I resonate with the feelings you expressed about wanting to actually solder and build something. I have bee reading "Electronics For Dummies" as a primer and overall I like it. It starts out with the basics of electrons and how components work. I had to slog through the chapters on making your own PCBs, but I am looking forward to getting started on the next chapter which is on microcontrollers. I'm glad you asked the question, now I can sift through the other responses and get an idea of what else I may want to read on the subject.
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I resonate with the feelings you expressed about wanting to actually solder and build something. I have bee reading "Electronics For Dummies" as a primer and overall I like it. It starts out with the basics of electrons and how components work. I had to slog through the chapters on making your own PCBs, but I am looking forward to getting started on the next chapter which is on microcontrollers. I'm glad you asked the question, now I can sift through the other responses and get an idea of what else I may want to read on the subject.