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00 Helpful Electronic Tutorials Links
00 555 Timer:  555 Timer Tutorials
  8052.com:  Online resources for 8052 and compatible MicroController including tutorials, FAQ and code library.
  Alan Felzer Classes:  Classes in basic electronics, circuit analysis, discrete systems in PDF format and interactive computer demos.
Antenna and Microwave Engineering Tutorials:  Collection of teaching pages for general access
All About Circuits: Lessons in electronic circuits
000 BASIC Electronics:  BASIC Electronics is an online E-book covering subjects from ohms law to logic circuits. Lots of animation and troubleshooting simulations included.
BASIC electronic circuits:  operational amps
Cable Impendence:  Describes what is cable characteristic impendence and how to calculate it.
Capacitors:  Capacitors: What are they good for?
Capacitive Sensors, An Introduction
00 Circuit Analysis Tutorial:  BASIC electrical laws and circuits analysis techniques.
000 Circuit Design:  Tutorial on circuit design techniques and building blocks.
Circuit Hut: Excellent list of Electronic Tutorials
  CircuitMaker Student Version (3.4M) Get ahead in class with the FREE CircuitMaker Student Version. You will be able to build and simulate circuits in a fraction of the time it takes in the lab.
Communications:  Tutorial Overview of Electronic Communications
  Convolutional Coding with Viterbi Decoding:  Describes commonly used forward-error-correction algorithms used in wireless communications. Provides a worked-out example and C-language simulation source code for a digital communications link using the algorithms.
DC Circuits Department of Physics, University of Guelph.
Digital Logic:  Tutorials Fundamentals of Digital Logic
Electronics for Beginners:  Tutorials on basic electronics, circuit theory, components and design ideas.
  Electronics Tutorials:  BASIC electronics tutorials on circuits and components, filters, oscillators and other applications.
  Electronics club Online Tutorials:  Design guidelines on some basic electronics building blocks in PDF format
EMC:  Tutorial on Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
  ETCAI Products:  Sells computer based software for teaching electricity and electronics. The programs are designed to supplement lecture and textbook instruction.
  Gerdes System Technology:  Describes PIC MicroController projects for motor control, chargers, and maximum power point (MPP) solar applications.
  Glencoe/McGraw-Hill:  Provides information on the BASIC Skills in Electricity and Electronics Series (Rainbow Series), and links to student and instructor sites.
High-Speed Digital Design:  Signal Integrity workshops taught Dr. Howard Johnson
  How Does a RF Receiver Work ?:  How do radio receivers manage to communicate over huge distances? An explanation of the fundamental mechanism.
  How Electronic Devices Work:  BASIC introduction to a variety of electronics technology applications targeted for the layperson.
  How Memory Works:  Describes basic things like addressing, multiplexing and contains troubleshooting guide.
00 How Stuff Works: Digital Clock:  Informative illustrated guide to how Digital Clocks operate including instructions describing how to build your own.
000 How Stuff Works: Digital Logic Circuits:  Graphical tutorial describes how you can build digital logic circuits using 7400 series TTL gates.
00 How Stuff Works: How Radio Works:  Explains radio operation basics, transmitters, receivers and antennas.
00 How Stuff Works: Stereo lithography:  Describes how to build 3D plastic prototypes almost as easily as printing something on a sheet of paper.
  How Telephones Work:  excellent tutorial describing the functioning of telephones.
How to Solder
How to Desolder
00 Inductors:  Inductors: What are they good for?
00 Introduction to Power Electronics:  University of Technology, Sydney Australia
Lessons In Electric Circuits - A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics.
OpAmps:  Operational Amplifiers Use & Operation
  PIC archive The file you need is PIC84V05.ZIP. The file contains DOS software and programmer schematic that will work with the PIC16C84, PIC16F84 or the newer PIC16F628
  PIC Microcontroller Tutorial A very good introduction to PIC micros that includes 13 tutorial pages to get you started programming PICs. You will also need a programmer to load the finished program (.HEX file) into the PIC. The DOS programmer software and schematic for the programmer can be downloaded from
000 PicoTurbine:  Renewable Energy: Windmill and Solar Projects
Play Hookey BASIC ideas about op-amps, analog circuits, optics, computers and digital logic.
Power Supply Design Tutorial  
00 Prototyping:  Prototyping/Breadboarding Tutorial
000 Radio Electronics:  Information and tutorials about all aspects of radio and related electronics components.
00 Red Rock Energy Heliostats:  High Powered Heliostat Array Concentrating Solar Collectors
000 RF Domain:  Continuing education software for designers and managers involved in RF, microwave and wireless component, subsystem and system engineering. Pricing and contact email address provided.
00 Resistors:  Basics: Resistors

