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I hear you. I took many electronics classes over the years and never seemed to be able to build much intuition. I've often joked that 80% of my engineering trai
by wmeitzler 4y ago
I hear you. I took many electronics classes over the years and never seemed to be able to build much intuition. I've often joked that 80% of my engineering training came from YouTube, and it seems to line up.
I found Ben Eater's 8-bit breadboard computer project[1]incredibly helpful in grokking both low-level computers and the electronic theory. https://eater.net/ https://eater.net/
I also highly recommend the channels bigclive [2], ave [3], eebvlog [4], Louis Rossman [5], and electroboom [6].
For podcasts, I've found The Amp Hour [7] and Embedded.fm [8] to be invaluable. There's also Contextual Electronics [9] if you want a more Udemy-style experience.
As a fun toy, I recently picked up Spintronics [10], which provides an excellent way to grok oscillators and transistors mechanically. If you're just looking to build intuition, this is a great place to start.
The best training I got, though, was sitting next to an EE as he troubleshot his own designs. Anything you can do to get in a room with electronics guys- meetups, conferences, HAM events, etc. is absolute gold.
Best of luck in your adventures pushing electrons around!
[1] https://eater.net https://eater.net
[2] https://www.youtube.com/@bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/@bigclivedotcom
[3] https://www.youtube.com/@arduinoversusevil2025 https://www.youtube.com/@arduinoversusevil2025
[4] https://www.eevblog.com/ https://www.eevblog.com/
[5] https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
[6] https://www.youtube.com/electroboom https://www.youtube.com/electroboom
[7] https://theamphour.com/ https://theamphour.com/
[8] https://embedded.fm/ https://embedded.fm/
[9] https://contextualelectronics.com/ https://contextualelectronics.com/
[10] https://upperstory.com/spintronics/ https://upperstory.com/spintronics/