After many years of being an amateur electronics hobbyist, and letting the smoke out of WAY too many components, I can now say I can safely play with electrons without the risk of burning the place down.

Another book that has been super helpful for me is the "Art of Electronics" by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. This book is not cheep, but super helpful when you need answers. The "Internet Archive" has a version you can download for free. I personally prefer to have a physical book open on my workbench.

Here is a great video of Lady Ada (co founder of Adafruit Electronics) interviewing Horowitz: Lady Ada interviewing Horowitz

I buy most of my components/parts from Adafruit (New York City), and from SparkFun (Boulder Colorado). Of course, Mouser and DigiKey as well when I need individual parts in larger quantities.

Did I mention already this hobby is addictive? I guess I did.

David

-David

1953 2-Ton GMC

I'm a machinist... because engineers need heroes too.