A very good course in electronics: http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/electricCircuits/index.htm
Another good course: United States Navy Electronic Training Course
Link supplied by Amanda:
There are lots of good FORUMS on the web for electronics hobbyists. You just have to be careful with the information you receive from other contributors as many of them supply incorrect information.
Here are just a few:
From Ava, a Girl Scout: https://www.titlemax.com/articles/title-pros-tinkering-guide/
From Brielle: http://ithare.com/tips-for-getting-girls-involved-in-stem/
To learn all about OP-AMPs:
by Bruce Carter, Op-Amp Applications Expert
DATASHEET AND PARTS SOURCES SEMICONDUCTORS, PASSIVE COMPONENTS AND HARDWARE
Clairex Technologies (mfr. of LDRs)
1845 Summit Ave., Suite 403
Plano TX 75074
972-422-4676 (voice)
972-423-8628 (FAX)
http://www.clairex.com
Now a division of Perkin-Elmer
Acronym’s. (a word created via the first letters of other words) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Famous Quotes. Authors name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
You have heard of the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. See the ”IG Nobel Prize” - awarded to people who carried out unusual ideas and pursuits.
etc
- Welcome to rswww.com parts
- Russia. meters
- Billington Valves and Tubes of Billingshurst West Sussex England tubes
- Vacuum Tubes - BOI AudioWorks tubes
- Switches, industrial switches, 8mm 16mm 22mm 30mm switches, pushbuttons, emergency stops, rotary and selector switches, indicators, sub-miniature, key-lock switches, rugged keyboards, PIN-entry keypads switches
- Euro-Tech Export Ltd. Electronic components. parts
- Farnell / Electronic Component Distributors / Suppliers / Electronics, Electrical Parts, Electrical Components and Wholesale Electronics. parts
- http://www.futurlec.com/ parts
- Home Page @ Groove Tubes tubes
- IMS Distributor of Meters, Instruments meters
- Welcome to microchipDIRECT mcu
- Mouser Electronics - Electronic Component Distributor parts
- US - Electronic Components Distributor | Newark.com parts
- Taiwan Nissei Sokki Co., Ltd.—VU Meter,Analog Meter,Panel Meter,Multi-Meter,SWR & Power Meter,PH Meter,Moisture Meter,Alcohol Tester meters, displays
- Sifam Components | Analogue Meters & Control Knobs |Contract manufacturing meters, knobs
- DealExtreme: Cool Gadgets at the Right Price - Site-Wide Free Shipping (Page 1) gadgets
- Build a GPS synchronized nixie clock using our nixie tubes /nixie tubes
- ePartGrocer parts
Australia
Europe
United Kingdom
- Digi-Key Corporation - United Kingdom Home Page parts
- N R Bardwell Ltd - electronic components, transistors, semiconductors, diodes, opto, ic’s, leads, connectors, power supply, computer, inverters, switches, disco, batteries, speakers, microphones, fuses, multimeters, boxes, aerial amplifiers. transfor parts
- Bitsbox Electronic Components parts
- Bluebell Audio parts
- Bowood Electronics - Suppliers of electronic components (UK) parts
- Professional Audio and Video Equipment - Canford Online meters
- Cool Components - Olimex, Arduino, Sparkfun, GPS, Bluetooth, PIC MCUs, ARM MCUs, programmers, debuggers and much more. kits
- htttp://www.cpc.co.uk/ parts
- Cricklewood Electronics CCTV and Electronic Components parts
- Display Electronics- Europe’s largest surplus stockist - 18,000,000 items from stock surplus
- Electronic Project Kits, Batteries, Electronic Components, Velleman Project Kit parts
- ESR Electronic Components Ltd - 0845 251 4363 - parts
- Grandata Online parts
- Greenweld - Welcome surplus
- Jaycar Electronics - Better. More Technical. parts
- Maplin Electronics ? Website- UBISurfer Netbook with GPRS Mobile Access parts
- Millhill Home Page tools
- http://www.mushroom.co.uk/stock_w.htm parts
- Potentiometer switch manufacturer, Omeg pots
- Rapid | Distributors of electronic components, electrical products and educational supplies parts
