Electronics

Resources

Resistance: 4 Band Colour Code Calculator

Capacitance: Conversion Calculator

Coil Inductance Calculator

How to Read a Capacitor

Symbols

Lessons in Electric Circuits

How to Test a Zener Diode

Software

Electronics Design on Linux

gplEDA.org

Fritzing

DipTrace - Schematic and PCB Design Software

Oregano

Tools

• Details about ST-Link V2 Programming Unit mini STM8 STM32 Emulator Downloader M89 Top
• Details about USBasp USB ISP Programmer Adapter for ATMEL AVR S51 WIN7 VISTA AT89S51 AT89S52
• Authentic Nitecore UM20 Dual Slot Li-ion Battery Charger
• USB Voltage Current Meter Charger Doctor Tester 200mV 0-60 Degree
• AVR Parts Tester

Microcontrollers

• Walking the 32bit path to a blinky LED
• MicroFAT: A File System for Microcontrollers
• Microcontroller Register Manipulation
• I2C
  • I2C Relay Board
  • I2C with ESP8266
    • I2C Examples? forum thread
• Musings on writing a software USB stack

Software (IDEs)

• PlatformIO
• Arduino
  • Arduino Eclipse
• Energia
• Wiring
• MPLAB

TI

• MSP430
• Stellaris
• C2000

Atmel

• ATmega
  • Arduino
• ATTiny

Renesas

• RX62N
• RL78

GNU Tools

Espressif

• ESP8266

STMicroelectronics

• STM8
• STM32

Microchip

• PIC

Single Board Computers

• Comparison of 81 open-spec, hacker friendly SBCs -- June, 2016

• C.H.I.P.

• Raspberry PI
  • Raspberry Pi Home Automation - Control lights, computers, CCTV and more!
• BeagleBone
• Odroid

High Voltage

• 50,000V High Voltage Power Supply
• Tesla Coil Projects

Robotics

• Make A Simple Bipedal Humanoid Robot (Servo Walking Robot)

Off-Grid

• A New & Improved Charge Controller Based on the 555 Chip
• A low-voltage disconnect for 12 volt lead acid and lithium batteries
• ARDUINO MPPT SOLAR CHARGE CONTROLLER (Version-3.0)
• DIY solar cell from scratch

Knowledge

• Wire Guage
• Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement
• James Lewis - They're JUST Capacitors
• How to : Control Speed of Motor
• Some discussion about switching with MOSFETs & a bit about using LTSpice
• How to Build Your Own Discrete 4-Bit ALU
• Build Your Own Motor Driver
• Inspecting Electronic Circuits with an Audible Circuit Probe
• The Basics Behind Constant-Current LED Drive Circuitry
• How Lithium-Metal Doubles the Energy Density of Rechargeable Batteries
• Intro to Stepper Motors
• Uses of Different Soldering Iron Tips
• From Resistors to ICs Color Codes

Ideas

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• Quick and Efficiently Wiring Your Prototype Circuit Board
• Using Transistor as a Switch
• 4-in-1 Arduino LCD Shield Kit
• 9V/1kV DC/DC converter
• A low-voltage disconnect for 12 volt lead acid and lithium batteries

YouTube

• #237: 4 Wire Resistance Measurement | Kelvin connection
• 4 wire kelvin resistance measurement tutorial
• Soldering Tool
• Wireless Module on Breadboard - NRF24L01+ and ESP8266
• Level Shifting Tutorial 5V-3.3V Quick and Dirty Methods
• How to Drive LEDs - Easy Constant Current Circuit
• How to protect circuits from reversed voltage polarity!
• 6 Ways to control Motors! Including with Arduino & Raspberry Pi! How To Tutorial from NYC CNC

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Reverse Engineered: 50p Electronic 555 Doorbell Kit (with schematic)

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Instructables

Simple Servo Tester

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• Electronics Components Storage

• Is the best PCB etchant in every kitchen?
• Automatic Dark Detector
• How to Control a Nixie Tube with an Arduino
• Basic Electronic components
• Call Blocker / Telemarketer Stopper

Interesting Products

Nitinol (Muscle Wire)