looking at a new college

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

I am looking to go to a different college because the drive to my current one is a pretty long drive (half a tank a week going there). I only go tuesday/thursday also. I wouldnt mind using a tank of gas or little less a week if i was going monday-friday for things i enjoy though. Im looking at the list of classes and i see one called "solid state device"; would you guys take this class to be solid state electronics? (amplifiers and other things used in whatever jobs) I'm also looking at

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[Heresy 10+ year member]

Usually college classes have a short desciption of the class or at least tell you what department they are in. Solid state devices could mean a myriad of things ranging from the chemistry of semiconductors to the application of transistors. You have a link to the college?

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

its called pearl river community college. http://www.prcc.edu i believe.

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

its called pearl river community college. http://www.prcc.edu i believe.

This is what I think you are talking about:

EET 1314 Solid State Devices and Circuits. (4) Prerequisite: EET 1114

A comprehensive study of semiconductor diodes and transistors. Solid state circuits including rectifiers, clippers, clamps, power supplies, Zener regulators, filters, bipolar amplifier circuits and power amplifiers. Temperature effects, biasing techniques, configuration, frequency ranges and other parameters are analyzed. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week.

From the description, it sounds a great deal like a class I am in now. As long as you understand DC analysis, it isn't that hard. It is mostly op-amps and diodes then transitions into MOSFETs and BJTs.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

This is what I think you are talking about:
EET 1314 Solid State Devices and Circuits. (4) Prerequisite: EET 1114

A comprehensive study of semiconductor diodes and transistors. Solid state circuits including rectifiers, clippers, clamps, power supplies, Zener regulators, filters, bipolar amplifier circuits and power amplifiers. Temperature effects, biasing techniques, configuration, frequency ranges and other parameters are analyzed. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week.

From the description, it sounds a great deal like a class I am in now. As long as you understand DC analysis, it isn't that hard. It is mostly op-amps and diodes then transitions into MOSFETs and BJTs.

i know nothing about internals and all that. i was hoping the class would start out basic so i could learn about it all as the class goes. could this be used later on in fields like ome audio and car audio?

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

i know nothing about internals and all that. i was hoping the class would start out basic so i could learn about it all as the class goes. could this be used later on in fields like home audio and car audio?

DC circuits is a pre-req for that class. If you don't have a decent grip on the subject then you won't be able to understand what they teach in this class. I think the class helps you understand more of what goes on with audio equipment, but it won't teach you how to make or troubleshoot an amplifier. You'll understand a great deal more about the subject but usually they won't give you the big picture until the later classes.

 

[ruckus]

its called pearl river community college. http://www.prcc.edu i believe.

Should go to pearl necklace communicable disease college

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

how exxactly did u find the write up on the class?

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

how exactly did u find the write up on the class?

On the left side of the homepage is a search box. Put in "solid state devices" which will give you a link to some of the older catalogues which have descriptions. I highly doubt the classes would change all that much from a few years ago if they have the same title.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

thanks. im actually looking at a few different classes. the CNC based classes, the solid state classes (if there is a BEGINNER class i take a nd work up from there) and power machineing.

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

its called pearl river community college. http://www.prcc.edu i believe.

You know anyone that has gone their? Or do you get to sit in on some classes for free? Is it a state sponsored school? Lot of smaller "colleges" are nothing more than corporations looking to bank off people trying to get an education //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

its a good size local community college. pretty sure its state funded, and the people ive heard talk about it only have good things to say.

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

thanks. im actually looking at a few different classes. the CNC based classes, the solid state classes (if there is a BEGINNER class i take a nd work up from there) and power machineing.

Take the DC circuits class. There is no way you will understand solid state without knowing Ohm's Law, node voltage analysis, mesh current analysis, and Thevenin/Norton equivilants. For a real treat take AC circuits which I still hate even though I know it reasonably well.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

do u think something like this will set me up for those classes if i go in with no knowledge?

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

shoot...i blow a half a tank in three days going back and forth to my college not 10 minutes away. that around town driving kills me. down the freeway, which i drove through a full tank last weekend, i got on average 10 mpg

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

shoot...i blow a half a tank in three days going back and forth to my college not 10 minutes away. that around town driving kills me. down the freeway, which i drove through a full tank last weekend, i got on average 10 mpg

thanks for posting in a thread that otherwise actually stayed on topic.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

thanks for posting in a thread that otherwise actually stayed on topic.

marleyskaters mom has big boobs.

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

do u think something like this will set me up for those classes if i go in with no knowledge?

You just can not skip the fundamentals. Unless you can somehow learn all the DC circuitry stuff on your own and learn it all by the time the solid state class starts, you are going to have difficulty understanding what is happening with the devices. The one good thing about op-amps and transistors is that on a basic level, Ohm's Law is enough to find the variables you plug into the equations. Once you get multiple devices or start cascading them, you have to know more than just the rudimentary stuff.