Electronic Circuit Designing

What we need to design electronic circuits is not much more than a pencil and paper...

Yep! that's it....

If you want the circuit to work and actually do something then you will need a lot of studying and practice as well as a thorough understanding of what you are trying to design with...

I did 4 years at university for a degree and then I still needed to have experience working in design labs before I could safely say "I am a designer"... What's more I'm still learning today even at 55 years old...

So to answer your question succinctly - "you need to know what you are doing to enable you to design a working circuit that will solve your problem".

Does that help?

You should have knowledge in electronics and also in magnetic theory. good visualisation capability too.

before you exactly begin to design become expert in electronics . becoming expert is not a big thing just learn the basics from your college syllabus . i hope you are a electronics related engineer student or professional. subjects like electronics devices, circuit theory, Electro magnetic theory, Network analysis etc...

Learn to use some simulation softwares it will reduce the time taken to design as well as cost.

The above all alone won't make you a professional . only hands on experience will do the best.

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A VERY good (free !!) program to design electric and electronic diagrams is "TinyCad".

You'll find it at www.tinycad.sourceforge.net/

I use it for YEAAAAARS, and suits most of my (designing) needs.

Should CR4 Daily demand that people that post questions like this identify themselves, their country of origin, and their age? I'm just sayin'...

Enthusiasm and an aim! A pile of components and a soldering iron...oooh yes the pencil and paper (already mentioned) helps too.

Most electronics designers I know started off wanting to make something specific, then became hobbyists then got some sort of formal education.

(This way you learn which end of the soldering iron to pick up before you get the degree!)

I started by wanting to make audio amplifiers for hi-fi in the 70's. Lots of guys started as radio hams back then.

Maybe you are into computers, digital electronics or software?

It is a very broad field, you need to be more specific about what you want.

If you can build (and understand!) a single transistor small signal audio amplifier and an adjustable voltage regulator from a handfull of discrete components then you are well on your way!

A lot of stuff is I.Cs these days, and digital electronics is fun...cheap small microcontrollers are readilly available.

Give us a clue..what do you want to build?

If its a commercial venture, your best bet would be to contract the job out to a company with experience. Otherwise, the learning curve will be expensive and take a long time.

I'm occupied with electronic design as a professional for 16 years in the communication field... Beside the university studies the most important thing is the experience through the professional occupation... Endless hours of work in front of a P.C. and a bench... Some good mentors that will help you to understand things and show you some paths... And a lot of study (study never ends)...

First of all you must have a lot of patience in order to study many themes: electromagnetic theory, circuits' theory, components' theory e.t.c.... You need to know some physics and maths... But, beside the theory, you have to start to occupie youself with practical circuits... In the begining, find some drawings of circuits that maybe you are interested to... Understand and analyse them and then built them... Make them work and take some measurements that will help you to understand them better... As your experience will grow you'll see that you'll be able to design and built some simple circuits of your own succesfully... Don't hesitate to ask for help from your teachers or others who know better... It needs time and work...

And, of course, is very difficult (I would say impossible) to be good in all types of circuits in every field of elecronics... Your professional life will lead you (unavoidable) to some kind of specialization... Some engineers are better in analogue design, some others in digital... Others have a direction in power electronics and automatism, others in power supplies, others in "radio frequency" circuits, others in microprossecors e.t.c.... Others are occupied with software... Others become chip designers... During your professional occupation and through your personal interests you'll find your way...

I do not know neither who you are nor your background but asking for answer to such a question means that you have no idea of electronics so the BEST answer for you is : GO TO A PROFESSIONAL who knows what electronics mean.

The only thing to do -if you can- is to define your needs in a thorough specification of requirements and working conditions and as "vermin" says you should give an information who you are and where you are. Then the help could be better oriented.

Guest, Please tell me it's a joke, I just can't believe that someone who can type in English, and probably can use a PC, at least to some degree, will ask such a stupid question.

Wangito.

Unfortunately I doubt it is a joke. Any way if it is one there are many other of same kind even if this is a top one!

You might be able to design a pc board with just a book but all of the responses

telling you to contract a professional, are valid. I manufacture pc boards and

if your finished design requires any leading edge technology (BGA's, tight circuitry,

blind vias, etc.), you could end up desgning yourself into a 'proverbial' corner if you

don't now what you are doing.

Good luck.

Deborah

Circuit Gal,

I tend to think the OP Guest, is an electronic-gadget hobbyist, who turned to en engineering site, in an attempt to ask engineers for initial tips on "how to get started on the basic design concepts of electronics"

Since most of us know this is vague objective, and as Electroman above stated bluntly (maybe to much so), the harsh reality of the need to study physics, math, and "proper electronic design concepts" first, then spend years in a lab, trying to implement this into a problem-solving path... So:

Dear Guest,

1. The study of proper electronics is the first goal.

2. Then, or even while studying, start experimenting, in attempt to implement your newly acquired knowledge.

3. Then, given some useful circuits, turn them into a PCB design

4. Then, return to your old hobby, of soldering the components and having fun

Then again, if it's only one circuit solution you're after, why not turn to a pro designer, and try to share your practical idea with them, in a partnership bid. Sign them on a confidentiality agreement first, and be on your merry way!

What me blunt......... Never!

John.