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Information ...Analog Circuits
and Semiconductors
... Soldering
... IC
manufacturing ...
Digital
(Basic) ... Digital (A-D and
sampling) ... Digital
(Microprocessors) ... 555 timer
... Telecommunications and networking
... (Physics
Tutorial Links are
still
listed on the physics
page) ... (PC info links are still on the PC info page)
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Prof. Wade's General Webinfo
Index Page ... Contact
us .................................... updated 11/11/08
Note: Many web sites listed on
the other links pages also include
tutorials -- it is sometimes hard to differentiate between a reference
page and a tutorial. Also many tutorials cross over the boundaries of
the subjects listed below.
A special link to Prof. Hoppe's web pages (Gateway Technical College, Wisconsin): http://cws.gtc.edu/programs/objects/electronics.htm
He
has produced hundreds of Learning Objects (5 minutes Flash demos) for
electronics. There are short tutorials as well as interactive
proctice problems which cover almost every aspect of the electronics
curriculum and many other subjects. He also has Camtasia
video covering basic DCAC, MultiSIM, and Excel for electronics with
more added on a weekly basis: http://cws.gtc.edu/programs/objects/camtasia.htmGeneral
Information:
AC and DC
Circuits,
Diodes and Transistors (Analog
Subjects) -- Also Soldering, Schematics, and Color Codes ... [top of page]
- How Things Work/How Stuff
Works: at a very basic level:
- Electronics Express
Tips
page: http://www.elexp.com/tips.htm
a lot of practical information on many subjects: Choosing Components,
Contact Bounce and De-Bouncing, Making Electrical Measurements, RS-232
Interface, Reading Transistor Markings, Commonly Used Acronyms,
Capacitor Code Guide, EIA Standard Values Table, Film Resistor Charts
5% and 1%, Finding
resistor values for any given ratio, and even some experiments. - 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
- The Electronics Club: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/study.htm
has
a host of sections: Projects | Construction | Soldering | Study |
Components | 555 | Symbols | FAQ | which give an excellent overview of
basic electronics
and even a section on the codes on capacitors: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/capac.htm - Doctronics Educational Publishing -
Design Electronics: http://www.doctronics.co.uk/design.htm
Lots
of information, both theory and practice: Resistors,
Capacitors.
Signals, Voltage Dividers, Prototype Boards, Using a Multimeter, etc.
- IEEE Virtual
Museum, Socket
to Me!: How Electricity Came to Be: http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/exhibit/exhibit.php?id=159249&lid=1
"A brief history of electricity and its applications, this introductory
exhibit provides a broad perspective on the history and social impact
of electricity, electronics, and computers." Other brief exhibits on
transistors and Integrated Circuits are also available. - Play
Hookey: http://www.play-hookey.com/
"While you're out of the
classroom, there's no reason why you can't
learn a little something and enjoy yourself while you're doing it.
That's the basic purpose of this site."
all sorts of topics, some with virtual experiments. Operational
Amplifiers and Analog
Computers; Electronic Theory: Direct
Current.; Take a look at optics; What's inside these
semiconductors?
- VK2TIP electronics
tutorial home page:
http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/basics/basic-electronics.htm
basic electronics followed
by some radio electronics
terminology. Then electron theory and atoms, attenuators, capacitance,
current, digital basics, impedance, inductance, integrated circuits,
ohms law, power supply, Q, reactance, resistance, resonance,
transformers, transistors and voltage.
- University of Guelph
Tutorials: DC Circuits Tutorials: http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/index.html
includes ohms law, series, parallel, etc. (Part of their physics
tutorials.) - University of Texas at
Austin DC Circuits tutorial: http://ficp.engr.utexas.edu/rgd1/index.cfm
a well done set of interactive tutorials which
include: Ohm's Law, Power and Energy, Kirchoff's Laws, Series and
Parallel, Nodal and Mesh Analysis, Superposition, and Thevenin and
Norton. - Bucknell Professor E. J. Mastascusa's web
pages: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eLessonsHTML/EEIndex.html
interactive
tutorials over the entire range of electronics subjects:
Basic
Electricity; Elements (resistors, caps, sources, op-amps, gates,
diodes, sensors, A-D, etc); Digital; Time & Frequency;
Measurements; voltmeters; O'scope; Labview; IEEE 488; even a
hyperlinked index to everything. - Measuring Input
and Output Impedance of
devices is on Prof. Schoenfeld's web pages: http://www.ncc.edu/users/schoenf/#refshts
Also
instructions for the use of Oscilloscopes and function generators.
- A good resistor color code
tutorial, including a calculator: http://webhome.idirect.com/~jadams/electronics/resistor_codes.htm
Integrated
Circuit and Semiconductor manufacturing
Subjects... [top of
page]
- Integrated
Circuit Manufacturing Information:
- Nanotechnology
(MEMs) information:
Digital
-- Basic (ELT-214/215, TCT-144 and
TNY-174) Subjects... [top
of page]
- University of Sidney (Australia) -- Complete with
interactive examples.
