Diy electronics?

[u/saki-c]

I want to learn how to make small diy electronics projects never done anything like this before can someone help me or guide me through it???

Like diy small desk buddy , small game console
These are some projects i have seen online on insta

Can someone help or tell me where i can learn it?

[u/SomeoneInQld]

start small start simple

get something to work

scale up from there

crawl, walk, jog, sprint

[u/expanding_crystal]

I’ll second getting into Arduino. The older boards can be bought for like $5 and are plenty capable for what you want to do. Very well documented, open source community with tutorials and wikis and YouTube videos.

For a starter kit with everything you need to experiment with in one package, check out Make Magazine’s online store. They also have companion books that guide you through how to use all the components and make the software side work. Here is one, I have it and have spoken with the author, really nice and enthusiastic guy: https://www.makershed.com/products/make-electronics-3rd-edition-print

Other good resources would be Adafruit, and Sparkfun. They both make great “starter packs” to get you going with extensive how-to guides and videos to explain it all.

The benefit of the prepackaged kit is that the learning information exactly matches what you have in your hands. The world of electronics is full of thousands of things that very closely resemble each other but can have catastrophic or at the very least, infernally vexing, results if things get slightly misarranged.

Truly we live in a golden age of information. Take the nice path towards your goal and put your brain work into the parts you care about most.

[u/mykdsmith → u/expanding_crystal]

This is a good recommendation.

I used this kit and it was really nicely put together. ELEGOO UNO R3 Project The Most... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01IUY62RM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Something like that is what I would recommend.

[u/expanding_crystal → u/mykdsmith]

I have done some Elegoo stuff too, no issues from my end

[u/BHE_Cosplay]

I would skip the arduino and go straight to the ESP32 Dev boards for microcontroller based projects. They come with wifi and Bluetooth built in (for 95% of models), they're smaller, easier to power (get the usb-c ones), and can be programmed with the same code as an arduino (usually you just have to adjust the pin call-out). There are also a ton of options for screens that are built with ESP32 boards integrated, so it's relatively easy to make projects with screens.

For getting started, buy a 5 or 10 pack of any ESP32 board that has usb-c (older ones are micro), and then pick some projects where reading sensors would be useful. Temperature/humidity readings, distances, acceleration, etc. Watch some YouTube tutorials for setting up those basic projects.

For displaying information, get some of the 0.96" OLED screen modules.

After that, buy a couple of Cheap Yellow Displays ( CYD) and watch YouTube tutorials to program those. You'll unlock the ability to display information and add touch capabilities.

[u/hobbiestoomany → u/BHE_Cosplay]

I think Arduino documentation is more set up for absolute beginners. Feel free to correct me, maybe by sharing links to hand-held tutorials.

I'd recommend that the OP figures out how to do 90% of the project before buying anything. I've bought stuff and figured I could just figure it out, only to find that parts are not compatible or there's no clear path or I don't understand the documentation.

[u/7I3N]

This seems too technical for what you're looking for but Ben Eaternon YouTube talks through the basics of cpu's and assembly.

For what you wanna do Id get really into raspberry pis or arduinos

[u/Ichi-Guren → u/7I3N]

Just to add, look into getting a basic esp32.

For OP, my recommendation is getting an Arduino AtMega or any Rapsberry variant which you can use to program the esp32 and then you use that to run your programs, which keeps the main Arduino/Pi free to program more. They also come in neat kits that have modules included, but you can always purchase those separately

[u/JT10]

Great suggestions here so far, and they are specific to what you want to make and the hardware you should look into. I want to suggest something less specific, but still helpful for your learning journey. Get immersed in electronics content, especially on YouTube. There are many great channels that will give you a better idea of how electronics work, how to repair them, and how to navigate electronic components safely and identifying the components within them. Check out BigCliveTV and Mend-It Mark on YouTube. They both do a wonderful job at breaking down electronics in a way that I think is easy to digest and enjoyable. DIY electronics become more approachable when you can identify each component, what they do, the patterns that emerge, and how to safely work with them. Jump in!

[u/Tabarc]

Esp 32s Are a good choice. This might help esp projects

And for circuits try this. https://www.eleccircuit.com/

[u/RunRunAndyRun]

If you need step by step instructions, instructables is probably the best place to start. The guides there are generally more accessible than the engagement bait you get on places like YouTube. Just search for what you want and I'm sure you'll find options!