Background: I took some 100 and 200-level courses on electronics in college over a decade ago. I still remember some stuff (Ohm’s law, Kirchoff’s law), and I can recognise the basic parts in a circuit diagram.

I am also happy to pick up a beginner friendly text book and go through the theory by myself, if there are any recommendations.

However, I’ve never even held a soldering gun. I am a blank slate when it comes to any practical applications. I get overwhelmed trying to figure out what kit to order on Amazon.

So, is there a course/tutorial you’d recommend for learning the hands on parts of it? I’d prefer as much handholding as possible. Ex – if someone sells all the components to finish the projects in the course that would be the course I pick.

  • overcast5348@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Thanks, fire safety concerns have definitely played a major role in why I haven’t actually started building stuff. I’ll keep this in mind.

    • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      It’s not as big a risk as this person is making out. If you’re playing with low current microcontroller stuff, there’s virtually no risk. At most you’re gonna let the magic smoke out of a chip, not start a fire.

      If you start getting into stepper motors and things like that, sure, but that’s a long ways from where you are today.