r/diyelectronics

404k members
r/diyelectronics is a subreddit with 404k 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 project, question, repair, parts, and discussion.
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
Project
: "I made this printer spit out a continuous feed of news headlines, and you can adjust how depressing it is"
78 posts
#2
Question
: "Are these clocks that inefficient?"
77 posts
#3
Repair
: "Help with wiring an old AEPI 2121 SP tomato squeezer – need wiring diagram/photos"
9 posts
#4
Parts
: "What battery connector is this?"
8 posts
#5
Discussion
: "Bro what is up with early radio detectors"
6 posts
#6
Need Ideas
: "How do you store and organize your WIPs?"
4 posts
#7
Design Review
: "Designing a small teachable IR contrast sensor for machine registration marks — what failure modes should I test for?"
4 posts
#8
Tools
: "Modded hairdrier gone bad"
3 posts
#9
Tutorial/Guide
: "Big Box Halloween Decoration Upgrade"
3 posts
#10
Reference
: "Could not find a good PINOUT diagram for Micro SD socket, so I made one"
1 post

Member Growth in r/diyelectronics

Yearly
+51k members(14.5%)

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Last updated: September 22, 2026