Hardware FYI
Formerly known as The Analog, Hardware FYI is a go-to weekly, technical newsletter and site that covers various topics in hardware engineering and manufacturing hardware. The newsletter structure gives a clean and simple look that is effectively jam-packed with relevant links to interesting weekly highlights, startups, links, and jobs.
Hardware engineers interested in the personal side of engineering with in-depth interviews of individuals, or companies that are actively working in the field will find this particularly nifty.
EEV Blog
Looking to find a community of electrical engineers? The EEVblog forum provides just that with its “free and open forum for electronics enthusiasts and professionals.” There are a variety of unscripted tutorials and blog videos on their YouTube channel designed to educate and entertain their viewers. It is based on creator David L. Jones passionate charisma and knowledge from his 25+ years in the electronic data interchange (EDI).
The EEVblog is a great site for beginners and experts alike as it spans multiple topics from microcontrollers to thermal imaging.
Hackaday
Starting as the world’s largest collaborative repository of open hardware projects, Hackaday became a go to standard for all hardware. It features opinion pieces, tutorials, and aggregation of third party conten. There are reviews of products, a podcast series, a very active forum, and more. Engineers looking for a mix of DIY projects, personal takes on electronics related current events will enjoy this platform.
Simply Smarter Circuitry Blog
The Circuit Specialists blog was created to bring knowledgeable articles on products, tools, and fields in which products may be used. It has periodical coverage of projects ranging from 3D printers, batteries, CNC, Arduino, and a lot more. It’s great for engineers looking for advice from circuit specialists.
Adafruit Industries
Also a manufacturer of some incredible gift ideas for EEs, their customer forums have 100,000s of posts. Many posts are useful to even non-Adafruit customers. For example, there are over 20,000 posts troubleshooting microcontrollers alone.
The Orbital Index
This newsletter summarizes news and resources related to aerospace. Their content leans more towards the corporate side. However, each issue also has a technical theme/topic to supplement the aggregated links. The content generated caters primarily to engineers in the aerospace industry and general space enthusiasts.
