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How do you learn electronics when you don’t have access to a lab? I live in HK, where real estate is at a premium. I’m a family of 4 people, living in a 700 sq-ft home with no garage. (And I’m reckoned to be on the fortunate side of things.) There is no way I can set up a home lab here. I know there are circuit simulators, but simulators are not the real thing. I think that simulators (the free ones that I know of an…

You need like one table somewhere you are able to protect from kids and one shelf in some cabinet. Or put the stuff under the bed. It does not take much space. The simplest is to buy cheap soldiering machine and some cheap soldier-it-yourself kits. Or simply, arduino kit. You will learn basics from that abd be able to move from there.

> how to arrange your lab so you can work efficiently and with as few accidents as possible; how to make a good solder.

There are many videos in youtube, it is genuinely easy. You don't need efficient place as a beginner, but if kids are small, you need to be able to defend table with hot iron so that they dont burn themselves accidentally.

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