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Start out small. I'm a programmer and didn't know jack about EE until I started playing around with the Arduino and buying stuff off sparkfun.com. I still don't
by nolanbrown23 18y ago
Start out small. I'm a programmer and didn't know jack about EE until I started playing around with the Arduino and buying stuff off sparkfun.com. I still don't know much but I've managed to do a lot of really cool stuff with hardware from what I've learned from the Arduino.
- bprater 18y agoAgreed, if you are already a programmer, you'll love this thing. Digital electronics is a fairly simple gap to bridge if you are already a hacker.
- drhowarddrfine 18y agoditto to you, too.
- drhowarddrfine 18y agoAnd you still don't know jack.
- iigs 18y agoYes. Buy an arduino kit like this one I got for Christmas: http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=68&sessid=65d2609b6bc85542f4161a1569e2dcc3 http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&... . Work through the tutorials and as many more as you can find until you're comfortable with the hardware. Round up as many interesting RSS feeds for hardware hacking as possible. As a first exercise, learn how to read spec sheets for components in order to select suitable devices (everything from passive and simple active discrete components to CPUs and displays). I've never done what you're asking to do but electronics are surprisingly modular these days, so the next steps should be pretty obvious once you get rolling.
- streety 18y agoI seem to be in a similar position but going a little more slowly. Do you have any tips on understanding the spec sheets? Have you found any good tutorials?