• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Build Electronic Circuits

Electronics explained in a simple way

  • About Me
  • Blog
  • Products
  • Contact

Tips for learning electronics

January 14, 2018 By Øyvind Nydal Dahl 2 Comments

I saw a video on Tuesday that kind of upset me.

It was an electronics engineer answering questions on YouTube.

Someone asked him for tips on how to learn electronics.

And the guy clearly became uncomfortable and wriggled in his chair.

Then he started babbling:

“Hmm, I don’t know… Just study hard… You know it takes a lot of time… You have to study for a long time. But in the end, it’s worth it.. Ehm..”

I did not like his advice.

“Just study hard” ??

Well, what does “hard” mean? And study exactly what?

“It takes a lot of time” ??

To become *really* good at it, yes it takes time. But to get to a decent level to have fun and build cool things, that can be done pretty fast.

“in the end it’s worth it” ??

For me, even in the beginning, it was “worth it”. If you’re not going to enjoy it before you get “really good”, then maybe it’s not for you…

So what’s my advice?

Just have fun with it.

Learn the basic theory (no not *all* theory, just the necessary to get started).

Build A LOT of circuits. You’ll learn so much from this that you’ll never learn from a book or video.

Next, find a project you are really passionate about. Along the way, you’ll see what gaps you have in your knowledge and you can focus on filling those gaps.

If you can’t think of any projects you’d like to do yet, then focus on a topic you find fascinating and study it.

For example microcontrollers. Or amplifiers.

These are the products I am offering for helping you become someone who can build things with electronics:
https://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/products/

But it doesn’t matter if you buy my products or if you find another way to do what I described above.

Just remember to ignore any advice that demotivates you.

Keep On Soldering!
Oyvind @ build-electronic-circuits.com

Filed Under: Mail Archive

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. John says

    February 6, 2018 at 2:02 am

    Hi Øyvind
    It’s been a slow process learning electronics for me, since it’s just a hobby. One circuit that I have found really useful for learning electronics, and rather fun, is to experiment with the 555 timer. One gets immediate feed back with it. If one is careful to avoid static electricity with the 555 there are a huge number of experimements to try. See: http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/ and http://www.circuitous.ca/CircuitIndex.html to begin with. Thanks for all the interesting articles.

    Reply
    • admin says

      February 12, 2018 at 12:57 pm

      Hey John, yes that is a fun little chip to play around with. I have used it a lot too.

      Best,
      Oyvind

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Most Popular:

  • Basic Electronic Components Used in Circuits
  • Electronics Explained In Simple Ways
  • How Does A Capacitor Work?
  • Learn Electronics With These 10 Simple Steps
  • How Transistors Work - A Simple Explanation

Search:

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Footer

Site:

Home
About
Blog
Contact

Social:

Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Google+

Copyright © 2019 · Dahl Technology · Terms and Conditions