r/diyelectronics

389k members
r/diyelectronics is a subreddit with 389k members. The community frequently discusses diy, looking for a, help, electronics, and circuit, and they frequently recommend/review soldering station, oscilloscope, and microcontroller, and the most common flair used is question, project, discussion, article, and tools.
This subreddit is dedicated to both amateur and professional engineers that want to build cool stuff at home, challenge themselves to learn new technologies, learn from each others' designs, and showcase their side projects.

Popular Topics in r/diyelectronics

#1

Diy

67 posts
#2

Looking For A

50 posts
#3

Help

43 posts
#4

Electronics

34 posts
#5

Circuit

31 posts
#6

Power

30 posts
#7

Looking For

24 posts
#8

Battery

23 posts
#9

Led

21 posts
#10

Sensor

17 posts

Products Discussed in r/diyelectronics

#1
Hakko
4.8 from 4 reviews
#2
Yihua
4.0 from 2 reviews
#3
X-Tronic
4.0 from 2 reviews

Oscilloscope

7 reviews
#1
Hantek
4.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Rigol
4.5 from 2 reviews
#3
Arduino
3.0 from 1 review
#1
Raspberry Pi
4.3 from 3 reviews
#2
ESP
4.0 from 1 review
#3
Teensy
4.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/diyelectronics

#1
Question
: "Multimeters reading goes up when I walk outside,why?"
91 posts
#2
Project
: "Built a Walkman-style MP3 player on ESP32-S3 from scratch, 4 months, zero prior electronics experience, 20 GB tested music library support"
79 posts
#3
Discussion
: "I am lucky to have my both eyes"
6 posts
#4
Article
: "I wound a dozen crystal radio coils so you don't have to"
4 posts
#5
Tools
: "Just finished etching some little boards for audio breadboarding! Will it fix the unbearable switching noise from my cheapo switching supply 🤔 probably nott but still"
4 posts
#6
Misc.
: "8 channel VCCS circuit I made for work"
3 posts
#7
Tutorial/Guide
: "How do I learn electronics the practical way?"
3 posts
#8
Repair
: "Replace vs Repair vs Cleanup"
3 posts
#9
Need Ideas
: "Newbie help!"
2 posts
#10
Parts
: "Tactile switches with backlight"
2 posts

Member Growth in r/diyelectronics

Yearly
+46k members(13.4%)

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Last updated: June 15, 2026