July 2012
Beginner
576 pages
9h 46m
English
Content preview from Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide with Projects
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Web Sites
Following are some websites that may prove useful:
- Building Gadgets (www.buildinggadgets.com/)—This is an electronics reference site maintained by Earl Boysen (one of the authors of this book). There are lots of handy links to electronics tutorials, discussion forums, suppliers, and interesting electronics projects here. This website includes support web pages for each project in the Complete Electronics Self-Teaching Guide, including the following:
- Data sheets for key components.
- Parts lists with links to the appropriate locations in online catalogues for suppliers.
- Color photos showing details of circuit construction and testing.
- All About Circuits (www.allaboutcircuits.com/)—This site includes an online book on electronics theory and circuits, as well as discussion forums on electronics projects, microcontrollers, and general electronics issues.
- Williamson Labs (www.williamson-labs.com/)—This site includes tutorials on electronics components and circuits. Many of these tutorials include animated illustrations that can help you understand how each circuit functions.
- Electro Tech online (www.electro-tech-online.com/)—This is a discussion forum on electronics projects and general electronics issues.
- Electronics Lab (www.electronics-lab.com/index.html)—This is a collection of a few hundred interesting electronics projects.
- Discover Circuits (www.discovercircuits.com/)—This is a collection of thousands of electronic circuits.
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