Finally received the Raspberry PI 3 at work with a small kit of sensors so we can build some IOT related test for an internal project. Since I will have to build the samples, know very little about electronics, and have a little bit of time head of building them, I decided that I should try to learn a little bit more then I know right now (which is not much) so I won't break it by accident. The other reason it now I have a "why" to use electronics parts, it does have an impact on the motivation.
Everything is new so it's quite exciting (didn't felt that way in a while) so I got an extra breadboard today, a few led, a battery based power source (3v) and some extra cables so I can start slowly with some basic circuits without the PI. I already did a simple led and learned about the use of resistors, figured out how to use a tack switch and now my next target will be a Potentiometer. All the parts that came in the kit have no explanation so I have to search about them, which make me learn at the same time.
My question is what kind of small circuits I should build with a breadboard to learn about basic electronics and the things you have to be careful about, like the need for a resistor for the led because voltage is not the same, how to make the same strength for all led (tried to put them serially but one of them seemed weaker) etc.
For now I didn't do much but I really find that interesting and fun. Got interest in the arduino too. Maybe later once I learned about the basics.
Everything is new so it's quite exciting (didn't felt that way in a while) so I got an extra breadboard today, a few led, a battery based power source (3v) and some extra cables so I can start slowly with some basic circuits without the PI. I already did a simple led and learned about the use of resistors, figured out how to use a tack switch and now my next target will be a Potentiometer. All the parts that came in the kit have no explanation so I have to search about them, which make me learn at the same time.
My question is what kind of small circuits I should build with a breadboard to learn about basic electronics and the things you have to be careful about, like the need for a resistor for the led because voltage is not the same, how to make the same strength for all led (tried to put them serially but one of them seemed weaker) etc.
For now I didn't do much but I really find that interesting and fun. Got interest in the arduino too. Maybe later once I learned about the basics.