I have graduated with a degree in electrical engineering and I still don’t know anything about circuit DESIGN, just analysis. Just to give you an idea of where I stand, I can tell you the voltage or current on (or though) the base, collector and emitter of a transistor, but I don’t know how to actually use one in a circuit. I worked with a Renesas MCU for several projects but they never had us design our own circuits.
I want to overcome this stupid experience related roadblock related to circuit design by making my own projects and I noticed that AVR has a huge fan base. But, whenever I go to try and find a good starting point, I get lost in all the parts and tutorials available to me. I would love it if someone could just sit down and go “Heres a kit that has EVERYTHING you need to get started right away without spending hours configuring it. Just hook it up, start coding and you’ll be able to easily interface with all the buttons, lights and motors you can get your hands on.”
Can you please recommend an affordable, user friendly kit with everything I need to get started? I would prefer working with something that has A/D converters built into it that I can communicate with over a serial or USB connection. And lots of ports are a must as well as something that is easy to debug! Thanks!
