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EnduringEagle:
Hello everyone:  I am a complete and total noob in electronics engineering.  I saw Dave Jones on YouTube and got hooked. I own a cheap soldering iron, have some experience putting computers together on a component level (mother boards, hard drives, etc..)  and that is about it (Zero EE experience).  Where should I start?  All suggestions are welcome.  Many thanks!
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w2aew:
It really depends on where your interests lie - analog, digital, RF, homebrew building, kit building, microcontrollers, hobby, vocation, etc., etc.  There are a lot of tutorial resources available online and other places.  If you can narrow down a couple of topics of what got you "hooked", then we can probably start pointing you in the right direction.

HLA-27b:
You would probably like to start with the most basic things. Batteries lamps and pieces of wire is all you need.

A good place to take a look at is
http://www.opamp-electronics.com/tutorials/experiments_ch_002.htm

And keep away from  the mains. Stick to the batteries.

EnduringEagle:

--- Quote from: w2aew on July 19, 2011, 12:45:38 am ---It really depends on where your interests lie - analog, digital, RF, homebrew building, kit building, microcontrollers, hobby, vocation, etc., etc.  There are a lot of tutorial resources available online and other places.  If you can narrow down a couple of topics of what got you "hooked", then we can probably start pointing you in the right direction.

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I am interested as a hobby.  Would some kits and remedial reading be in order?  Would like to get hands on while I learn if that makes sense.

Jimmy:
Go buy an arduino kit

like http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10173

arduino homepage http://www.arduino.cc/

Some engineers hate arduino with a passion probably because they didn't have it as a resource when they were learning. For a Beginner it all runs off a usb so you are not running off mains and you can use it as a platform to learn heaps of stuff.

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