I’m taking some electrical engineering courses, and it’s been suggested I learn some CAD to maybe get some autocad type jobs when I’m in school. When I looked into one of the drafting softwares, it mentioned PCBs and it got me wondering whether I could put my new knowledge to use and fuck around making circuits for shit.

The problem is, I don’t know what kind of stuff is even possible to build/how expensive it is as a hobby (not to mention, I don’t really want any more random shit laying around my house). 3D printing seems a little excessive, I just wanna fuck around with some actual working circuits.

Anyone into this kind of stuff? I think if I could get into hobby electronics it would help me understand things on another level, I just don’t have any clue how I’d even begin to investigate whether it’s something plausible for me

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Adafruit and sparkfun typically have project tutorials associated with the hardware they sell for another place to browse.

    • Multihedra [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I knew of arduino-type stuff but hadn’t looked into it much. But it does seem interesting and like the most likely way I personally would start messing around.

      So great suggestions, thank you! Especially the tutorials, I already saw a cat treat dispenser that caught my attention lol