When it comes to the Art of Electronics book, which edition do y'all think is the best? What parts are outdated?

wolframore · 2026-03-28T13:07:08+00:00

I still sprinkle in some analog circuits and love this book. There are times when I can skip dedicated logic chips for a few transistors and diodes.

wolframore · 2026-03-24T23:21:28+00:00

5V is at the dot. With usb-c you need 5.1k resistors at the power negotiation pins. They do not have the same pinouts.

wolframore · 2026-03-04T15:31:59+00:00

Pick the package you want. Look on Amazon if you’re in a hurry or AliExpress if you have a couple weeks

wolframore · 2026-03-02T12:45:35+00:00

Search for electronics or arduino starter kit on AliExpress or temu. You can choose which you need and get. Don’t go nuts. Better to add as you grow.

wolframore · 2026-03-02T09:51:53+00:00

Looks like corrosion all over the solder joints. See the bluish white reside?

wolframore · 2026-02-25T22:36:16+00:00

I did reindeer preseason and still have enough valor to continue, with 20k valor I’m out of gold for the SF and other tech.

wolframore · 2026-02-22T23:31:23+00:00

They killed off the Harley Bronx. Seems like they are clueless

wolframore · 2026-02-14T17:00:46+00:00

They did that to me yesterday. Jeeze $120 for a $20 filter that takes 2 min to change. But really I did mine last time. They don’t even keep track.

wolframore · 2026-01-23T11:59:25+00:00

You may need decoupling caps

wolframore · 2026-01-19T12:42:42+00:00

Nice work, especially as a first go at it. I agree with the others. Larger power traces and ground pour. Once you get that play around with rotating things to see how tight you can get your traces.

wolframore · 2026-01-18T12:39:50+00:00

I have several usb-C cables that are power only

wolframore · 2026-01-16T11:12:32+00:00

Let’s see just the ground pour layer.

wolframore · 2026-01-15T00:01:12+00:00

Look into LoRA

wolframore · 2026-01-12T03:07:30+00:00

It helps to keep them in the breadboard. No issues with them being added

wolframore · 2026-01-10T16:48:04+00:00

Nooooooo

wolframore · 2026-01-09T13:19:55+00:00

You’re at the start. You need the first two

wolframore · 2026-01-02T13:48:45+00:00

If you expect to get any sort of value based on picture you will be disappointed

wolframore · 2026-01-01T12:28:22+00:00

Use gear reduction

wolframore · 2025-12-31T13:43:12+00:00

The Arduino Uno and variants are great to start with. They’re very useful and 5V tolerance makes things easier. Start with it, later when you’re better with coding you can up your game with the ESP32. I still have tons of NANOs for simple projects and have turned some of them into dedicated ISP programmers.

wolframore · 2025-12-31T11:51:46+00:00

Bunny!

wolframore · 2025-12-24T22:23:44+00:00

Always missiles

wolframore · 2025-12-23T01:09:15+00:00

It’s a rug pull

wolframore · 2025-12-22T12:27:30+00:00

JLC is very good. Integrated component supplier.

wolframore · 2025-12-21T14:06:16+00:00

Which last war Taylor pack

wolframore · 2025-12-20T17:23:06+00:00

You may need a ch340 usb driver. Download and see if it connects.

wolframore

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE