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All About Circuits
www.allaboutcircuits.com
CATEGORIES:
* Printed Circuit Design Schools / PCB Technical Training / Engineering Schools
* Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
This site provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for both students and hobbyists who are looking to expand their knowledge in this field. These textbooks were written by Tony R. Kuphaldt and released under the Design Science License.
The AmpHour
www.TheAmpHour.com
CATEGORIES: Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
An off-the-cuff radio show for electronics enthusiasts and professionals.
Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss electronics in an off-the-cuff format. Discussions range from hobbyist electronics to the state of the electronics industry.
CAD Systems File Extensions by CAD 2 CAM, Inc.
Here's some help if you need to figure out what type of CAD file you've got.
www.cad2cam.com/list/index.html
Circuit Exchange International
www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk
Electronic and radio schematics, design, theory and analysis
delabs circuit design
CONTACT: Anantha Narayan
E-MAIL: projects@delabs-circuits.com
www.delabs-circuits.com
CATEGORIES: Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
delabs maintains a electronics circuits archive and technical documents.
Many of these circuits were designed or developed by the webmaster.
The web page also contains many links to useful electronics, freeware and open source websites.
The intention to put this information on the web is to enable Students, Hobbyists and Professionals to get more ideas on various aspects of electronics and circuit design. The Links Directory of delabs includes companies, service manuals, datasheets and application notes.
Discover Circuits
CONTACT: David A. Johnson, PE
PHONE: 303-252-9787
E-MAIL: Please see web page
ADDRESS: 13355 Lafayette Way,
Thornton, Colorado 80241-1192
www.discovercircuits.com
Discover Circuits, a resource for engineers, hobbyists, inventors & consultants, is a collection of 11,000+ electronic circuits or electronic schematics cross-referenced into 500+ categories to find quick solutions for electronic design problems.
Electronics 2000
CONTACT: Simon Carter
E-MAIL: See web page
www.electronics2000.co.uk
CATEGORIES: Software: Calculators, Demo, Shareware, Freeware & Trial Offer Software, Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
This site has something for everyone interested in electronics - a beginners guide to project building, technical data, interactive formula calculators, software downloads including Simon Carter's own Electronics Assistant program, links to other sites and more.
www.electronics-lab.com
The electronic hobbyist corner
Here you can find useful circuits with full description, diagrams and PCB, electronics articles, links and downloads.
Post any questions on the community forum
The Electrical and Electronics Engineering Virtual Library is hosted at The Monterrey Tech, State of Mexico Campus, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department
webdiee.cem.itesm.mx/wwwvlee
Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility (EMPF)
www.empf.org/html/empfset.htm
The EMPF is a U.S. Navy sponsored National Center of Excellence focused on the development, application and transfer of new electronics manufacturing technology by partnering with industry, academia and government centers and laboratories in the U.S. Under the direction of the American Competitiveness Institute, a scientific research corporation, the EMPF offers more American companies the benefits of a national network of R&D organizations. For further information, please visit our Website at
www.electronics-tutorials.com
electronics tutorials offered by www.electronics-tutorials.com are FREE to you and are extremely comprehensive with over 120 individual electronics tutorials topics covering a very wide range of electronics. It will always continue to expand so come back often. This page will give you a good broad overview of this very comprehensive electronics tutorials site.
www.electronic-circuits-diagrams.com
This site contains lots of FREE electronic circuits (schematics) & do-it-yourself (DIY) circuit diagrams for hobbyists, students, professionals etc. covering a wide range of categories in electronics like audio, music,home/garden related,computer hardware,radio,robotics etc to name a few. This site also contains links to sites that offer electronic kits and hobby stuff.
Free Electronic Circuits
www.free-electronic-circuits.com
Free Electronic Circuits is a site dedicated to electronic hobbyists.
There are many pages of quality information from actual electronics projects and electronics circuits that you can build, to electronic symbols and a glossary of technical terms. We also provide valuable information and links to design and simulation software.
Fritzing / University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
E-MAIL: info@fritzing.org
www.fritzing.org
ADDRESS: Potsdam, Germany
CATEGORIES:
* Prototyping Systems / Milling Systems
* Software: Demo, Shareware, Freeware & Trial Offer Software
* Software: PCB Layout / Design / Schematic Capture / Autorouting Software
* Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
"Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics.
We are creating a software and website in the spirit of Processing and Arduino, developing a tool that allows users to document their prototypes, share them with others, teach electronics in a classroom, and to create a pcb layout for professional manufacturing."
