Electricity
and Electronics
www.HowStuffWorks.com is a great site full of information written on a beginners level.
www.G-W.com my favorite for career and technical training materials.
ocw.mit.edu get free course materials for your program.
www.elexp.com/links.htm Electronics Express
www.101science.com/eleclinks.htm 101 Science
www.parallax.com Parallax
www.freecircuitdiagram.com for free circuit diagrams.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/intro/index.html Think Quest Introduction to Electronics.
www.makingthings.com/teleo/products/documentation/teleo
_user_guide/
www.engineeringtoolbox.com Engineering Calculation
www.designsoftware.com/home/English Design Soft Electronics Simulators
www.MicroChip.com MicroChip extensive PIC controllers and information.
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/cheat-sheet-beginners-guide-to-electronics.aspx A nice collection of related links for Electronics hobbyists.
The Intel Corporation has a new website section “How chips are made” which is a great addition to your electronic course.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/chipmaking/index.htm?iid=pr1_hplinks_chipmaking
Electronics is more and more integrated with Internet technology, and technicians are required to have a basic understanding of protocols, wireless devices as related to networking, and solid state devices relating to PCs, digital media,
Check out the must have IPv6 white paper located at the Electronics Technician Training Association (ETA) Website.
http://www.eta-i.org/certification_competencies.html
We recently ran across a gem of a website at Spread Spectrum Scene Magazine
SSS-mag.com. Randy Roberts (Not My
relative) of El Granada was the original founder and the magazine is now
owned and operated by The Pegasus Technologies.
Below is a link to a nice reference tutorial on how to use a digital multi-meter. Check out the radio-electronics website. http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/t_and_m/digital-multimeter/dmm-basics-tutorial.php
There is also a wealth of other electronic related tutorials and information
located there.
This month's featured link is -
OpenCourseWare They have tons of helpful curriculum, tests, hints, and educational materials for you Electronics Course and the exciting thing is that the site is Free!
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