Other electronics forums

[Foxxz]

This is a great electronics forum. Are there any others you visit regularly? I am personally interested in FPGA focused forums.

[bob91343]

Since my interests do not align with yours, I have no suggestions.  My interests are analog, especially older equipment, and test gear and amateur radio.

[Zero999]

I used to regularly visit https://www.electronics-lab.com/ and https://www.electro-tech-online.com/ which both cater more for hobyist, more than professional people.

Electronics lab used ot be half decent, until a bad moderator, who wouldn't allow critisim of any of the flaws in the projects posted there, put all the experianced people off visiting. I carried on for a bit, but it was just dead.

Electro tech online, also had problems poor moderation. Lazy students kept asking for people to do complete projects for them. Eventually people, like me got fed up and told them to bugger off and would face disaplinary action from the overly sensitive moderator, who would take the lazy student's side. In the end I told the moderator what I thought of him and got banned. It wasn't just me. Plenty of others left that place, to come here.

Now I don't visit any other forums, than this one.

[wilfred]

I used to regularly visit https://www.electronics-lab.com/ and https://www.electro-tech-online.com/ which both cater more for hobyist, more than professional people.

Electronics lab used ot be half decent, until a bad moderator, who wouldn't allow critisim of any of the flaws in the projects posted there, put all the experianced people off visiting. I carried on for a bit, but it was just dead.

Electro tech online, also had problems poor moderation. Lazy students kept asking for people to do complete projects for them. Eventually people, like me got fed up and told them to bugger off and would face disaplinary action from the overly sensitive moderator, who would take the lazy student's side. In the end I told the moderator what I thought of him and got banned. It wasn't just me. Plenty of others left that place, to come here.

Now I don't visit any other forums, than this one.

It's a bit of a backhanded compliment to this forum to suggest that experienced professionals can tell lazy students to bugger off and not have some overly sensitive moderator interfere. But hey, if you've found a place with tolerant moderators I suppose good for you. That's probably partly an explanation of why this place attracts the professional audience. Of which I'm not one.

[Whales]

Conversely people can be a bit grouchy here.  But it's still miles better than many subreddits!  Or bug trackers, for that matter.

I do dip my toes into some other forums, but none of them are electronics related.  EEVblog is probably a bit wider than "pure" electronics in some ways, but I guess that's the nature of practical electronics to begin with: "the glue code between software and the world".

[jpanhalt]

Microchip (https://www.microchip.com/forums/Forums) has a specific subforun for FPGA.  I suspect other manufacturers might also. 

Stackexchange might be a possibility, but you have to be careful to ask "meaningful" questions there.  I have never posted there.

Edaboard (https://www.edaboard.com/ ) also has a sub-forum that includes FPGA.  It is now owned by the same company that owns Electro-tech online.  I don't post there either.

My recommendation would be EEVBlog or a company site like Microchip.

[Zero999]

I used to regularly visit https://www.electronics-lab.com/ and https://www.electro-tech-online.com/ which both cater more for hobyist, more than professional people.

Electronics lab used ot be half decent, until a bad moderator, who wouldn't allow critisim of any of the flaws in the projects posted there, put all the experianced people off visiting. I carried on for a bit, but it was just dead.

Electro tech online, also had problems poor moderation. Lazy students kept asking for people to do complete projects for them. Eventually people, like me got fed up and told them to bugger off and would face disaplinary action from the overly sensitive moderator, who would take the lazy student's side. In the end I told the moderator what I thought of him and got banned. It wasn't just me. Plenty of others left that place, to come here.

Now I don't visit any other forums, than this one.

It's a bit of a backhanded compliment to this forum to suggest that experienced professionals can tell lazy students to bugger off and not have some overly sensitive moderator interfere.

What's backhanded about it? I genuinely meant it's a good thing this forum doesn't tollerate lazy students, asking for everything on a plate and the moderators don't care, when they get told to bugger off.

But hey, if you've found a place with tolerant moderators I suppose good for you. That's probably partly an explanation of why this place attracts the professional audience. Of which I'm not one.

Yes, this place does have tolerant moderators, which is why I like it.

[virtualparticles]

I used to regularly visit https://www.electronics-lab.com/ and https://www.electro-tech-online.com/ which both cater more for hobyist, more than professional people.

Electronics lab used ot be half decent, until a bad moderator, who wouldn't allow critisim of any of the flaws in the projects posted there, put all the experianced people off visiting. I carried on for a bit, but it was just dead.

Electro tech online, also had problems poor moderation. Lazy students kept asking for people to do complete projects for them. Eventually people, like me got fed up and told them to bugger off and would face disaplinary action from the overly sensitive moderator, who would take the lazy student's side. In the end I told the moderator what I thought of him and got banned. It wasn't just me. Plenty of others left that place, to come here.

Now I don't visit any other forums, than this one.

The term NYPA comes to mind, (Not your personal army). I do like seeing interesting questions and topics from hobbyists and industry professionals alike. Both seem to get on well here. This is a good forum.

[CJay]

Microchip (https://www.microchip.com/forums/Forums) has a specific subforun for FPGA. 

Just be sure to have read the datasheet and understood every little nuance of it, I hear Olin was on that forum.

[jpanhalt]

Just be sure to have read the datasheet and understood every little nuance of it, I hear Olin was on that forum.

There are several contributors who have established/recognizable names there.  Also, it is the only place where someone from the mothership (Microchip) actually contributes.  Perhaps they contribute elsewhere but under other screen names -- I don't know.

As for the datasheet, I see no excuse for poster not to have at least looked at it.  That doesn't mean you understand every nuance, and there is one contributor from Australia who is quick to point out any lapses in comprehension.  It's comforting to know, though, that I am not the only one who finds them sometimes confusing.

[CJay]

Just be sure to have read the datasheet and understood every little nuance of it, I hear Olin was on that forum.

There are several contributors who have established/recognizable names there.  Also, it is the only place where someone from the mothership (Microchip) actually contributes.  Perhaps they contribute elsewhere but under other screen names -- I don't know.

As for the datasheet, I see no excuse for poster not to have at least looked at it.  That doesn't mean you understand every nuance, and there is one contributor from Australia who is quick to point out any lapses in comprehension.  It's comforting to know, though, that I am not the only one who finds them sometimes confusing.

Olin Lanthrop was 'moderated' off the PICList a few times for his rather 'strident' insistence that people asking questions had read the datasheet and understood it to the same level as he had.

Woe betide anyone who hadn't because Olin's ire could be ferocious.

[asmi]

This is a great electronics forum. Are there any others you visit regularly? I am personally interested in FPGA focused forums.

I would suggest you do what I do - read user guides for devices of your choice. Xilinx seem to have an endless supply of those user guides, so I'm in no danger of running out of reading material any time soon