How Printed Circuit Boards Are Made
Video- click here
Gerber Data & Photoplotting Related
Gerber Format Plot Data Format Reference Book / Gerber Format Specifications
Last known revision for Gerber RS274X format specifications & user guide.
Part Number 414 100 014 Rev D March, 2001
© Copyright 1998 Barco Graphics N.V., Gent, Belgium
Document is in PDF format, Click to here to download
Click here for more information & history from Wikipedia
D-codes, Apertures & Gerber Plot Files
www.artwork.com
An article about photoplotters & Gerber data by, Steve DiBartolomeo,
Applications Manager, Artwork Conversion Software, Inc.
Artwork Conversion Software, Inc.
A Review of Modern Photoplotting Formats.
By Graham Dean
i-MB Resources and Information for professional designers
http://mbinfo.mbdesign.net I-MB is a great web page from Marian Bozdoc of Auckland, NZ. Featured sections in the site include the history of CAD and the history of computing. The history of CAD section also includes introductions to CAD and CAM for beginners. In addition there are also news and software sections.
LaserVia Drilling Centers. LLC
CONTACT: Larry W. Burgess
PHONE: 503.570.2666
FAX: 503.570.4239
E-MAIL: lburgess@laservia.com
www.laservia.com
ADDRESS: 9755 SW Commerce Circle
Suite B-3, P.O. Box 1310 Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-1310
CATEGORIES: Drilling, Routing & Scoring, Technical & How to Pages
-- see library page
Contract Laser Blind Microvia Drilling and Laser Systems
Lazar's Power Electronics Corner
CONTACT: Lazar Rozenblat
www.smps.us
CATEGORIES: Technical / How to Pages / Hobby / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
PCB design resources on the web- layout guidelines, rules, free software.
Lessons In Electric Circuits
Copyright (C) Tony R. Kuphaldt
www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits
CATEGORIES:
* Printed Circuit Design Schools / PCB Technical Training / Engineering Schools
* Technical / How to Pages / Hobby / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.
These books and all related files are published under the terms and conditions of the Design Science License. These terms and conditions allow for free copying, distribution, and/or modification of this document by the general public.
massmind.org is a collaborative archive of knowledge. Currently focused on technical and engineering how-to's, experiences and trade secrets, the site is setup to grow in all directions by allowing anyone to post comments, code, questions or links on any page in the subject tree.
James Newton, massmind.org Knowledge Archiver james@massmind.org 1-619-652-0593 fax:1-208-279-8767
All the engineering secrets worth knowing: http://techref.massmind.org What do YOU know?
PCB Design and Fabrication School
A beginner’s guide to printed circuit boards
CONTACT: David Duross
E-MAIL: pcbdesignschool@comcast.net
www.pcbdesignschool.com
CATEGORIES:
* Printed Circuit Design Schools / PCB Technical Training / Engineering Schools
* Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
The purpose of this blog is to help educate people on printed circuit boards, aka pcbs.
I am a veteran of the printed circuit board industry. I have hands on experience with all of the manufacturing steps required to build a pcb. This includes front end engineering, CAM and quality control. Over the years I have observed the decline of my industry. Many manufacturing facilities have closed their doors here in the United States and in Europe. The people that worked in these facilities have left the electronics industry all together. The printed circuit boards that were built there are now being made in Asia and India. As a result, much of the knowledge has been lost.
I communicate with designers, OEMs and contract manufacturers on a daily basis. Many experienced and knowledgeble people have either retired or have been laid-off. More and more of the people that remain are either inexperienced or are new hires that have little knowlege with the manufacturing process behind pcbs. These are very intellegent people. However, they do not specialize in the bare board fabrication process. I find that the more a designer knows about the pcb fabrication process the better the designer becomes.
Over the life of this blog I shall be posting content that deals with the manufacturing process behind printed circuit boards. I shall also be posting information regarding the capabilities and limitations of pcbs in general. My time is limited so there may be large gaps between my posts. Please feel free to post questions or respond to posted topics. I’ll respond as I am able.
PCB Heaven Electronics Workbench
CONTACT: George Lazaridis
PHONE: +30.6932260503
FAX: N/A
E-MAIL: geolazaridis@ath.forthnet.gr
www.pcbheaven.com
ADDRESS: 1 ATHINAS - KERATSINI, PIRAEUS,
GR:187-57, ATTIKI, GREECE
CATEGORIES:
* PCB Industry Forums Page
* Industry links, Information Services, Directories & Portals
* Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
* Software: Calculators
PCB Heaven - Electronic designs and schematics, great theory pages, tools and a forum for your project-log!