 

A Brief History of Electricity – The Early Years: This is the first part of a set of articles charting the history of electronics from the very beginning to the present day. This article covers the first observations of electrical phenomena to Benjamin Franklin’s famous kite experiment.

00 Transistors:  transistors tutorials
00 Tutorials for EEs:  Mixers, Directional Couplers, Bartlett's Bisection Theorem, Constant Current Sources, Phase-Locked Loop, etc
000 UK Technology Education Centre:  Electronics Education Resources/Tutorials
00 University of Guelph:  DC Circuits Tutorial
VK2TIP Ian Purdie's Tutorials:  Electronics Tutorials, Ham Radio, etc. --Large Resource
00 Williamson Labs:  Offers an extensive range of electronics tutorials online.
00 XYZ's of Oscilloscopes:  Tektronix guide describing how oscilloscope works and how to take simple measurements.
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Electronic Circuit Theory - online lessons

 

Lesson 1: Ohm's Law 

Lesson 1 - Ohm's Law

This lesson introduces the concept of Ohm's Law.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

  • Calculate current and charge.
  • Apply Ohm's Law.

 Lesson 2: Power & Energy

Lesson 2 - Power & Energy

This lesson introduces the concepts of Power and Energy and includes a review of Ohm's Law.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to calculate power and energy and to utilize Ohm's Law.

 

Lesson 3: Kirchoff’s Laws

Lesson 3 - Kirchoff's Laws

This lesson introduces the concepts of Kirchoff's Laws.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to solve simple circuit problems using Kirchoff's Laws.

 

Lesson 4: Resistors in Series 

Lesson 4 - Resistors in Series

This lesson introduces some handy short-cuts when dealing with resistors in series. The Voltage Divider Rule is also explained.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to calculate the equivalent resistance for several resistors in series and to utilize the Voltage Divider Rule.

 

Lesson 5: Resistors in Parallel 

Lesson 5 - Resistors in Parallel

This lesson introduces some handy short-cuts when dealing with resistors in parallel. The Current Divider Rule is also explained.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to calculate the equivalent resistance for several resistors in parallel and to utilize the Current Divider Rule.

 

Lesson 6: Node Analysis

Lesson 6 - Node Analysis

This lesson introduces Node Analysis - a very powerful method for circuit analysis.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to analyze circuits using the Node method.

 

Lesson 7: Mesh Analysis

Lesson 7 - Mesh Analysis

This lesson introduces Mesh Analysis - another powerful method for circuit analysis.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to analyze circuits using the Mesh method.


Lesson 8: Superposition

Lesson 8 - Superposition

This lesson introduces Superposition - a novel method for analyzing circuits with multiple sources.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to analyze circuits using the Superposition method.

 

Lesson 9: Thevenin & Norton

Lesson 9 - Thevenin & Norton Circuits

This lesson introduces Thevenin & Norton Circuits - still another method for circuit analysis using equivalent circuits.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to find Thevenin & Norton equivalent Circuits and use these equivalent circuits to simplify circuit analysis.

 

Lesson 10: Diodes

Lesson 10 - Diodes

This lesson introduces Semiconductors: an overview of diodes from a circuit designer's viewpoint.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to analyze circuits containing several types of diodes.

 

Lesson 11: Transistors

Lesson 11 - Transistors

This lesson introduces Semiconductors: an overview of transistors from a circuit designer's viewpoint.

By the end of this lesson you will be able to analyze circuits containing diodes and transistors. The climax of this lesson set is the analysis of a transistor amplifier circuit.

 

Lesson 12: Capacitors - coming soon

Lesson 13: Inductors - coming soone



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