al davis wrote: > On Monday 11 May 2009, Joerg wrote: >> I just hope universities don't rely on that route alone when >> teaching RF design. > > Why not? It's no worse than some of the other choices they > make, including some that you vigorously defend. >
Like what? > Considering how much proprietary stuff they rely on, and by > doing so they reject real opportunities for learning, System-C > as a sole way to teach a particular part of the curriculum seems > rather benign. > It's ok as long as they don't neglect real HW design and testing, with solder irons and all. I have found younger candidates to be seriously lacking in that respect. There comes a time when us older guys can't help them anymore. The topper was a professor at my university who said that soon everything will be ICs, that transistors and most of that discrete stuff would go away. I burst into laughter in the auditorium, a bit embarrassing ... -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
