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Hey Poal,

I want to create new Wunderwaffen for WW3, so I'd like to learn some microcontroller-programming and electronics in general, and I'd like to ask you for any ideas/resources/anything else about how to start.

I'm able to use get a "real" computer to do my bidding, and I'm able to code in several programming-languages, including C/C++, but I know next to nothing about electronics, as in how to create a circuit-board that actually does something, and so on. My knowledge in that regard is basically, that I know the relationship between Volts and Amperes, and have used a soldering iron in the past for basic repairs.

Do you have any suggestions where to best start out, what resources to use, and so on?

Hey Poal, I want to create new Wunderwaffen for WW3, so I'd like to learn some microcontroller-programming and electronics in general, and I'd like to ask you for any ideas/resources/anything else about how to start. I'm able to use get a "real" computer to do my bidding, and I'm able to code in several programming-languages, including C/C++, but I know next to nothing about electronics, as in how to create a circuit-board that actually does something, and so on. My knowledge in that regard is basically, that I know the relationship between Volts and Amperes, and have used a soldering iron in the past for basic repairs. Do you have any suggestions where to best start out, what resources to use, and so on?

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[–] [deleted] • 5 pts

Art of Electronics is the best self study guide and reference. The other suggestions of arduinos and the like is also excellent and you can't go wrong with arduinos because there are way more than just arduinos in that universe now.

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Seconded. I read that all the time for enjoyment. Really solid book, and not heavy on theory. The authors only use as much as necessary to solve real problems.

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Art of Electronics is really fucking heavy for a newbie without any prior knowledge.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

It's the perfect book to learn. You don't have to read the WHOLE book at once.

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yep, came here to post that

they'll be a pdf online but I'm sure I have it somewhere if not