I’m new to electronics and looking to assemble an array of components and tools for working on and designing electronics & circuits. Something immediately apparent is that all of the widely available kits orient you towards working with microcontrollers and SBCs; these kits are cool, but I want to have a halfway decent understanding of the underlying analog components and circuit design before I go digital.

With that in mind, what should I get? If anyone could specify specifics to look into, I’d really appreciate that! Thanks for the help.

Current list

  • A decent breadboard
  • Jumper wires
  • Multimeter
  • Batteries
  • Variable Power Supply?
  • Assorted resistors (1Ω-?)
  • Capacitors (Electrolytic and ceramic?)
  • Various ICs?
  • Transistors?
  • Diodes, probably?
  • Potentiometers