan of the EEVB since friday.

[EETAAS97]

 
Hello Everyone,
Eddie from USA NC.  I am a System Administrator L3.  I have been in IT for 15+ years.  I also have an EET AAS Degree and Electronic Repair Diploma.  I have not used my eletronic design skills in years.  I am sure I will learn much and I hope to be able to contribute to the forums.  I am a big fan of EEVblog.  Bring on the Vblogs.

[antb]

Hi, I'm Anthony from U.K, a Motor mechanic by trade trying to master the electronics side of it all, probably simple stuff compared to all your projects, I'm sure I'll have more questions than answers to offer!

Great blog & Forum.

[logictom]

Hey, I'm Tom also from the UK, up in Newcastle. I'm a student at Newcastle uni doing electronic engineering currently doing a placement at GE Oil & Gas as part of my course. Been studying electronics since it was offered at school in year 9. Also looking at doing a MSc in embedded systems engineering at Leeds next year if all goes well

Just found this blog and have spent the last couple of days catching up on the videos, great job keep it up!

[Erik]

Hello, i'm Erik from the Netherlands. I'm practising electronics at a hobby base and I like programming pic microcontrollers. Because my knowledge only came from what i tought myself and I felt that even tough I could do some microcontroller programming my knowledge of basic electronics is pretty bad so I recently  decided to start reading the "art of electronics" at the advise of David in one if his blogs and since then i'm gathering a nice amount of information out of it.

I can't remember how i found your blog but i like it and sometimes the blogs are pretty funny too. Keep up the good work!

[icemagic]

Hey guys,

I'm Moe from Australia, and I'm currently studying for a PhD in Microelectronics. I'm 25 years old. At the moment.

[Brett]

Hi Everybody!

My name's Brett, and I'm a currently employed Electronic Design Engineer in the USA, working at the same company for the last 14 years.  I design DC motor controllers for a wide ranging market area and medical equipment.  I've always been a tinkerer, and I'm just now really starting to put my "home projects" back in the works.  It's been a few good years since I've done much at home since I have a 4 year old son that keeps my wife and I very busy.  My buddy and I are trying to build up some cool projects with the Arduino, which makes development for someone with not a lot of time, a piece of cake.  Granted it's not super tiny, but the platform for prototyping purposes rocks.  I use it around the lab at work as well when I need a quick solution for some circuit manipulation and DAQ type stuff.  I would love to put together some videos like Dave has done... but first I'll need to fix up my workbench.  Right now it's an absolute mess.  Last night I had to work on the kitchen table.  Anyhoo... see you around the forum.

[APS]

Hi everyone,

my name is Mario and I live in Croatia but born in Bosnia. My primary job is in elementary school but my hobby (soon my job I hope) is electronic. I am in electronic ten years now. I like DIY stuff whether in electronic or other. I like audio, micros, lab equipment, power electronic etc. I come across blog and this forum and I think they are great.

Regards,
Mario

[raikon16]

greetings mighty craftsmen.

John, from Latvia 20 yo. My lab currently consists of pc, table lamp, basic tools ( no multimeter ) soldering iron and vast amounts of various electronic gadgets - parts (95 % like 20 to 30 yo (made in soviet Russia ), I actually have tubes; raw material - pcboards, wires, screws, metal sheets, organic glass,etc ;boards from various electronic equipment - again 85 % 20 yo, and electronic equipment ( only thing that is not ancient - PSX, CRT TV, laptop, mobile phone). only if i could do something with these resources.

currently investigating how AC motor is working   

[Murphy]

Hey all,

I'm Mike, a 22 year old EE student from Connecticut. Been tinkering with electronics all my life but only recently getting serious about it.
Finished my associates at a community college a little over a year ago and still trying to figure out what to do about getting a bachelors. I Don't know anybody that does electronics and that's getting annoying so I need get into some forums maybe a chat room. Been lurking here because of the awesome blog so I figure it's as good a place as any to start.

