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General
Information:
- Magazines and Societies:
- Chipcenter: http://www.chipcenter.com
A wide variety of information, discussions, tips,
applications.
Data sheet
search available in the "Resources" section. - Educator's
Corner/Future Engineers: Students go to: http://www.futureengineers.com;
Teachers go to: http://www.EducatorsCorner.com
- Agilent
Technologies (formerly
Hewlett Packard Instrumentation) offers
hundreds of
Web pages such as interactive lab experiments, free software, tutorials
and
access to online publications. They offer engineering educators and
students
free access to these tools to "help them meet their challenges of
limited
time, budget and resources."
- Electronics
Information Website: http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/index.html
Several interesting sections: - Electronic
Circuits
- Schematic Symbol
Reference
- How To Solder
- How
To Desolder
- Building Tips
- Electronics
Calculators
(calculate series, parallel, LED
resistors, more)
- Electronics Software
- EE HomePage.com: http://www.eehomepage.com/
"is
targeted at electrical engineering professionals, educators and
students. The site contains tools, reference materials and advice to
assist EEs in improving their skill sets and managing and promoting
their careers." - PaloWireless http://www.palowireless.com
The palowireless Wireless Resource Center provides a full spectrum of resources for wireless industry professionals. - EEM IC Master: http://www.icmaster.com
Manufacturers catalogs, part
number search, a
job search site, etc. They list: eJobs,
eNewsletters, What's Inside, Webcasts, Request Manufacturer's Catalog,
Electronic Engineers Masterİ, Electronic
Productsİ, Web Links, eeExperience, Glossary, Archives
- University of Washington EE Circuits Archive: http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/
A host of useful information
including: Data Sheets, Models, Microprocessors, Text Files,
Software, Reading Capacitors, Resistor
Codes, Related Links, Digital Design
Links of Interest, and Circuits -- which include - Collection
of Circuit
Diagrams in ASCII format.
- Radio-related
Circuits
- Computer-related Circuits
- Audio/Music
Circuits
- Telephone Related
Circuits
- Miscellaneous Circuits
- Other
Circuit Resources
- INFOMINE,
Scholarly Internet
Resource Collections: http://infomine.ucr.edu/ (Not currently available??)
A search engine that searches their databases: Biological, Agricultural
and Med Sciences; Business & Economics; Cultural Diversity
&
Ethnic Resources; Electronic Journals; Government Information;
Instructional Resources: K-12; Instructional Resources; University;
Internet Enabling Tools; Maps & GIS; Physical Sciences,
Engineering, CS, Math; Social Sciences & Humanities; Visual
&
Performing Arts - Prentice Hall: http://www.prenhall.com/electronics
Career Opportunities, Troubleshooting practice, Study guides for
Prentice Hall texts
in "Companion Website"
- Techcrawler: http://www.techcrawler.com/default.asp
Techcrawler
is an IT Research tool that allows you to conduct specific search and
retrieval of documents and materials available on the Internet.
Techcrawler allows you
to focus your search and information requests among selected categories
of
professional web sites including: EarthWeb Sites,Technical
Publications, News
and Review Publications, Trade Associations, and select Company.
Projects,
Kits, etc. ........[top of
page]
- Retailers:
A list of links to electronics retailers'
web sites:
www3.ncc.edu/faculty/ens/schoenf/#links
A list of web sites for Electronics retailers that deal in small parts,
etc. and sell over the web, compiled by Prof. Fred Schoenfeld and part
of his web site. - Dustbin: "Schematics
you won't find elsewhere because I made
them. :)": [link not currently active] http://dustbin.virtualave.net/
- Bowden's Hobby Circuits:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/
A collection of electronic circuits for the hobbyist or student; site
has over 100 circuit diagrams, links to related sites, commercial
kits nd projects, newsgroups and educational areas. Most of
the circuits
can be built with common components available from Radio Shack or
salvaged from scrap electronic equipment.
- Op-Amp
filter design: http://www.chipcenter.com/oltu/afw/
An interactive design program for building many types of op-amp based
filters. Calculates coefficients, uses nearest standard values, draws
response curve, etc. - Electronic Construction
Tutorial: http://www.mtechnologies.com/building/atoz.htm
"Everything you wanted to know about building stuff but were
afraid to
ask." - E.E. Project Info Sites: http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/netsites.html
"This page exists to point students and others doing
electronic design
projects to Internet information and software resources. It targets
Educational institutions,
individuals, corporations and on-line magazines who have good
design
and project oriented resources. I have found that many questions that
students
bring to the E.E. Shop, especially regarding microprocessors, are
answered
in great detail by documents found through these links." - FC's
electronic Circuits: http://www.solorb.com/elect/
A variety of different circuits and kits as well as software,
links,
etc.
