Open Electronics
Great Resources for Electronics Enthusiasts and Hardware Hackers
Index
Books
- Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims
- The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
- Make: Electronics by Charles Platt
- Make: More Electronics by Charles Platt
- Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz and Simon Monk
- Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Series by Charles Platt
- Volume 1 - Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors
- Volume 2 - LEDs, LCDs, Audio, Thyristors, Digital Logic, and Amplification
- Volume 3 - Sensors for Location, Presence, Proximity, Orientation, Oscillation, Force, Load, Human Input, Liquid ... Light, Heat, Sound, and Electricity
- Forrest Mims Engineer's Mini Notebook Series
Communities
- Hackaday.io - Hackaday.io is the world's largest collaborative hardware development community.
- Hackster - Hackster is a community dedicated to learning hardware.
Magazines
- Electronics For You - These magazines keep the electronics fraternity updated with the latest technical knowledge about new technologies, semiconductors, components, systems, tools and techniques. It regularly features industry experts and top-shots within its pages.
Softwares
- Circuit Simulation
- For Microcontrollers
- Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designing
Video Tutorials and Courses
- AddOhms - Electronics Tutorials
- Afrotechmods - Straight to the point electronics tutorial videos with practical examples.
- All About Circuits - Free video lectures cover everything from basic electronics to semiconductor technology.
- Circuits and Electronics
- Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis - Learn techniques that are foundational to the design of microchips used in smartphones, computers, and the Internet.
- Circuits and Electronics 2: Amplification, Speed, and Delay - Learn how to speed up digital circuits and build amplifiers in the design of microchips used in smartphones, computers, and the Internet.
- Circuits and Electronics 3: Applications - Learn about cool applications, op-amps and filters in the design of microchips used in smartphones, computers, and the internet.
- Collin's Lab - Collin Cunningham shares his adventures in science, sound, and electronics.
- EEVblog - Electronics Engineering Video Blog
- GreatScott! - Awesome Electronics Tutorials, Projects and How To´s
- MAKE Presents - An in-depth look inside electronics and what makes it work.
- Patrick Hood-Daniel - CNC, automated fabrication, electronics and much more.
Websites
- Adafruit - Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits.
- All About Circuits - This website provides a series of volumes covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for students, makers, and professionals who are looking to refresh or expand their knowledge in this field.
- CircuitsToday - Awesome and useful content in the Electronics Engineering
- DangerousPrototypes - Open Source Hardware Projects.
- Electronics For You - If It's Electronics, It's Here.
- Electronics Hub - This website provide tutorials for basic electronics and beginner to advanced projects.
- ElectronicsTutorials - The purpose of this site is to give students and beginners alike studying Electronics, good Basic Electronics Tutorials and information to help develop a knowledge and understanding of the subject of Electronics.
- Embeddedgurus - Experts on Embedded Softwar
- Explore Embedded - Tutorials on various Microcontrollers and RTOS
- Freeduino - The World Famous Index of Arduino & Freeduino Knowledge
- Gadgetronicx - Gadgetronicx is an educational website based on Electronics and Embedded Systems.
- Hackerspaces - Find Hackerspaces around you.
- Instructables - Instructables is a place that lets you explore, document, and share your DIY creations.
- Makezine - DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers.
- maxEmbedded - Guide to robotics, embedded systems and computer vision.
- PighiXXX - This website is dedicated to all lovers of electronics and programming.
- SparkFun - SparkFun is an online retail store that sells the bits and pieces to make your electronics projects possible. SparkFun also offers classes and online tutorials to help educate individuals in the wonderful world of embedded electronics.
- Technoblogy - Arduino and AVR projects