On: My self-study plan for electrical engineering

[krapht]

I feel attacked. I'm a DSP engineer and I haven't implemented an analog filter since I graduated. If we got into detail on RC filter gain and phase shift I'd fail. Do I have to give my EE degree back?

[eigenvector → krapht]

No, but you at least realize an analog filter is a thing that exists. You don't remember the specifics, but you could study them if you needed to.

[rasz → krapht]

As an EE you should know what goes in front of ADC to avoid aliasing.

[throwaway348422 → rasz]

I think it depends on what is meant by details. For a DSP engineer, if details are not knowing the difference between and RC made with ceramic or film cap, I’d give a pass there. If details are not solving continuous time equations in the form 1/s, that’s probably a fail.

[posterboy → rasz]

or you buy a basic building block ADC and follow instructions.

[posterboy → krapht]

Don't the software methods have very similar problems?