- Two's
Compliment and Signed Binary Links: http://www.DonWade.us/DW/Twos_Compliment.htm
A page with good links about
signed binary systems
- Bucknell Professor E. J.
Mastascusa's web pages: http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/eLessonsHTML/EEIndex.html
interactive
tutorials over the entire range of electronics subjects:
Basic
Electricity; Elements (resistors, caps, sources, op-amps, gates,
diodes, sensors, A-D, etc); Digital; Time & Frequency;
Measurements; voltmeters; O'scope; Labview; IEEE 488; even a
hyperlinked index to everything. - Digital Logic by
Prof. Mark
Csele of Ontario's Niagara
College:
http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/courses/tech238g/logic.htm
A page with descriptions of the basic gates.
- Logic
Gates: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/gates.htm
a
basic listing of the characteristics of AND, OR, etc.
gates - Play
Hookey: http://www.play-hookey.com/
"While you're out of the
classroom, there's no reason why you can't
learn a little something and enjoy yourself while you're doing it.
That's the basic purpose of this site."
all sorts of topics, some with virtual experiments. Lots of
detailed Digital subjects, also: Take a look at optics; What's inside
these
semiconductors?; Looking inside the computer; Testing HTML markup.
- How Things Work/How Stuff
Works:.
- Hobyprojects:
http://www.hobbyprojects.com/tutorial.html
A comprehensive site which includes subjects ranging from basic gates
and flip-flops to counters and microprocessors. - Compact
Disk information
from Prof. Kelin J. Kuhn of the University of Washington:
- Basic
Electronics for
Beginners:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/g_knott/index1.htm
a textbook on a nice, chatty web site. You can also buy the
complete site on a CD. - Boolean Logic
Simplification program available in the tools section of the
electronics links page
- Pulse Width
Modulation
(PWM) tutorial
at a very basic level
http://www.netrino.com/Publications/Glossary/PWM.html
- Intel Museum short
discussions on various integrated circuit
related subjects:
- Micron
Semiconductor: http://www.micron.com/k12/semiconductors/hrw.html
A nice interactive look at
how RAM works along with a lot of
details about it is fabricated and assembled - Kingston
Semiconductor:
http://www.kingston.com/tools/umg/default.asp
a complete discussion of types of RAM -- moderately technical
Digital
-- A-D and D-A conversion and sampling... [top
of page]
555 Timers:...
[top of page]
Digital
- Microprocessor (ELT 310 & TNY 274/5)
Subjects... [top of
page]
- Intel The
Journey InsideSM
:http://www.intel.com/education/journey/index.htm.
Journey InsideSM
is an interactive tutorial divided into the following six sections:
- Introduction
to Computers : This section
provides short history of the computer, introduces the
four major components of a computer, and compares computer "brains"
with the human brain.
- Circuits
and Switches : This section
teaches students about electricity,
electric circuits, and
the difference between mechanical and non-mechanical (transistors)
switches.
- Digital
Information : This section
explores the differences between the decimal and binary number systems
and how the information is represented and
processed using binary code.
- Microprocessors
: This section investigates how microprocessors process information,
demonstrates the size and the complexity of their circuitry, and
explains how they are manufactured.
- The
Internet: This
section defines the Internet, then goes on to explain the World Wide
Web, hypertext, URLs, packets, bandwidth, connection choices, search
engines, and the need to critically evaluate the quality of the
information found on the Web.
- Technology
and Society : This section
discusses the impact technological
advances have on
people's lives, with examples from the past and current day. Numerous
side stories provide insights on ways the digital age is already
affecting our lives. The final section talks about the accelerating
rate of change and what we might expect to see in the near future.
- Intel Museum short
discussions on various
integrated circuit
related subjects:
- How Things
Work/How Stuff
Works:
- An interview with Gordon Moore: http://www.engj.ulst.ac.uk/sidk/Moore/092297moore1.html
The ex-chairman
of Intel talks about how microprocessors came about and where they are
going in this 1997 interview. - Micron
Semiconductor: http://www.micron.com/k12/semiconductors/hrw.html
A nice interactive look at
how RAM works along with a lot of
details about it is fabricated and assembled - The
Central Processing Unit
(CPU): http://www.geocities.com/cfleri/contents.html
a nice tutorial on how a microprocessor works in a PC system
Telecommunications
Subjects ...
[top of page]
- Electronics Express Tips
page: http://www.elexp.com/tips.htm
a lot of practical information on many subjects: Telephony
Dialing
and Signaling Tones, Contact Bounce and De-Bouncing, RS-232 Interface,
- How Things Work/How Stuff
Works:
How Telephones Work:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/telephone.htm - NextGen
Datacom, Inc: http://www.nextgendc.com/index.htm
Click
on the tutorials button on the left for a plethora of information:
introduction to datacom, networking, layers, ATM,
DOCSIS, wireless, frame relay, DSL, lots more! - Networking
Physics
Tutorial Links are
still listed on the physics
page
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Semiconductors
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(Basic) ... Digital
(Microprocessors) ... 555
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