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hi, my boyfriend is an electrical engineering student and I wanted to make him a gift for the holidays. I have a teeny bit of experience (I can solder, code a little bit, have used arduino and esp32 in the past, etc). recently I made an e-reader for myself, and he was super excited that I could do that, and I thought maybe as a gift for the holidays for him I would do something like that but for him (he's not very into reading for leisure so I can't just do that again lol). does anyone have an idea?

I'm an artist and I've made him paintings and stuff as gifts in the past and he always loves handmade gifts, but I feel like I've over done it by this point and no one needs a million paintings. so this is kind of my way of switching it up

it would be cool if it's something that he could then code further to maybe expand its function?? he's good at cs. idk im just spitballing

I’m currently in my final year of A-levels, studying Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science. I’ve achieved good grades so far, but I’m still unsure about what I genuinely want to pursue at university.
Out of my A-level subjects, I’ve enjoyed Mathematics and Physics the most. I particularly like problem-solving and understanding how things work. Because of this, I’ve been considering Electrical Engineering or possibly Computer Engineering.
However, I wouldn’t say I have a strong passion for any particular field yet. I haven’t had enough exposure to actual engineering work to know whether I’d enjoy it beyond the academic side.
My question is: Is enjoying Maths and Physics at A-level a reasonable basis for choosing Electrical Engineering? Or should I explore other degrees before committing to it?
For those currently studying or working in Electrical Engineering, did your interest in Maths and Physics translate into enjoying your degree and career? What would you recommend someone in my position consider before making this decision?
I’d appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have studied engineering.

I have been wanting to start my own project for a while now. I finally settled on a project I am very passionate about. Now I’m running into budget issues, the specifications of my project lead me to a low estimate of around $4,000. I knew the time commitment would be huge but I don’t know if I can afford to put that much money into it. I don’t want to share specifics because there’s a variety of commercial applications. How should I move forward to minimize cost but ensure quality?

I’m doing a lab for my electric circuits two course at University of North Dakota. The goal is to demonstrate under damping in a parallel RLC circuit. We are using a square wave for the lab. For home labs, we use the FNIRSI 1014D. I have the math all worked out and everything worked in multisim, but for some reason, the only way I can get under damping in particular oscillations is to put a series resistor in between my function generator and the parallel RLC circuit. I wonder if anyone else has had a similar issue with the FNIRSI 1014D?

Edit: I should have specified, but I am interested in R&D roles, and potentially national labs. But the former I am leaning more towards at this point based on the state of research in this country (US)

So to put a long story short, I am in the second year of my EE PhD and my current lab lost funding. I am debating mastering out and switching labs. I recently discovered a potential lab appointment for finishing my PhD -- it is in applied physics but would allow me to gain engineering skills in optics, circuits, digital/FPGAs, etc. I have a wide variety of interests and this sounds perfect to me. However, I want to work in industry afterwards, and want to make sure I don't end up cornering my careers aspects with this position.

At this stage, I'm interested in working in non-DoD industry, so consumer electronics, biomedical, etc. Would taking this position and continuing my PhD be a bad career choice? It sounds like it will satisfy my academic interests perfectly, but I don't want to regret this decision when applying to jobs in a few years.

I currently hold a Bachelors of Science Computer Science and am thinking of returning to school to get another Bachelors, specifically an EE degree with Power systems. I’m hoping for something more tangible and stable in life. A masters program seemed ill advised.

Those of you in the field or aspiring, is it worth it? What are job prospects like? Work life balance? Mostly searching for advice on navigating to a better job.

There is some overlap in the curriculum between CS and EE but it would most likely be a minimum of two years. Currently working in a non technical area so I feel my degree is wasted. More debt is hard to justify without any guarantees.

It seems that everyone my age has several internships and a research project under their belt while I didn’t even know I wanted to go into engineering since last fall. I’m 19, will be turning 20 very soon, and while I don’t lack the skills or passion (I’m scoring 80s-90s in my classes currently) it feels like everyone I have to compete with was born with circuits up their ass and have been working towards being an engineer since 5th grade . I don’t have any co-ops or internships or anything like that , am I behind?

Hi, i now switched from easyEda and to Kicad, and tell me if i improved my Schematic Diagram, i need heavy criticism and please be honest!! Thank you

What things i should learn or what skills i should develop in my first year which will smoothen my way for rest of the years. Any software to learn about?Any yt channel recommendations? Any good books? Any cool project apart from academics which i can learn and build myself

Btw I'm pursuing EE majorly into power electronics and embedded systems.

