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The Best Resources for Learning Electronics

Last updated: April 15, 20261 Comment

Resources for Learning Electronics

I’ve had a wish to learn electronics for a very long time, and this year I took the plunge and bought some kit to get started. Here’s the stuff I bought and some other resources I found useful.

Hardware

  • Keyes electronics kit SMP0051
  • NodeMCU ESP8266 Lua WiFi Internet Development Board (alternative to Arduino)
  • Raspberry Pi3 Official Desktop Starter Kit 16GB
  • XL830L Multimeter

Books

  • Eléctronica para makers – Guía completa
  • Hacking Electronics
  • Make: Electronics
  • Make: More Electronics

Websites

  • Startingelectronics.org – used their tutorials to build my first real circuits.
  • Sparkfun.com – Great tutorials and quiz to learn the basics.
  • Programming Electronics
  • Building Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics-tutorials
  • Thingiverse
  • Predictabledesigns
  • Speedway Motor’s All about electronic circuits for kids

Tutorials

  • How to use a multimeter
  • Tools for the electronics hobbyist

Software

  • Fritzing
  • Easy EDA
  • TinkerCAD
  • Circuitlab.com

Electronics Shops in Spain

  • Electan
  • Diotronic (physical shop in Barcelona too)
  • Bricogeek

Electronics Hobby Manufacturers

  • Sparkfun
  • Adafruit

Video

Youtube video
  • Mert Arduino on YouTube
  • AskJerry Arduino Tutorials
  • Udemy – Arduino Zero to Hero
  • Udemy – Tech Explorations Arduino Step-by-step
  • Udemy – Tech Explorations Raspberry Pi

My Projects

Below are some schematics and pictures of projects I’ve completed so far.

LED with Button

LED with button

LED with button circuit

I also tried the NodeMCU board. The first thing to do is to set up the Arduino IDE to be compatible with NodeMCU so you can follow the Arduino tutorials online without any problems. You need to install this and this first.

I eventually switched to an Arduino because it was easier to follow online tutorials and use the pins of the Arduino than those of the NodeMCU. Here’s a circuit I built with the Arduino.

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About Jean Galea

I build things on the internet and write about AI, investing, health, and how to live well. Founder of AgentVania and the Good Life Collective.

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  1. Naveen Hegde says

    October 4, 2022 at 12:14 am

    I am more interested to learn

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