So I'd like to get into modding. I've seen a bunch of guides to building them, but none go into what each piece does. If I ever want to build anything of my own design I'll clearly need to get an understanding of what all the parts are doing. So my question is, where's a good place to start learning circuitry? Are there any books or websites? I'm gonna be ordering a couple of the cheap kits from madvapes as well as a 5v kit for the hands on aspect. But I'd really like to know more than the guides offer.
Idiots Guide to Circuitry?
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This link may be information overload, 'cos there is a LOT of stuff there, but it's a good comprehensive first place to start as long as you don't try to read everything in one sitting 
Volume I - DC : All About Circuits
Volume I - DC : All About Circuits
Thank you very much. About half way through the first chapter, bringing back a lot of repressed memories of highschool science.
Second that, they have the best electronics tutorials I've come across on the net.
BTW, if all you know about electricity is what you learned in grade school, you know less than nothing about it. The fundamentals of electricity taught in grade school are just flat out wrong, like the little coal car train analogy they use. Pretty sad our educators never got it right. Though, it's nothing a little reading from the right text books can't resolve.
BTW, if all you know about electricity is what you learned in grade school, you know less than nothing about it. The fundamentals of electricity taught in grade school are just flat out wrong, like the little coal car train analogy they use. Pretty sad our educators never got it right. Though, it's nothing a little reading from the right text books can't resolve.
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My only hands on experience in school was in 7th grade, we built a annoying little siren. In highschool though I had some decent teachers, I had learned a bit of this before. Just took reading it again to bring it back. I've fixed a couple 360's and a pap, I can follow directions well, I'd just like to know why I'm doing the things I'm doing.
I finished the first volume (slow day at work). I think I'll read it through again and see if I can't find some practice sheets to help reinforce it.
Would you recommend reading the other volumes? I looked and I'm not sure how applicable some will be.
I finished the first volume (slow day at work). I think I'll read it through again and see if I can't find some practice sheets to help reinforce it.
Would you recommend reading the other volumes? I looked and I'm not sure how applicable some will be.
For doing most mods, you only need the DC volume you're already working on. If you want to get into things like designing switching converters and programming micro-controllers, you'd want to read and understand all the volumes.
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