Electronics Website Links Information

General Information:

• Magazines and Societies:
  
  • EDN Magazine: http://www.edn.com
  • Electronic Products Magazine: http://electronicproducts.com/
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): http://www.IEEE.org
• 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
• A website with links to many tutorials and projects at a basic level: https://www.partsgeek.com/mmparts/car_electronics_all_about_circuits.html
• All About Electronic Circuits:  https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Info/All-About-Electronic-Circuits-for-Kids
  A very basic explanation of electricity and electric circuits with worksheets and experiments.

Projects, Kits, etc. ........[top of page]

• All Spectrum Electronics: http://www.allspectrum.com/
  A wide variety of kits and components
• Bowden's Hobby Circuits: http://www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info
  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.
• A website with links to many tutorials and projects at a basic level: https://www.partsgeek.com/mmparts/car_electronics_all_about_circuits.html
• E.E. Project Info Sites: http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/netsites.html  HAS MOVED SOMEWHERE UNKNOWN
  "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.
• Headsets Direct.  http://www.headsetsdirect.com
  A wide variety of headsets of all kinds, corded, wireless, bluetooth, etc; cables, etc.

Dictionaries and References: ........ [top of page]

• A site that will do all sorts of conversions of units: http://www.convert-me.com/en

Semiconductor Manufacturers: (can get data sheets and specifications) ........ [top of page]

• Data Sheet Archive: http://www.datasheetarchive.com
  An excellent source of pdf files of data sheets.
• Onsemi (was Farichild Semiconductor and Motorola Semiconductor): https://www.onsemi.com/
• Lattice Semiconductor Corp: http://www.latticesemi.com/
• National Semiconductor: was bought out by Texas Instruments (see below)
• Texas Instruments: http://www.ti.com/
  • Digital Logic homepage: http://focus.ti.com/docs/logic/logichomepage.jhtml
    Includes an extensive cross reference tool as well as links to TI digital logic information.
• Xicor and Intersil are now Renesas: https://www.renesas.com/us/en
• Xilinx Corp (Programmable Devices): http://www.Xilinx.com/

Career and jobs: ........ [top of page]

• Career Path: http://www.careerbuilder.com
  Job listings, post resumes, etc.
• Headhunter.com: http://headhunter.com
  A large database of job openings in many professions. Can post your resume.
• Monster.com: http://www.monsterboard.com
  View lists of employment opportunities in all fields or post your resume

Tutorials, etc. ........ [top of page]
are now listed on their own page http://www.donwade.us/tutorials.htm

• 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.
• 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.
  
• A site that will do all sorts of conversions of units: http://www.convert-me.com/en
• CircuitMaker Simulation program: (This is not the same as Circuitmaker 2000)
  Free student CM 6.2 is no longer supported by Altium but may be downloaded from: https://winworldpc.com/product/circuitmaker/6x
  CM 6.2 and some simple instructions are also available from Randolph College: http://physics.randolphcollege.edu/psheldon/classes/p331/CM/index.htm
  Help files and manuals may still be available from the new owner, Altium, as listed on: http://www.circuitmaker.com/
• Ainsoft Academic: http://www.ansys.com/Industries/Academic/Overview
  It is not clear if free student versions of their simulation and design software are still available. you should contact them for information
• 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.html
• 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, hex, octal, html)) : http://www.asciitable.com/
  also the extended codes and many others  (EBCDIC, scan, and html codes)

Other ........ [top 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."
• Sam's Fotofact Index page:: https://www.samswebsite.com/
  Instruction manuals for sale 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 and links to suppliers and information.

General Information ... Semiconductor Manufacturers ... Dictionaries and References ... Career and Jobs ... Projects, Kits, etc . . Parts Retailers ... Tools, Programs, Charts .... Other ... Tutorials ...ASCII info
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