Hello,
I have been wanting to get into electronics for some time on a hobby basis, though I really haven't known where to start. So I spent quite a few months looking up possible projects that I could get my teeth into which would teach me the basics.
Now I have a couple of quick questions. I'm wanting to build up a stock pile of common components, so that when I'm putting together projects I have them to hand and I only have to go out and buy the more bespoke items which will be project specific.
So the equipment I already have is as follows:-
Resistors wide range of values.
Breadboard
Jumper wires
Arduino Mega and Uno
Raspberry Pis
Apart from these I'm not sure what I should focus on next?
Capacitors? What range of values?
Transistors?
Any others?
Also does anyone know where a good place would be to find out about basic circuits, I'm thinking that if most of my projects I have in the pipeline involve micro controllers such as Arduinos and Pis, so I will be looking to reduce voltages from higher inputs to lower ones and possibly boosting lower voltages to higher ones. I believe these are called voltage regulators and boosters.
Finally is there a definitive list of circuit symbols? I understand that these differ from the USA, UK and Europe, though is there a site online which lists these symbols at all?
Any help will be most appreciated.
I have been wanting to get into electronics for some time on a hobby basis, though I really haven't known where to start. So I spent quite a few months looking up possible projects that I could get my teeth into which would teach me the basics.
Now I have a couple of quick questions. I'm wanting to build up a stock pile of common components, so that when I'm putting together projects I have them to hand and I only have to go out and buy the more bespoke items which will be project specific.
So the equipment I already have is as follows:-
Resistors wide range of values.
Breadboard
Jumper wires
Arduino Mega and Uno
Raspberry Pis
Apart from these I'm not sure what I should focus on next?
Capacitors? What range of values?
Transistors?
Any others?
Also does anyone know where a good place would be to find out about basic circuits, I'm thinking that if most of my projects I have in the pipeline involve micro controllers such as Arduinos and Pis, so I will be looking to reduce voltages from higher inputs to lower ones and possibly boosting lower voltages to higher ones. I believe these are called voltage regulators and boosters.
Finally is there a definitive list of circuit symbols? I understand that these differ from the USA, UK and Europe, though is there a site online which lists these symbols at all?
Any help will be most appreciated.