Dictionaries
and References: ........ [top of
page]
- EDTN Encyclopedia: http://www.edtn.com/encyclopedia/
EDTN
Network's e-cyclopedia, comprising 15,000 definitions and
illustrations. The source for this encyclopedia is The Computer Desktop
Encyclopedia. - Dictionary of Computer
Terms: FOLDOC:
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/.;
alternate sites: http://www.nightflight.com/foldoc;
http://www.InstantWeb.com/~foldoc/index.html
The FOLDOC is a searchable online dictionary of computer terms designed
as a
one-stop computing reference source. The dictionary includes acronyms,
jargon,
programming languages, tools, architectures, operating systems,
communications,
networking, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, companies,
projects,
products, history, and more. - CEL's
comprehensive
dictionary of acronyms, symbols and
terminology: http://www.cel.com/news/news_glossary.asp
Three PDF format sections: Symbols and Definitions; Acronyms; and
Glossary of Terms - Wireless Dictionary from
Agilent Technologies: http://www.agilent.com/cm/wireless/dictionary/maindictionary.shtml
A dictionary of acronyms and terms in the wireless industry. Can
download a
PDF version. - Links to Telephone and
e-mail Directories:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/refsites/directories.html
The
University of Texas at Austin listing of links to: Business,
Residential, International, & toll-free telephone directories,
Area
Code Finders E-mail directories.
Semiconductor
Manufacturers: (can get
data sheets and specifications) ........ [top
of
page]
Career
and jobs: ........ [top
of page]
Tutorials,
etc. ........ [top
of page]
are now listed on their own page http://www.donwade.us/tutorials.htm
Tools,
Free
Programs, Charts, etc. ........
[top
of
page]
- A great site with all kinds of calculators: http://www.calculatoredge.com
The
website features more than few hundred calculators for solving complex
equations and formula’s in field of Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical,
Electronics, Civil, Metallurgy, Oil & Gas, Optical,
Plastics, Ceramics, Physics, Math, and more. - A good resistor color code
tutorial, including a calculator: http://webhome.idirect.com/~jadams/electronics/resistor_codes.htm
- Calculator for voltage drop
due to wire losses: http://www.currentsolutions.com/knowledge/vdrop.htm
input votlage, wire gage, length, and load current; it will tell you
voltage drop and load voltage, and even warn you if the wire will
overheat.
- Boolean Simplification
on-line: http://hopper.unco.edu/KARNAUGH1.1/Function.html
A very nice on-line simplification of up to 5 variables; can enter as a
truth table, Boolean expression, or a Karnaugh map. (You must
have javascript enabled to use this.) From T.Scott
at the
University of Colorado - (no longer available?)
Boolean Logic Expression Simplification:
http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/acad_depts/ics/course_material/Digital_electronics/Logic%20simplifier.zip
From the University of Nairobi, the link will download a simple
shareware program for the simplification of up to 13
variables.
The Free version will do everything except save. - CircuitMaker
Simulation
program: (no longer available from the manufacturer, see your
instructor)
Free
Student Version of
CircuitMaker 6 Electronics Simulation. A very good simulation
program -- free for student use. Help files and manuals are
still available from the new owner, Altium, as listed on: http://www.circuitmaker.com/
- Ainsoft University Website: http://www.ansoft.com/university/;
Download free student versions of
| • |
Ansoft
Designer SV;
High-frequency linear circuit simulation, schematic and layout design
entry |
| • | Maxwell
SV; Two-dimensional, electromagnetic, and
electrostatic-field
finite
element simulation |
| • | SIMPLORER
SV; Electrical system simulation with schematic capture,
analog,
digital,
and mixed-signal modeling. Supports VHDL-AMS |
- Walter Banzhaf's electronics
program downloads: http://uhavax.hartford.edu/eetsw
Public Domain software for electronic engineering technology that can
be downloaded from this Web Page (including descriptions) - Electronics
Information Website: http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/index.html
Several interesting sections including Electronics Software
- Prof Wade's ASCII reference pages: http://donwade.us/DW/ASCII.pdf
- From text to binary and back again: http://www.roubaixinteractive.com/PlayGround/Binary_Conversion/Binary_to_Text.asp
an interactive on-line converter - A utility to convert ASCII characters to Hexadecimal and Unicode: http://www.mikezilla.com/exp0012.html
- ASCII
Chart (decimal and html): http://bignosebird.com/ascii.shtml
A brief tutorial and a decimal chart which also shows the
HTML code for
each character - ASCII Chart (decimal, hex, octal, html)) : http://www.asciitable.com/
also the extended codes and many others (EBCDIC, scan, and html codes) - ASCII
Chart with Hex and
Decimal Conversions: http://www.artofelectronics.com/images/t10r3.pdf
A concise chart in pdf format with brief descriptions. (Table
10.3 from
the book The
Art of Electronics)
Other
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of
page]
- sci.electronics.repair.FAQ: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/
as they say:
"Samuel
M. Goldwasser's
latest and greatest Notes
on the Troubleshooting and Repair of... series
of comprehensive
repair guides for consumer electronics equipment
and other household devices. There is also a great deal of other
information of interest to the electronics hobbyist, experimenter,
technician, engineer, and possibly even the dentist and poet."
- Michelle's Electronics: http://www.acadia.net/michelle/index.htm
Older Sams Manuals and Other Manufacturers' Service Manuals
For Sale as
well as
tubes and other electronic items. A good listing of many electronic
links. - Sam's Fotofact Index page:: http://www.a1.com/samswebsite/photofacts.html
Instruction manuals for a wide variety of consumer
products--TV's,
radios, VCR's, appliances, etc. - Hou can I fix my old radio? http://antiqueradio.org/howfix.htm
A series of FAQs about antique radios.
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