Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Bad, Bad Diode

Scribble 2; ledPwm
Scribble 2; ledPwm,
originally uploaded by subflux.

I spent the morning liberatingly focused on the task at hand for once, making circuits to implement what we had learned in Digital Systems. Turns out, I suck at theory but ace implementation. At the beginning of the class the other (junior) girls in my assigned group were being mocked by their biiig, strong chauvinist counterparts and getting offers to do all the work for them as soon as they had finished their own labwork. Apparently, watching me struggling with a borrowed pocketknife to slice the rubber covering off the edges of bits of wire inspired them into action. Hell, I didn't know they had it in them, scraping away with their long nails at the edges till both the wire and their fingers were raw. Just goes to show what someone can do if they're riled up enough. By the end of the class, most the boys were approaching my groupmembers for tips and troubleshooting their own circuits. And the girls, bless them, did not gloat... much. :P

So essentially, I spent all of yesterday creating a business plan and today creating circuits. What an odd educational experience. :D

Misha at Tuesday, December 06, 2005

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