Here are some miscellaneous resources our members have found useful over the years. We tried to keep this list short to not overwhelm folks, but it certainly isn’t exhaustive. As we write more reviews, those will also show up here.
Websites with News
Websites teaching Electronics Basics
- Adafruit Tutorials (also sells things)
- All About Circuits
- SparkFun Tutorials (also sells things)
- Project based: Make
- United States Navy Electricity & Electronics Training Series (PDFs)
YouTube Channels about Hardware
Big Heavy Books about Electronics
- Practical Electronics For Inventors, 4th Edition
- Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits
- Art of Electronics
- Electronics Fundamentals: A Systems Approach
Websites with some Programming Basics
- Learn To Code with Us, Resources Page
Take a Break (Fiction)
Don’t Take Our Word For It
- http://forum.arduino.cc/ (friendly to beginners)
- http://www.electronicspoint.com/
- http://www.edaboard.com/
- http://www.eevblog.com/forum/
- http://www.eeweb.com/electronics-forum
- http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics (know your stuff first)
- http://electronics.stackexchange.com/ (know your stuff first)