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The internet has a staggeringly huge collection of resources for teachers and students of electronics. For convenient navigation, they are divided into the four sections below:
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Electronics Training, A Basic Electronics Course,
Three sections of 77 lessons each, including graphics and some animation. "First
Passive Electronics"; "First Active Electronics"; "First MicroComputer Electronics"
Site and information by Allen W. Davis.
Electronics For Beginners
Well categorised site. Sub sections include: Theory, Practical Skills And
Projects, Components, Test And Measurement, And Digital Circuits. Sponsored
by Graham Knott, Electronics and Microcomputing teacher at Cambridge Regional
College, Cambridge, England.
The Electronics Workshop
An introduction to electronics You can find tutorials giving important physics
and chemistry concepts related to the field of electronics. You'll also find
an encyclopedia of electronics with numerous reference tables. From this site
you can also join various electronics newsgroups.
The Electronics Launcher
Sections include The Electronics Tutorial, The Component Guide, The dictionary
of electronics terminology, The Equations page, The Equipment guide. ©1998
Alex Pounds
Basics of Electronics
Written by Raymond Miecznik. Nice and accessible - very chatty and coloqiual.
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Why not visit the TINALAB site at www.tina.com or www.tinalab.com to get great circuits for TINA-The Complete Electronics Lab for windows. You can also download a small demo version of TINA there or email us at pertin@global.co.za and we will send you the complete TINA demo CD. On the TINA site, you or your college can participate in the world wide TINA problem solving competition.
Here follow some circuit resources compiled by Electronix Express:
Circuits
in the Circuits Archive
Includes Ascii Circuit Diagrams, Radio-related Circuits, Computer-related Circuits,
Audio/Music Circuits, Telephone Related Circuits. Sponsored by the University
of Washington Electrical Engineering Department.
Electronics circuit designed by Tomi Engdahl
Includes Audio circuits, Video circuits, Computer circuits, Data communication circuits, Light effects and controllers, Measuring equipments, Power supplies, Telephone circuits
Dustbin - Schematics you won't find elsewhere because I made them.
Electronic circuits/projects sponsored by Manuel Kasper
Bowden's Hobby Circuits
A small collection of electronic circuits for the hobbyist or student. Site includes 73 circuit diagrams, links to related sites, commercial kits and projects, newsgroups and educational areas. Sponsored by Bill Bowden.
Electronic Circuits
Includes Light/LASER Circuits, Sound/Radio Circuits, Power Supply Circuits, Auto Circuits, Computer Circuits, Phone Circuits. Sponsored by Aaron Cake
Digital Music Zone
This web site features a selection of schematics for guitar effects, electronic circuits, and recording tips and techniques for the amateur and professional alike.
Wenzel Associates Technical Library - Electronics Hobby Page
Collection of electronic circuits and projects for the hobbyist.
Electronics Cookbook
Archive
Electronics Enthusiasts Share Circuit Ideas With Others.
Microprocessor Instruction
Set Cards
Microprocessor assembler programming cards maintained by Jonathan Bowen as part
of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory archive. It presents a series
of programming cards which were developed for a wide selection of microprocessors
but which are set out in a standard format. This enables users to swap between
processors and programming cards with greater ease once the format has been
assimilated.
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CALCULATORS FOR TEACHERS
Resistor Color
Code Calculator
With this calculator you can choose colour of bands to calculate ohms or type
in number of ohms and find out colours of bands. Sponsored by electrician.com
Calculators
On-Line Center - PART IV - Engineering: Electrical and Computer
Currently the Calculators On-Line Center contains over 11000 Calculators. There
are also links to calculators available for a variety of different applications,
including chemical engineering, science, maths, stats and mechanical engineering.
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TUTORIALS
Ian Purdie's Amateur Radio
Tutorial Pages
"Electronics tutorial radio design pages for amateur, ham radio, electronic
project enthusiasts as well as for the electronic hobbyist and for home learning
to design your own electronic projects" - quote from site.
The 8052 Online Resource
This web site is dedicated exclusively to the 8052 mirocontroller, related products (both hardware and software), and 8052 derivative chips. Includes: Tutorials, Code Library and Message Board. Sponsored by Vault Information Services
How to make Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
Sponsored by Manuel Kasper (Should you be interested in small PCB kits, please
e-mail PERT pertin@global.co.za)
Don Lancaster's Pick a Peck of PIC's Library
This library shelf holds tutorials and application notes that you can use to get yourself PIC literate in a big hurry.
Stepper Motors
Includes links to various projects using stepper motors: StoneAge DiskDrive
Logo Turtles, Pan-and-Tilt Mount for a Camera, Dan Bruton's Satellite Tracking
Device, Mel Bartel's Motorize Your Telescope, Diana Todd's Hand Scanning Automation
project, Dan Mathias' Robotic Creations include The P-Bot and The Floppy-Bot,
Fran Golden's "Floppy" the Robot (uses the dc motor), Luberth Dijkman's Home
build Hobby Plotter/Engraver. (Should you be interested in a small stepper motor
traing course and kit, please e-mai us pertin@global.co.za)Website
sponsored by Ian Harries.
Electronic Repair Tips
Intended to assist in the repair of electronic equipment. Please note that most
of the tips given should only be carried out by suitably qualified electronics
engineers/technicians. Written by Paul A. Domaille, Computer Engineer / Engineering
Director.
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