Basic Electronics Help?

[Amphibianman94]

Hello! I'm a high schooler just getting into electronics and I was wondering if there are some necessities I should have before starting my own projects? I bought a self-teaching book off of Amazon, and that's been helping me out tremendously in terms of the knowledge behind circuitry and such.

 

[(*steve*)]

What have you learnt?

What have you built?

What are you learning?

What do you want to build?

You really can't do with anything less than a multimeter and a soldering iron. You'll also need a few simple tools like wire cutters, needle nose pliers, screwdrivers, etc.

Such very basic equipment may be all you need for a while.

You don't even need a soldering iron if all you're going to use is a solder-less breadboard -- but you still may want one if only to connect wires to things that can't fit into a breadboard.

 

[Amphibianman94]

I haven't build anything so far. My education on this is coming from All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide by Kybett and Boysen. Bought it around 2 weeks ago and I've only had the time to soak in the first two chapters pretty well. (Chapter 1: DC Basics, Chapter 2: Intro to Diodes). I'd imagine it'll be a bit of time before I start doing hands on stuff. Thanks for taking the time to answer such a newbie question.

 

[Windadct]

New - what to learn?

Hello Amp.....:

Actually I notice that good ole Radio Shack is carrying electronic kits again - including kits from Vellemen pretty inexpensive.

Some are quite basic - and I would suggest to just build a few ( ah the smell of solder flux )

Be curious - but do not get hung up on understanding everything. The questions are more important then the answers.

They will have all of the tools you need as well - not the greatest quality - but good enough to learn with. So, basic small tools, Digital Multimeter ( DMM) - solder iron or breadboard ( breadboards do seem a little expensive, but a good investment.

B/R
Paul

 

[emilyralph]

Well Just wanted to wish all the very best for your future ahead in electronics!!