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JacobEdward:
I'm new to electronics and have been teaching myself as I go but I keep discovering new components that have really essential functionality (like comparators or digital potentiometers) and was wondering if anybody would be willing to list off anything really basic (along with a cheap part number I can experiment with) that you would think is a must for beginners to learn.

I've only really heard of/ experimented with:

relays
motion sensors
switch's
transistors
potentiometers
digital potentiometers
resistors
capacitors
diodes
microcontroller
LED's and Lazer Diodes
Photoresistor
Shift Registers
Multimeter
Servo and toy motors
Ultrasonic Transducer
RFID
Op Amp
555
Thermistor
Barometric Pressure Sensor

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Incase anybody in the future might find this post of any use... if you're a beginner like me and are looking for cheap parts to experiment with or discover, this site has been pretty useful

http://www.taydaelectronics.com/

xrunner:
I think you've got the basic stuff covered.  :clap:

LaurentR:
The two "Make: Electronics" books are pretty decent for very basic electronics stuff.
They also have 2 matched packs of components to do the circuits in the book. You might want to look at the books themselves (depending on where you're at right now) and the kits (or at least the list of components in the kits).
This is the link to the whole thing. Linkes to the books and the kits are included:
http://www.makershed.com/products/make-electronics-the-complete-collection

Jameco (in the US) has similar (unbranded) kits:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2129115_-1
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2129123_-1
Again you may want to look at the inventory in these kits.

They also have a bunch of assortments of parts and interesting kits, all reasonably priced - worth browsing through their catalog.

If you want to read about components, the fist two volumes of "Encyclopedia of Electronic Components" by Charles Platt are easy reads. You'll find more in the (fairly) definitive and poorly named "Practical Electronics for Inventors" by Paul Scherz.

JacquesBBB:

--- Quote from: LaurentR on February 19, 2015, 01:57:44 am ---You'll find more in the (fairly) definitive and poorly named "Practical Electronics for Inventors" by Paul Scherz.

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I support this view.  The book "Practical electronics for inventors" by Paul Scherz and Simon Monk  is a good book for beginners, despite many misprints that remain through editions. It contains a  quite complete list of basic parts (section 7.5.21   of    chapter 7 : hands on Electronics).  The table is barely readable in the kindle edition, but you should prefer the printed version of the book which is only 22.6$ (at amazon for example) and well printed.

Simon:
is this a joke ?

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