Your favorite tutorial link

MikeDYur

Some of us may not have the formal electronic education under our belt, and I'm one that falls into that category. And I rely on the net a lot for help, as in the Parallax Forums ( indispensable ).

So I thought I would start a thread, to see what others may have found over the years browsing the internet. Or you may have a tutorial of your own you may wish to share.

A one stop shop for Instructive electronic basics would be nice, and some do try. But the web is full of sites that that don't accomplish much, just a presence. And then there is the rest of the garbage.

Even a good (.pdf) file on a subject is sometimes hard to come by. A good collection of them can make a computer really smart by using the readers internal search, in turn the knowledge rubs off on the owner.

I hope someone has their favorite to share. There is lots to learn on the subject, and always something new. I don't expect this thread to be that one stop for information, just to enlighten some of us on what is available. Purely selfish reasons are not my intent, but it is a close second.

My first link is deals with the popular old stand by for non critical timing, the LM555. This page goes in depth on various ways to use the timer, including driving LEDs:

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rpaisley4/LM555.html

DaveJenson

Always great stuff on hackaday.com

Heater.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2356?gclid=Cj0KEQjw9r7JBRCj37PlltTskaMBEiQAKTzTfIT_dmWH9Bs7uYhqXFnB4zM5HbwKCRLifJ5EaJfcYlwaAqKU8P8HAQ

frank freedman

Not so much a site, but a search. Search on Tektronix and instruction or Tektronix and semiconductors, etc. and you will find a fair amount of gold. While there is a lot of older stuff, much of it is still valid. A lot of the newsletters and bulletins have the usual FMIs upgrades etc, but the also include a number of tutorials of just the sort to learn something from. They were really ahead of the curve way back in the day...

Found it, Semiconductor Diodes and Transistors, a seven volume set. Can be found on Archive.org along with an S*ton of scanned volumes on many topics. Good site for some older stuff as well.

MikeDYur

Dave,

I visit Hackaday at least once a day. A very busy site, lots of good ideas and completed projects. Sometimes it may be my reception, but it takes a long time for a mobile page to load. And I may just only see half of a project. But there are some on there that only have an idea, and don't seem to know the first place to start. I do like the idea of a picture and a short description first, to get you interested in looking farther.


Heater,

I know there is nothing that can replace a good reference book.
The Art of Electronics is a whopping 1,470 pages with 78 tables and 90 oscilloscope screenshots. The book really looks nice, I hope I can find a good copy second hand someday. I hope they sell a lot of copies.


Frank,

Thanks for the heads up on Tektronix and Semiconductor Diodes and Transistors in a search. Lot of material to go through, should prove to be educational for me. I remember a Tek scope was the one to have back in the day. I found the text on transistors after a short search.


https://archive.org/stream/tektronix_SDT_Vol_3_Transistors/SDT_Vol_3_Transistors_djvu.txt

frank freedman

Almost forgot to mention the Mancini / TI Op-Amps for everyone series. First couple editions download free, then the last rev looks to be non-free.

https://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slod006b/slod006b.pdf

or this quick and dirty one from national semi (with a TI wrapper, but you can find the orignal AN-31s out there)
http://www.ti.com/lit/an/snla140b/snla140b.pdf

or the National Semi version of the same.
https://www.ti.com/ww/en/bobpease/assets/AN-31.pdf