PD's Electronics Links
General Information and Schematics:
Iguana Labs Electronics Tutorials
ePanorama.net "the best view to electronics on the Web" (links),
Electronics Basics (links to basic info)
Harry Lythall Homebrew Pages (transistor biasing, soldering,
printed circuits, schematics)
Martijn Beelen Transistor Pages (what is, FETs, basic types)
Tech Topics by George Carlson (PCBs, enclosures, getting parts)
Sam Goldwasser Schematics
Bill Bowden's Hobby Circuits
Electric Hobby Projects at AppliancePartsPros
4QD Pages of Interesting Circuits
DIY Electronics Links,
Alex Electronic Test Bench (many useful links)
Neil's Almost All Digital Electronics
Chip Directory
Net Work A-Z index,
Manufacturers, Companies (more links)
Test Buyer (buyer guide on meters, power supplies and oscilloscopes)
Component and Equipment Suppliers:
Mouser (best component source for a hobbyist: no min order,
good selection, shipping of backorders on them)
Newark (backorders will cost you)
Digi-Key
Allied Electronics
Techni-Tool (only equipment, relatively expensive)
Surplus and Aimed at Hobbyists On-Line Stores:
Electronix Express
Radio Shack (low S&H, fast delivery, often beats going to a local RS store)
Electronic Goldmine
Jameco (best source of meters for a hobbyist)
Marlin P. Jones & Assoc., Inc.
Herbach and Rademan (many electro-mechanical components)
All Electronics
Action Electronics
Dalbani (low declared prices but may cost you most in the end)
Semiconductor Component Manufacturers:
NTE Electronics, Inc. (many replacement components, in effect also a
good source of reference info.)
STMicroelectronics
National Semiconductor
Maxim (power management ICs, excellant documentation, friendly reps.)
Motorola Semiconductor Products
ON Semiconductor (detached in '99 from Motorola)
Intersil (former Harris Semiconductor)
International Rectifier
Central Semiconductor Corp.
Philips Semiconductors
Linear Technology
Fairchild Semiconductor
Marktech Optoelectronics (good articles on LEDs)
Micrel (power supply ICs)
Battery Manufacturers:
Panasonic,
Duracell,
Sanyo,
Energizer
Books:
M. Plonus, Electronics and Communications, Harcourt/Academic Press, San Diego, 2001 (succinct, comprehensive)
A. J. Diefenderfer and B. E. Holten, Principles of Electronic
Instrumentation, Saunders College, Philadelphia, 1994
(a reasonable comprehensive introduction despite some flaws)
P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Art of Electronics,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995
(advanced)
W. G. Jung, IC Op-Amp Cookbook, Prentice Hall, 1997
(recommended by Steve Kurt)
Bicycle Lighting Links
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