Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #05055



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 17:38:16 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Component schematics (was Something funny with the 1382 voltage


Fair enough. I just find component schematics a pain when I'm trying to figure
out/trouble-shoot the circuits.

Note to newbies: It's just a magic box. Don't bother figuring out what those
little black chips are doing. Your here to have fun, not to learn anything. If
the bot doesn't work right away, just send an e-mail to Jim! ;)

Sorry bout the sarcasm...I suppose I'm just tired of trying to defend my
views.

From now on...I will provide both types os schematics. I hope others will
follow suit.

"Professor" Fang

JVernonM@aol.com wrote:

> I disagree. The simpler, more obvious chip and component schematics are
> extremely popular. If you look at what is being built and published online,
> many of them are built from that type of schematic. Why do you think Ian's
> circuit pages are so popular? BEAM is at it's best an entry level hobby. If
> you try to turn it into Electronics 101 you are going to exclude the very
> ones you say are coming in at that entry level. One of the coolest things
> about BEAM is a kid can take one of Ian's circuit diagrams and tutorials and
> build a bot right of the bat. No, please lets not crank up the difficulty
> level because we think we are electronics professors. I say make more of
> those types of schematics. Make it so ANYONE no matter their experience
> level, can participate (isn't this one of the planks of the BEAM platform
> anyway). If they wish to pursue a more in depth knowledge, more power to
> them.
> Jim

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Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
ICQ=5614919
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html

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