Start with a simple, known-good design, then figure out why each part is there. After you get some experience reverse engineering existing designs, start tryin

Start with a simple, known-good design, then figure out why each part is there. After you get some experience reverse engineering existing designs, start trying to build something simple. Thinking blinking lights without a processor. Warning: Embedded tools are not user friendly. Because most people who use them, use them all the time. Eagle has a free tier. I think it's the EDA tool we used in my CS/CSE courses. There are open source alternatives, but they had even rougher edges a decade ago when I was using them. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-eagle-board-layout/all https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-eagle-board-layou...