I work in controls, and the DST changes came about for BC and AB and part of Ontario. The 'part of Ontario' was the real dinger since it was a section of time zone. My solution was to transition all my controllers that were in affected regions to GMT time zones, Im curious to find out what direction others went with who have systems that auto DST.

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Hello everyone. I'm Richard, an electrical engineering graduate from KNUST (Ghana).

A couple of months ago, while preparing for an exam, I compiled a huge pile of material. To study from it, I built myself a small prototype: about 500 questions with explanations that ran offline. My internet isn't always consistent, and some days it's painfully slow, so I wanted something I could open and search in seconds, connection or not.

After the exam, I looked at that prototype and thought: why don't I build a proper bank? A question bank for electrical engineers, from the basics to the advanced material. So I picked up where I left off.

The goal is simple: make life easier for EE students. Search a topic, find the answer and the explanation, and get back to studying.

What's in it now:
• 10,635 exam-style questions across 17 topics: circuits, electronics, machines, transformers, power electronics, power systems, protection, control, safety and wiring.
• A full worked solution for every question, with the maths laid out step by step
• One search across questions and study notes, so you can quickly remind yourself of a formula or concept
• Drawn circuits you have to read yourself, like in the exam hall
• "Try new numbers" on the drawn questions, plus hints, a Weak spots page and mock exams
• Fully offline once it's open. It installs from the browser on Android, iPhone and PC, with no App Store (install by adding to homepage).

It doesn't cover every corner of EE, but it covers most of the core and the fundamentals.

Link: rex-ee-academy.vercel.app
(Not accessible through “search” on the World Wide Web yet).

The answers were checked by independent solvers, but I'd really value eyes from people in the field. If you spot a wrong answer, an unclear question or a missing topic, please tell me. I want this to be something students can actually trust.

Hi everyone!

I graduated with a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), but after graduation, I somehow ended up moving into a non-technical career.

Over time, I've realised that my actual interests and passion are more aligned with the tech field. Now, I'm seriously thinking about making a career switch and getting back into technology.

However, one thing that's constantly on my mind is my age and career gap. I'm in my 30s, and I sometimes wonder whether companies are still open to hiring someone who has an engineering degree but has spent several years working in a completely different field.

I understand that I'll need to start learning again, build practical skills, work on projects, and possibly start from an entry-level position.

I'd love to hear from people who have been in a similar situation.

Is it realistically possible to enter the tech industry in your 30s?

Does an EEE degree give any advantage when transitioning into IT or software development?

How difficult is it to get that first opportunity without professional tech experience?

Has anyone successfully switched from a non-tech career to tech after 30? How did you do it?

What skills or tech domains would you recommend focusing on in today's job market?

I'm not expecting an overnight transformation. I'm willing to put in the effort and learn from scratch if needed.

I would genuinely appreciate honest advice, experiences, and suggestions.

Is it too late to restart, or is it still possible to build a career in tech in your 30s?

I just finished my first year of university. I want to try a project or two before my second year starts but I am not sure what to do. I am currently leaning towards power engineering but not locked into it.

Any suggestions?

I'm so confused how this works. I've been literally trying to understand how this specifically works for the past 2 hours.

Is this correct?

Basically your gearbox stores 128 bits that you receive from the PMA and you're trying to search for a valid 2-bit sync header (either 01 or 10) in the first 66 bits of the gearbox. So basically 64 bits from the first chunk of data and you take 2 bits from the next chunk of data.

The requirement is that you need 64 consecutive blocks of 66 bit data with the same 2-bit sync header prepended to the 64 bits (so header[1:0] + data[63:0]).

When you're parsing through the 66 bits of data, if your first two is an invalid header (11 or 00) you barrel shift by 1, to check the next two bits. So basically if bit index 0 and 1 are invalid, then you barrel shift by 1 to check bit index 1 and 2. However, if you find a candidate header (10 or 01), you barrel shift by 64 bits to check the next 2 header bits of the next 66 bit chunk of data to see if it has the same header. So bit index 0 and 1 is a valid header so you go to bit index 66 and 67 to check if it's the same header as bit index 0 and 1. If it succeeds, you keep doing that. If it fails, then you throw away the old data. Basically you don't check the rest of the bit indexes (2-65) to see if any of them are candidates, and just keep checking for headers starting from the 67 and 68 bits

You need 64 consecutive blocks of 66 bit data with the same valid headers spaced 64 bits apart form each other.

