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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Study Aid Review: The Engineering Circuit Analysis Tutor: Volume 4

 


This is the fourth volume of the circuit analysis tutor that Jason put out. It continues the material from the first semester of circuits (usually called Circuits I or just Circuits analysis). It covers the material that comes in the second half of the class after you get through circuit analysis techniques, in which resistors and sources are the only circuit elements. This set introduces circuits in which capacitors and inductors are included. It does not go into the details of the transient and steady-state, those topics are covered in later volumes. This covers the topics of voltage, current, and power in inductors and capacitors, and then inductors and capacitors in series and parallel, and how to draw an equivalent circuit by reducing the parallel and series combinations. Again, this just deals with circuits that have direct current sources and does not cover circuits with alternating current sources.

I find Jason's material very helpful, and my learning style meshes well with his teaching style. He does not cover 100% of the material on every single topic, but he does cover the main topics and the main points of each topic, which is great for exam prep. But it is definitely NOT a replacement for going to class. So, if you learn by seeing examples worked out, this is a good study aid.


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