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[Request] Components/Tools List for DIY, analog 'Beginner Electronics' Kit? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm new to electronics and looking to assemble an array of components and tools for working on and designing electronics & circuits. Something immediately apparent is that all of the widely available kits orient you towards working with microcontrollers and SBCs; these kits are cool, but I want to have a halfway decent understanding of the underlying analog components and circuit design before I go digital.

With that in mind, what should I get? If anyone could specify specifics to look into, I'd really appreciate that! Thanks for the help.

Current list

A decent breadboard
Jumper wires
Multimeter
Batteries
Variable Power Supply?
Assorted resistors (1Ω-?)
Capacitors (Electrolytic and ceramic?)
Various ICs?
Transistors?
Diodes, probably?
Potentiometers

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I agree. They'll be able to get things working with AA's or a 9V, no need for a fancy power supply. If I were them, I might even just pick up a couple of DC power supplies from the thrift store 25 cent bin of assorted cords.

OP, plenty of people donate things like DC power supplies, they are just not adjustable, they are just random chargers and cords they had laying around. You probably already have a couple. You might not be able to produce the 6.176523 V you want right off the bat if you just have a 5V and a 12V power supply, but one of the first things you learn about with analog electronics is voltage dividing, so it's easy to get what you need.

Also, the kits that come with an arduino or whatever still have the stuff that you'd want. Arduinos are handy, too cause they'll take analog inputs so you can graph stuff, or do whatever you want with your computer connected to your breadboard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A power supply is something that a lot of hobbyists will build themselves. It's very easy to build one with an LM317.