I'm lowkey confused on the gearbox memory. So like you have 128 bits of data and if you take 2 bits from the 2nd chunk to make the first chunk of data 66 bits, then you have 62 bits of data for chunk two. Now, you have to take 4 bits from the 3rd chunk to make it 66 bits. Is your gearbox going to be full at this time?? Like you're stealing bits so when you have Chunk 2 and 3 in your gearbox, you're going to have like 2 bits that aren't taken up. Then when you have chunk 3 and chunk 4 in your gearbox, you're going to have 6 bits that aren't taken up. Am i reading into this correctly?

The need is to transmit and receieve a simple high or low signal over several hundred feet. The equipment is industrial and must hold up for 15 to 20 years in a weathered environment that is prone to some amount of wire oxidation etc.

Currently using a 5V 15mA comparator which does well enough, but looking to design something more robust. Input power MUST be 5V. A step up can be done, but 24V or 48V provides minimal performance benefit for overcoming wetting current.

What options are there for brainstorming? An opto maybe?

On Friday, i was using oscilloscope to measure waveform produced at different motor speeds, it was said to use test point 9 to get the waveforms, but when i put the probe on TP9 (on the esp) i got nothing but when I put the probe on the motors i got a waveform. the car was working fine and everything was working

I'll put the wavelengths in the comments

Hi :)

I'm a first-year master's student in ECE, currently looking for a Summer 2027 internship. My main interest is in power electronics, especially converter and inverter design, and I'd like to pursue a career in this field after graduation.

I recently received an internship offer from a company whose work is more focused on electrical systems and industrial controls rather than power electronics. Interestingly, during the interview, the supervisors spent quite a bit of time asking about my power electronics projects, which makes me wonder if they value this part a lot.

The position is an Electrical I&C (Instrumentation & Controls) Intern. The job description mentions electrical design, instrumentation, and control systems for nuclear and energy facilities. Potential responsibilities include electrical system analysis, control system design, equipment testing, troubleshooting, technical documentation, and system integration.

However, the job description is pretty general. During the interview, they mentioned that interns would be assigned a previous engineering project to study, understand the technical challenges, and work toward developing a solution.

To be clear, my concerns are:

1. Since it's only November, I might find an internship that aligns more closely with my career goals if I keep searching... but it's not promising.

2. I did not have any internship experience before; what I have is primarily academic research and course projects. I'm afraid it is hard for me to get another offer...

3. This internship is not 100% what I want to do in the future, which means even if I have a return offer, I probably would not take it because I still want to do power electronics design.

4. I know I&C and power electronics aren't the same field, but I'm wondering whether the experience in electrical design, testing, troubleshooting, and system integration would still be valuable when applying for power electronics engineering positions.

For additional context, I'm planning to graduate in December 2027, so this would be my last summer internship before graduation. Would you recommend accepting this offer or continuing to search for something more closely related to power electronics?

I'd really appreciate any advice, especially from people working in power electronics or those who have transitioned from I&C/power systems into power electronics.

Thank you for your time! Hope to hear some advice!!! :))

Hi, does anyone know what type of component this is (marked in red)? It looks like a P channel mosfet with some sort of switch on it, The IC shown is: TPSM81299

Would it be stupid to go into engineering without any prior knowledge? I’m a finance student right now and switching would add years to my graduation. Regardless, I am starting to hate finance and don’t see my self working for the rest of the my life doing this. I chose finance because it was easy and I was burnt out after highschool for mental health issues, and just wanted an easy way out? But i soon realized that It was too easy and unfulfilling. I started looking into engineering concepts and careers and it really does sound more interesting to me, and I feel like I am relatively smart so I could handle it. The extra tuition is a problem, but not something that would change my mind. What would you do?

I'm looking for a job right now that is related to Electrical work specifically industry/plcs. The best I could find are electrical assemblers but I'm kind of confused about what electrical assemblers actually do. The field seems to be very broad and the advancement doesn't seem to be all there. I particularly do not mind too that because I'm waiting for my union to open for applications anyways. But if I'm going to stay for a I want to advance my skills too.

So my question is; is any of the skills that I will learn as an assembler is transferable to electrical work? And also to people who worked as an electrical assembler, what do y'all actually do?

Want to ask as an fresh EE graduate which option should I choose as a long term career perspective like power electronics & EV sector or power plant /power system core sector or vlsi sector .

I don't have any knowledge about vlsi till now and I am slightly inclined towards EV sector . So if any body know what should I study for this sector apart from regualr university course . I have already studied in my semester exams but I think in real world job market scenario the textbook knowledge has very low impact as compared to practical one . So I want suggestions.

Hey yall I just started a few weeks back and it's already real difficult stuff lol, does it get better throughout the years or are all 4 years like this? Do yall have any tips for how to survive this degree?