Sam Electronic Circuits
E-MAIL: athsam@otenet.gr
WEB PAGE LINK
Electronic Circuits for the Hobbyist. Audio and digital circuits with full description and diagramms. Other electronic links and Greek Radio Links.
NEETS - United States Navy Electricity & Electronics Training Series
www.phy.davidson.edu/instrumentation/NEETS.htm
All the practical electronics training you could want, in a free online PDF book format.
TechShop
PHONE: 650.521.9027 - TOLL-FREE 800.640.1975
E-MAIL: info@techshop.ws
www.TechShop.ws
ADDRESS: 120 Independence Dr.,
Menlo Park, California 94025
CATEGORIES: Technical / How to Pages / Hobby - DIY / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
TechShop is a 15,000 square-foot membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a community of creative and supportive people so they can build the things they have always wanted to make.
You can think of TechShop like a fitness club, but with tools and equipment instead of exercise equipment. It is sort of like a Kinko's for makers, or a Xerox PARC for the rest of us. TechShop is designed for everyone, regardless of their skill level. TechShop is perfect for inventors, makers, hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, arts and crafts enthusiasts, and anyone else who wants to be able to make things that they dream up but don't have the tools, space or skills.
The Hobby of Electronic Circuit Engineering Web Page
by Seiichi Inoue of Japan
A wonderfull independent how-to page that includes:
* Electronic Circuit EngineeringIntroduction
* Electronic Circuits Application Garage
* Parts purchase guide
* Manufacturing of Original PrintedCircuit Board
* Data Sheets Collection
The Printed Circuit Board Primer
By Eric Holm
WEB PAGE LINK
Summary: A fine printed circuit board is a mixture of high art, and solid engineering. Here is a short primer on what goes into the making of a PCB, the terminology and the features that enhance reliability, and lower cost.
The Printed Circuit Board Fabricators Home Page
www.pcbfab.com
This home page offers advice and insights on the process for producing a Printed Circuit Board. The production process has been broken down into the different areas, to prevent confusion and allow easy access to the information within these areas.
Twisted Pair Computer Based Training
Howard Sharp and Jan Ashby
#109 - 205 1st Street
Courtenay, B.C., Canada V9N 1A5
Phone 604.839.5069 or 250.338.5076
www.twysted-pair.com
Tools to help you work with resistors, capacitors, inductors, FETs, transformers, diodes, transistors, digital logic, TTL, and
CMOS devices.
Learn how to use these in both AC and DC series, parallel and complex circuits.
* Explore Ohm, Kirchhoff and DeMorgan * Electronics Bulletin Board * Circuit Analysis Puzzles * Dictionary of Electronics Terms *
* Metric Prefixes in Electronics * Capacitor Identification Codes * Logic levels for Standard TTL chips *
* Logic levels for 74LSXX TTL chips Learn Electronics Lessons * Customer Evaluations * The People behind the Software *
* Abbreviations used in Electronics * Hysteresis Loop * Links to related sites * Twisted Pair Cabling * Advanced Twisted Pair*
Vds > Vgs - Vt
CONTACT: Robert Firu
PHONE: 352.514.4811
E-MAIL: support@vgs-vt.com
www.vgs-vt.com
CATEGORIES: Robotics / Technical / How to Pages / Hobby / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques
Here you will find a source of information for all your robotics needs. We try very hard to cater to the novice hobbyist and hardened engineers.
Site also contains a beginner's guide to Eagle Layout
Web-EE, The Electrical Engineering Homepage
CONTACT: Jerry Wasinger
PHONE: 208.728.6804
FAX: 208.728.6804
E-Mail: sales@web-ee.com
www.web-ee.com
CATEGORIES: Technical / How to Pages / Hobby / Technical Bulletins / Tips & Techniques, Industry Forums
Web-EE features:Schematics, Tutorials, Components, Newsgroups, Online Calculators, Newsfeeds, Magazines & Forums
"What is a PCB Designer Anyway?"
An answer by John W. Childers of Golden Gate Graphics
Williamson Labs
CONTACT: Glen Williamson
PHONE: 804.836.1360
E-MAIL: info@williamson-labs.com
www.williamson-labs.com
ADDRESS: 372 Norwood Drive
Danville, Virginia 24540
CATEGORIES: Technical & How to Pages
Great web page with tutorials on Electronics, Electronics Design, Basic electronics & Electrical engineering. This site also features over 160 URLs on more than 90 related subject areas, free!
