Electrical Home Lab Startup

Recc Electronic Supplier: Digikey or Mouser
Recc Custom PCB: Seeed Studio

Books:
Art of Electronics

Game about IC Design:
https://www.zachtronics.com/kohctpyktop-engineer-of-the-people/

Minimum Equipment: ~$140 Total
- Dip Switches
- 5-10 Op-Amps - LF353 and the LF411. (Latter recc. by AoE for a good general Op-Amp. Former is a good dual-rail.)
- Eletechsup -DC DC Boost-Buck Converter : Good easy way to set-up dual rail op-amps. Strongly recc at least 1! (Get it with terminals)
- Speakers - Honestly to begin with, go to your thrift store and teardown some speakers! Likely the cheapest way to get some.
- Wire Cutter & Stripper combo
- 22 AWG wire hookup kit. Solid Core. (Copper Coated Aluminum is fine.)
- Cheapy breadboard power supply

Individual Parts:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/EEEEE/page/0DDAEA46-863D-4737-92DE-C8CDFAB4A93E?ref_=ast_bln
For general part kits, I love these guys. They're gonna be a bit expensive than just buying like 5 of a dedicated part from digikey, but it's good to have a ready collection of basic parts.
- Resistor Kit
- Ceramic Cap Kit
- Electrolytic Cap Kit
- Diode Assortment
- Transistor Assortment
- Variable Resistor Assortment (Pots)
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Minimum for Soldering Prototypes: ~$100-$200 Total
- Collection of perfboards
- Fume Fan: So a really strong desktop fan can move hot fumes away until they drop to the floor quickly. It's a decent hack solution. You can even buy a carbon filter to put over it.
If you don't want grime, I'd say wait until you can get something like a KOTTO suction hose. Probably not right away as it's a good $70, but keep in the back pocket.
- Sn/Pb Solder
- Solder Flux
- 60W Soldering Iron
- Snubnose Cutters
- Needlenose pliers
- Male to Female Headers/Male to Male Headers
- Screw Terminal Blocks
- IC Sockets
- Pair of Helping Hands
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Recommended Niceties: ~$300-$400 Total (Some Cheap)
Elenco Breadboard - 1660 or 3220 Tie points
DSO Nano Oscilloscope
Solder Wick
Cleaning Brass Wire
Good metal soldering pump
Good pair of dedicated wire strippers.
Good dedicated power supply.
EEEEE Store:
- LED Assortment
- Mosfet Assortment
- Inductor Assortment
- IC Assortment - Contains a lot of IC amps mostly.
- Linear Regulators
Sharpies
Electrical Tape
One of those fish lure organizers style things.
Anti-static Rubber Mat
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Extra niceties to have around, not necessary:
Rocker Switches
Raspberry Pi Zeros - Easy ARM dev, good dirty JTAG
Blue Pill STM32F103C8T6 - Super cheap ARM board
Precision Screwdriver Set
Crystal Oscillators
Timer ICs
Heatshrink tubing
Crimps and Hex Crimpers
Set of Metric Screws, Nuts, Washers
Breakouts for smaller IC packages
Good Audio Op-Amps; E.g., Burr-Brown OPA2132PA/NE 5534/NE 5532 are ones I've seen tossed around.

Luxury:
Nice soldering station
Toaster Oven Reflow Station w/ Soldering Paste (For PCB processing)
Soldering Vacuum
A good quality head lamp with magnification
Adam Savage's Recommended Helping Hands
Dedicated Workbench and Pegboard
Dedicated Benchtop Oscilloscope
Akril Bins