About 20 years ago, I spent weeks building a project, only to see it go up in smoke because I failed to learn a tiny bit of the basics 😥
Back then I was okay at soldering circuits.
And I could build circuits by following circuit diagrams and step-by-step tutorials.
But I had no idea how they actually worked.
I had spent several weeks building a 3-meter-long running LED strip. And I got it working with a small 9V battery.
Next, I was going to install it in an old bus that my friends and I had gotten (for a weird Norwegian tradition called Russetid).
I connected it to the big 12V battery on the bus.
"It's only a few volts more than my 9V battery", I thought to myself.
But as soon as I connected it the LEDs burned up, one by one!
"Ahhhh!"
Weeks of work wasted!
Now, 20 years later, I can build pretty much whatever I want. But I learned the hard way. I went 5 years to the University, memorizing materials used in PCBs and trying to wrap my head around differential algebra. With only a dash of electronics now and then.
It wasn't until the 4th year that I realized I needed to take some action on my own if I were to learn the practical aspect of electronics.
Therefore, I started to build projects on my own.
Little by little, I developed my own simple and practical understanding of the different things that the professors tried to teach with graphs and formulas.
And every time I understood a new concept, it annoyed me. Because it was usually super simple. Why hadn't the professors given us a simple explanation from the start??
Fast forward to 2012 and I started teaching electronics through articles, books, workshops, and courses.
Since then, I've been refining and updating my methods constantly.
If you want to learn with me, in February, I'm running a 4-week intensive online training. For you who want to learn the basics of electronics and start building circuits that you'll actually understand.
In addition to a good foundation in the basics, you'll learn to build lots of circuits. And you'll understand how these circuits work.
I'll open the enrollment next week. Hope to see you there!
Keep On Soldering!
Oyvind @ build-electronic-circuits.com
PS! You can also learn electronics from me through one of these two methods:
- Get the eBook Getting Started With Electronics: A short and beginner-friendly eBook I wrote to help people get started. It contains clear and simple instructions to get started building electronics. If you're new, this is the perfect place to start.
- Join Ohmify: Ohmify is for people with little or no electronics understanding who want to be able to confidently create electronic gadgets and tools – and who are prepared to take action to make it happen.
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