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I learned a lot from watching YouTube, here are some that IMHO have great content for this, in no particular order: https://www.youtube.com/@RobertFeranec http

I learned a lot from watching YouTube, here are some that IMHO have great content for this, in no particular order: https://www.youtube.com/@RobertFeranec https://www.youtube.com/@RobertFeranec https://www.youtube.com/@MicroTypeEngineering https://www.youtube.com/@MicroTypeEngineering (includes some nice critiques of viewer-submitted designs) https://www.youtube.com/@AltiumAcademy https://www.youtube.com/@AltiumAcademy (including some great conference talks) I've also really enjoyed these for more basic understanding of electronics: https://www.youtube.com/@FesZElectronics https://www.youtube.com/@FesZElectronics https://www.youtube.com/@w2aew https://www.youtube.com/@w2aew That said I'd say perhaps join a Discord. The MicroTypeEngineering channel has a fairly active Discord with a good mix of pros and hobbyists who help each other in design questions and such.

nativeit 3y ago
YouTube was a HUGE resource for me following my Associate's program in EE. All of the channels they list above, plus here's some of my other favorites: - https://www.youtube.com/@reps https://www.youtube.com/@reps (German laserist and metrology nerd) - https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater (famous for his breadboard 8-bit PC series) - https://www.youtube.com/@mitxela https://www.youtube.com/@mitxela (quirky DIY/hacker) - https://www.youtube.com/@IMSAIGuy https://www.youtube.com/@IMSAIGuy (HP/Bell Labs veteran) - https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics (Georgia Tech professor of EE, excellent lectures in well-organized playlists) - https://www.youtube.com/@tomtektest8042 https://www.youtube.com/@tomtektest8042 (former CTO, EE prof, possibly passed away, but his channel is a TREASURE to any aspiring engineer) - https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff (British lighting/display guru) - https://www.youtube.com/@ElPasoTubeAmps https://www.youtube.com/@ElPasoTubeAmps (Former NASA/Navy engineer, tube amps, radio broadcasting) - https://www.youtube.com/@joesmith-je3tq https://www.youtube.com/@joesmith-je3tq (winner of the quickest breadboard oscillator on the planet a few years back with ~7GHz I think) - https://www.youtube.com/@tesla500 https://www.youtube.com/@tesla500 (inventor of the Chronos high-speed cam) - https://www.youtube.com/@Photonvids https://www.youtube.com/@Photonvids (entertaining "don't try this at home" high voltage experiments) - https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath (super-high competence teardown/analysis of high-end test equipment) - https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc (Bell Labs/PARC veteran, CTO of Samtec, restored an original Apollo 11 guidance computer to fully working condition--a national treasure) - https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasRehm https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasRehm (EE grad student, inventor of dRehmFlight, an open-source flight controller for quad-copters) - https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience (engineer at Google X, mad scientist) That's my best recs for folks who focus on EE, and who put forth worthwhile content that is fun to watch and meaningfully educational. If anyone knows of some good EE Discord rooms, I'd love to know about them. [EDIT: Formatting for readability]

nativeit 3y ago

YouTube was a HUGE resource for me following my Associate's program in EE. All of the channels they list above, plus here's some of my other favorites: - https://www.youtube.com/@reps https://www.youtube.com/@reps (German laserist and metrology nerd) - https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater (famous for his breadboard 8-bit PC series) - https://www.youtube.com/@mitxela https://www.youtube.com/@mitxela (quirky DIY/hacker) - https://www.youtube.com/@IMSAIGuy https://www.youtube.com/@IMSAIGuy (HP/Bell Labs veteran) - https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics (Georgia Tech professor of EE, excellent lectures in well-organized playlists) - https://www.youtube.com/@tomtektest8042 https://www.youtube.com/@tomtektest8042 (former CTO, EE prof, possibly passed away, but his channel is a TREASURE to any aspiring engineer) - https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff (British lighting/display guru) - https://www.youtube.com/@ElPasoTubeAmps https://www.youtube.com/@ElPasoTubeAmps (Former NASA/Navy engineer, tube amps, radio broadcasting) - https://www.youtube.com/@joesmith-je3tq https://www.youtube.com/@joesmith-je3tq (winner of the quickest breadboard oscillator on the planet a few years back with ~7GHz I think) - https://www.youtube.com/@tesla500 https://www.youtube.com/@tesla500 (inventor of the Chronos high-speed cam) - https://www.youtube.com/@Photonvids https://www.youtube.com/@Photonvids (entertaining "don't try this at home" high voltage experiments) - https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath (super-high competence teardown/analysis of high-end test equipment) - https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc (Bell Labs/PARC veteran, CTO of Samtec, restored an original Apollo 11 guidance computer to fully working condition--a national treasure) - https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasRehm https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasRehm (EE grad student, inventor of dRehmFlight, an open-source flight controller for quad-copters) - https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience (engineer at Google X, mad scientist) That's my best recs for folks who focus on EE, and who put forth worthwhile content that is fun to watch and meaningfully educational. If anyone knows of some good EE Discord rooms, I'd love to know about them. [EDIT: Formatting for readability]