Learning electronics

millwalll

Thanks some good advice. Will look into some of this and see how things go.

mttylad

Get some books on learning PIC microprocessors, a heck of a lot can be done with them and uo would get the itch to go for bigger better processors when you need to.

Try your local college, but when I went what they were teaching was ancient - heck I bet its the same stuff now but still good for the basics.

And learn the basics...

Improve on your maths too.

Learning to program in a few languages also helps.

Then when your ready to design a PCB for your own design come back & ask again - thats a whole new subject.

thescouselander

There's nothing like practical experience to back up the theory so it might be worth getting something like this to experiment with:

http://www.quasarelectronics.com/maxitronix/epl200-200-in-1-electronic-projects-lab-kit-mx-907.htm


Thats how I learnt initially as a child anyway - now I'm a proper electrical engineer!

DCFC79

I did it at college which was a bad idea in the end, i did analogue electronics, digital electronics and other sections, we covered components eg resistors and how to tell what ohm they were, various transistors(trannys0 it was a C&G course, ive even still got the 2 books we had to buy but they went into so much detail they would bore you to death

BlueC

Google "arduino", pick up a starter kit and get stuck in. You'll love it, and with arduino you can be building real working things very quickly, and learning a bit of programming at the same time. Loads of good tutorials on the web.

Pikeyp

Try this .. http://www.edaboard.com/

mttylad

Or if you get into the Arduino then http://forum.sparkfun.com/

Bollotom

Have a look at Amateur Radio sites. Lots of excellent articles that go from basics to advanced and even cover thermionic valves:-)
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has a massive library of books.

CountryGoose

Bollotom wrote: »

Have a look at Amateur Radio sites. Lots of excellent articles that go from basics to advanced and even cover thermionic valves:-)
The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has a massive library of books.

Or better still, search out your local Radio Club and see if they run Licence courses. This will lead you through basic radio electronics, up to more advanced levels. You'll also meet kindred spirits in the club with an interest in electronics and experimenting.