Learning Electronics

[yash101]

I'd rather get books from the public library. There are many good electronics books available over there. The only problem is that I learn something, but don't have the parts required to validate my knowledge, causing me to fail in self-teaching electronics!

[Scott L.]

you can find components on ebay, also many manufactures will glady send you some parts for educational purposes. most IC chipsare now surface mount, so harder to test than before. Alied electronics has clearance components, sometime 100 pcs for like $2, they have a minimum order cost though.

[Allen B.]

Originally Posted by yash101

I'd rather get books from the public library. There are many good electronics books available over there. The only problem is that I learn something, but don't have the parts required to validate my knowledge, causing me to fail in self-teaching electronics!

Along the same lines of textbooks, I found a while ago this free textbook (http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/)which walks you through the basics of DC, AC, Semiconductors, and Digital logic. Its a spectacular resource and also available on the android app market, just look up "lessons in electric circuits". Although this does not solve the physical parts issue, one of the volumes of this book is just experiments that could help you apply what your reading about. Whats nice about this volume is it also explains the concept from the results of the experiment.