If no one knows of any group, we could create one? I m pretty sure IITM's CFI team can help a lot in this regard.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Krishna <f...@codelectron.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Karthikeyan A.K <mindas...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hello People, > > > > Just want to know is there any group for Indian Electronic Hobbyist. I > see > > that people are greeting more interested in software and are quiet > > forgetting what makes software really run. > > > > I am also quiet ashamed that many electronic engineers (including me) > > haven't soldered a single component to a PCB :( > > > > Is there way to turn things around. > > > > What do you want to achieve? > Do "you" want to get in to soldering stuff? or every electronics engineer? > > If you want to, then buy the following. > Soldering Iron, > Lead, > Flux, > multimeter, > perf board. > > Buy some basic self assembly kits from Richie street to play around, > something like LED blink, or running some motor or sensor etc. > You can also buy some Arduino or any other eval board in the market and > use online community to assist you. Arduino has cover most of the > application which you might want to do. > > If you want to learn basics then get this book > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Electronics. > > Or if you want to create your own circuit board and solder, then I would > actually recommend Eagle CAD software, but KiCAD is the open source > alternative, although its in development, I hear that its getting better. > > If you have an arduino you can buy ATtiny controllers, These are 8 pin > programmable devices and you can flash them using Arduino. > > Note that I am not a electronics guy by academics, if you have interest > thats enough. > > If you compare software and hardware, the major issue is the cost, every > new thing you want to try in hardware needs money and it may fail to work > ;), the rest is self explanatory. > > > Krishna > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > -- Abraham P Vinod Senior Undergraduate Department of Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai, India Ph: 091-9445414989 Email: aby.vi...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
