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To those that are in the embedded space, what are some websites that I can lurk to get a better understanding? Places to buy parts? Where do you start?

tfeldmann 3y ago
I can recommend Mouser, DigiKey and RS-Components.
scosman 3y ago
AliExpress has been surprisingly great. Good selection. Great prices. Just make sure to buy from reputable sellers.
brk 3y ago
(assuming you are in the US). Go to Amazon, buy an ESP32 beginner kit, which should come with an ESP32 dev board, a handful of different sensors and components, and a breadboard and some wires. It will also have some sample code. Go through a few of the basic modern IoT "hello world" examples, like making a web-enabled temperature sensor. Then google for "ESP32 [foo]", where foo is some random idea that you have for pretty much anything you can imagine that has even the remotest reason to be internet-connected. Assuming that you are comfortable with at least semi-advanced software development, learning basic embedded stuff with ESP32 or Arduino is pretty easy. There is no operating system, or heavy stack, which can sometimes make things like a Raspberry Pi more overwhelming to start with in terms of embedded stuff.
- willdr 3y ago
  I need some sort of basic guide to like, the actual hardware. Bought one of these but not keen to fry things accidentally...
- GordonS 3y ago
  What would you think is the minimum age to do these kind of basic IoT tasks would be? Looking forward to doing this stuff with my son at some point, but he's only 6 :)
jononor 3y ago
For learning, Adafruit and Sparkfun have a lot of good material. Lots of nice hardware too that one can buy. Hackaday is a good place to visit couple of times a week to find interesting stuff. Then there are many good YouTube channels for learning electronics as well, search the internet for some tips and try some of them out.

tfeldmann 3y ago

I can recommend Mouser, DigiKey and RS-Components.

scosman 3y ago

AliExpress has been surprisingly great. Good selection. Great prices. Just make sure to buy from reputable sellers.

brk 3y ago

(assuming you are in the US). Go to Amazon, buy an ESP32 beginner kit, which should come with an ESP32 dev board, a handful of different sensors and components, and a breadboard and some wires. It will also have some sample code. Go through a few of the basic modern IoT "hello world" examples, like making a web-enabled temperature sensor. Then google for "ESP32 [foo]", where foo is some random idea that you have for pretty much anything you can imagine that has even the remotest reason to be internet-connected. Assuming that you are comfortable with at least semi-advanced software development, learning basic embedded stuff with ESP32 or Arduino is pretty easy. There is no operating system, or heavy stack, which can sometimes make things like a Raspberry Pi more overwhelming to start with in terms of embedded stuff.

willdr 3y ago
I need some sort of basic guide to like, the actual hardware. Bought one of these but not keen to fry things accidentally...
GordonS 3y ago
What would you think is the minimum age to do these kind of basic IoT tasks would be? Looking forward to doing this stuff with my son at some point, but he's only 6 :)

jononor 3y ago

For learning, Adafruit and Sparkfun have a lot of good material. Lots of nice hardware too that one can buy. Hackaday is a good place to visit couple of times a week to find interesting stuff. Then there are many good YouTube channels for learning electronics as well, search the internet for some tips and try some of them out.