Hi, I am a Beginner

After reading "Understanding basic electronics", I would recommend you to start studying "Digital Electronics". But be sure to have a good hand on KVL, KCL and equations related to capacitors and inductors. The first thing an electronics engineer learns is how to make a power supply. The most basic is AC to DC converter. Next should be amplifiers. Study op-amps for this. Do have a good understanding of BJTs and MOSFETs.

Adam,

Welcome!

Basic used classroom books (hardcover, you'll go back to them over and over)...sorry I cannot recommend the one's I have...they are currently on loan to my daughters 17 yr old boyfriend.

As you go through the illustrations, I also highly recommend downloading the free student version of SaberRD, search the goog. (there is also 5Spice and PSpice)...

This will provide you with the very important skill of using simple, yet very powerful ckt simulation software, which is an excellent way to play, design and test your works (as well as duplicate the book lessons, reinforcements)

Have a great time playing and exploring.

Jamie Cunningham wrote:

 

I also like all the "Evil Genius" books that are out there - some really cool projects in those too

30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius - http://www.arduinoevilgenius.com

15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius, also has some Arduino projects in it - http://www.dangerouslymad.com

Si.

Arduino is arguably the best place to start, allowing you to get hands on. Pick yourself up a Starters kit from element14 (ARDUINO - A000010A000010 - KIT, WORKSHOP, BASE LEVEL), Adafruit, Seeedstudios or Sparkfun. Probably an Arduino intro book too, such as Getting started with Arduino element14: ARDUINO - A000035A000035 - BOOK, GETTING STARTED WITH ARDUINO)

I would suggest going to your local library and starting with the books " projects for the Evil Genius" and go from there.  Also, look around your area for a local club or technical school.  You might be surprised at your local options to learn electronics.

Thanks,

DAB

And find out if there is a hackerspace near you:

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hackerspaces

...there probably is!

They are a wonderful place to meet others with similar interests and learn cool things!

Cheers,

Drew

For beginners on a shoe-string budget, I would recommend this tutorial - Build a robot for $50!

http://www.societyofrobots.com/step_by_step_robot.shtml

I would recommend you purchase DIY Design Electronics Kit from the makershed. It is $50, comes with a variety of parts and projects, and all the parts are reusable with other basic (and complex) projects you might lay hands on. Included are a plethora of components including capacitators, resistors, LEDs, and even a mini breadboard. It has a few problems with misleading descriptions, so I DO also recommend Make: Electronics. Finally if you want to go far into the world of DIY, join the community of instructables.com. With these in your workshop and computer you could start becoming a great maker yourself.

Great question!  An engineering student told me about this site where  online tutorials are posted that might help...http://www.khanacademy.org

if you want to go in robotics.. start from basic line follower  without microcontroller... make simple led-ldr sensors... google it , you will find the circuit diagram.. understand the basic concept ..start building the simple one sensor.. after completing u will automatically get to know the deep concepts of sensors....

best of luck