Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits and their blog on electronics, open source hardware, hacking and more...
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Electronic Design Engineers community, free design tools and resources. Download free development tools including component library files, CAD tools & 3D Models ...
An excellent electronics forum and blog. It is very busy and covers all skill levels, but do use the search feature.
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