Currently honing my microcontroller programming skills (PICs), stocking up on components, and stripping a decades worth of salvaged PC boards to save some space. >.<

[stormBytes]

Hey Folks,

I'm Daniel. I'm 34 years old, nothing to do with EE, just an avid hobbyist though I might actually think about changing that. I've always been fascinated by the shadowy world of electronics, circuits, and micros. I've finally decided to actually do something about it!

Thanks for having me!

Daniel

[DJPhil]

Greetings!

I'm Sean and I live in the suburbs of Omaha, in the center of the US. I've always loved science in (almost) all it's forms, and I'm recently returning to discrete electronics. I have an abundance of time, and a lack of money, so I do almost everything with tinkered and scavenged components. I kept all the books from the kits of my childhood, and I was amazed to see that I had one of the same ones Dave featured on his blog! Mine were purchased in the mid '80s, and at the time my family lived in England, just about the other side of the world.

[shawn01]

Hello My name Is Shawn and I am from Chicagoland. I have spent most of my Time in Manufacturing, and have performed a little RMA work too. 
The highest Position I have held is Test Engineer (but just for a few days as a sub)
I am here to see what Dave can come up with.  His product reviews, and Tutorials are helpful. And can always be played again when needed.

[iva]

Hi all, my name is Ivan, I've been playing with electronics since my first Philips kit (well before puberty!), studied industrial electronics in high school, when to uni for an electronics engineering bachelor and master...
and then moved to the dark side probably, I've been working as a software engineer for more than 10 years already 

[rossmoffett]

I am a student at Oklahoma State University in the USA.  I played with my older brothers radio shack xxx in one kits when I was very young, maybe eight years?  I was pretty fascinated by it but my father wouldn't give me much chance to play with the parts on my own so it wore off.  I picked up again when I was 16 and wanted a vacuum tube guitar amp, an expensive product.  I did my research and collected garbage parts for under $100 and built it.  I've been struggling and in/out of college for the past six years for economic reasons, studying Electrical/Computer Engineering for a couple of years and then changing to Instrumentation at another OSU campus with better economic prospects.  I'll earn that degree in a few months, and one in Nano-Scientific Instrumentation, I already have an associates degree in Electrical/Electronics Technology.

My degree programs are broad in scope, I chose them because it fits my lifestyle and hobbies, which are also broad in scope.  My areas of experience/specialty/interest are PLCs, FPGAs, microcontrollers, vacuum tube electronics, hydraulics&pneumatics, motor control, fluids, industrial automation, optimization/efficiency, alternative energies, crude oil production and especially electronic sensing of all kinds.  I enjoy reading immensely, and spend most of my time doing that.  When I can tear myself away from learning on the internet I love to rock climb, tinker and hack electronics, play guitar, work cattle, cook and meet interesting people.  I try to live by the following quote, which I believe is very eloquent:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

This isn't a resume, but I am looking for a job in Los Angeles, starting in May, FYI.  

[Gamal]

   
   Hi,  this is Gamal from Fl. U.S.A, I have been studing electronics on my own for the past six years, no class room just home studies.
     Finally I am now in college working on my AAS degree in Electical/Electronics Engineering. Presently I am doing maths and english. I am just here to learn and prepare for my major. Enjoy all the blog and video.

                                                                                         Gamal

[horzza]

G'day all. I'm Chris from Melbourne, Australia, about to enter my second year of an electronics engineering and physics double degree at RMIT. I've been watching the blog since about episode 8 or 9 but I'm generally a bit of a lurker so never got involved in it's forum or discussion. Dad got me started in electronics after seeing I had an interest in pulling stuff apart with a Dick Smith 20 in 1 kit a few years ago.
Love the blog, particularly the the two blogs on job interview tips, as well as the several guides to things like caps, batteries and solar cells.

[mckee]

Hello,
my name is Thomas and I am writing from Germany, nationality is Polish .
I am doing some hobby electronics since many years .
Best Greetings to everbody ! 

[RayJones]

Hi, I'm Ray and work in the Bureau of Meteorology's Radar Engineering group.

Been a geek since high school and still find the huge variety of specialist areas of electronics fascinating.