- SK Pang Electronics - Home parts
- SOWTER AUDIO TRANSFORMERS (audio) transformers
- Welcome to the Web Pages of Sycom parts
- electronic, robotic and educational technology projects from www.tech-supplies.co.uk parts
- Viewcom Electronics - Home Page parts
- Watford Valves :: Watford valves is a U.K company that has become one of Europe’s leading supliers of tested, graded and guaranteed valves to the professional music industry. tubes
- Conrad Electronic - Europe`s leading electronics and technology online specialist parts
United States
- Electronic Goldmine - Electronics, Circuits, Robots, LED, Solar, Kits & Surplus Electronic Parts parts
- American Science & Surplus : Items Just Off the Truck surplus
- AE Electronics parts
- All Electronics | Electronic and Electro-Mechanical Parts and Supplies at Discount Prices parts
- Allied Electronics - Electronic Components Distribution parts
- Alltronics parts
- Power Amp Kits by AmpsLab parts
- Apex Jr.Home Page parts
- Arrow Electronics - North American Components (NAC) parts
- BGMicro Hobby Electronics and Parts parts
- Cascade Surplus Electronics surplus
- CWS ByteMark, largest supplier of toroids, ferrite cores, iron powder cores, MPP cores and RF cores ferrites, etc
- DigiKey Corp. | Electronic Components Distributor | United States Home Page parts
- Electronix Express - Electronics for Schools and Industry parts
- Vacuum Tubes and Electron Tubes for Industry tubes
- E-Switch - Home switches
- HSC Electronic Supply - Silicon Valley’s Electronic Marketplace parts
- HMC Electronics - Products for Electronic Assembly and Repair parts, tools
- HGR Industrial Surplus - We sell everything surplus
- http://www.jameco.com/ parts
- http://www.kenselectronics.com/ parts, tubes
- leedselect.com parts
- MPJA - Power Supply, Power Supplies, Security Cameras, LCD, Fans, Etc. parts
- Basic Electronic Tutorials On AC, DC, Semiconductor, and Digital Theory parts
- Parts-Express.com - Speakers, Speaker Building, Home Audio and Video, Pro Audio, Electronic Parts & Accessories PARTS EXPRESS, Speakers, Speaker Parts, Guitar speakers, Bass speakers, Woofers, Drivers, speaker upgrades and replacement speakers. Emine parts
- Ramsey Electronics parts
- Redco Audio cables, connectors
- Welcome to ShopEiO.com - Electronic Inventory Online parts
- http://www.sparkfun.com/ parts
- State Electronics - Custom Potentiometers - Electronic Parts Distribution custom pots & knobs
- Surplus Shed surplus
- Capacitors, Resistors, Connectors, LED, Varistors from WIMA, AOP, PIHER, NEMCO, FISHER, CAPAX, ARCO, SAURO, SFI capacitors
- Orlando Vacuum Tubes tubes
- thetubestore.com Audio and vacuum tubes for your amplifier. tubes
- Welcome to TubeDepot.com! tubes
- Antique Electronic Supply tubes
- https://www.tubeworld.com/ tubes
- http://www.vacuumtubes.com/ tubes
- Vacuum Tubes, Inc., Vacuum Tubes, Electron Tube, Radio Tubes, Audio Tubes, Industrial Tubes, Guitar Tubes, Capacitors, Tube Sockets, Tube Testers tubes
- NightFire Electronic Kits : NightFire Electronics parts
- Circuit Specialists - Data Acquisition - Industrial Computers - Fluke Test Equipment - Components & Supplies… parts
- Pololu Robotics and Electronics robotics & parts
- Parallax Products robotics
- Cree LEDs - Led Driver - Led Fixtures - Led Optics - Luxeon LEDs - LED Supply.com LED drivers
- Modern Device Company lcd displays
- Surplus Sales of Nebraska surplus
- http://www.datasheets360.com/ - 70 Million components and datasheets
More links - added 11-5-2011
Schematic symbols:
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/symbol.htm
http://www.farnell.com/
http://www.rselectronics.com/
http://www.newark.com/
www.jameco.com/
http://www.mouser.com/
data sheets, your first line of defense is www.google.com/
breadboards, and circuit building.
This site looks like a pretty good one.
http://www.morsex.com/building/atoz.htm
A few more links.
Links supplied by Tara Pattinson:
Link supplied by Amanda: