Hobby Electronics
I am a electronics hobbyst from middle-school days,
and have built myself hundreds of little electronic gadgets for fun.
Nixie Clock
I recently built myself a Nixie Clock. For details, click
here »
PC RS-232 Serial Port Digital Input/Output
In 2011, I built this contraption to do DIO using the serial port on a regular PC:
VIDEO
Circuit Diagrams
Circuit diagrams for a number of circuits which I
have built over the years can be found
here »
Some 113 circuits from my collection can be found
here
»
A set of circuits for beginners, from the Kelsey
Park School Electronics club, can be found here
»
A comprehensive collection of free circuit diagrams
is available at Red
Free Circuits »
A collection of interesting circuit diagrams, from
Aaron Cake ,
can be found here
»
Another site featuring a lot of circuit diagrams:
http://www.electronic-circuits-diagrams.com
»
Electronic Components
Click here( )
for an Introduction to Transistors (including pin identification)
Introduction to Transistors, including lead identification,
by J Hewes, Electronics Club, Kelsey Park Sports College: click
here »
Here is a quick reference for resistor color
codes (courtesy Electronix
Express ):
Here is a quick reference for capacitor color codes
(courtesy Electronix
Express ):
Sources for Procuring Electronic Components
Carl's Electronics
17 Laurelwood Road
Sterling, MA 01564
Voice: 978 422 5142
Fax: 978 422 8574
http://www.electronickits.com
Email: sales@electronickits.com
Amazon Electronics Inc
Johan Smit
PO Box 21, Columbiana, OH 44408
Voice: 330 549 3726, 1888 549 3749
Fax: 330 549 3725
http://www.electronics123.com
Email: general@electronics123.com
Alltronics
Box 730, Morgan Hill,
CA 95038
Voice: 408 847 0033
Fax: 408 847 0133
http://www.alltronics.com
Email: EricJohnson: ejohnson@alltronics.com
Marlin P. Jones & Associates
Marlin Jones
PO Box 12685, Lake Park FL 33403-0685
Voice: 407 848 8236
Fax: 407 844 8764
http://www.mpja.com
Email: mpja@mpja.com
Circuit Specialists Inc.
Paul Thorpe
PO Box 3047, Scottsdale, AZ 85271-3047
Voice: 1-800-528-1417
Fax: 602 464 5824 http://www.web-tronics.com
Hobby Engineering
1405 Huntington Avenue, Suite 150
South San Francisco, CA 94080
1-866-Robot-50 (1-866-762-6850)
1-650-875-7987
Fax: 1-650-952-7629
Email: info@hobbyengineering.com
http://www.hobbyengineering.com