electronics

Useful information and links about electronics.

Resources

 * HV Wiki: science/tech wiki emphasis on electronics, especially high-voltage & analog
 * Open Circuits wiki
 * Make: print magazine, blog, forum/community, and store

Links

 * The Hardware Book: electronics reference guide
 * HowStuffWorks electronics section

Parts (retail)

 * major suppliers
 * Digi-Key
 * niche
 * Critter and Guitari: "electronic music and video instruments and supplies"
 * projects, tutorials, and reference
 * Spark Fun: "Your Source for Prototyping Supplies"

Projects

 * The New Altair 8800 Kit
 * Hack A Day: "hack a day serves up a fresh hack each day, every day from around the web and a special how-to hack each week."
 * Instructables: "step-by-step collaboration"
 * MIDI Sensor
 * &micro;CApps (Microcontroller Apps): Free MIDI DIY projects
 * Very Low-Cost Sensing and Communication Using Bidirectional LEDs
 * Squeezebox phone announcements: circuit for pausing audio server when phone is in use; also information about decoding Caller ID

Prototyping

 * Gadgetboard: Free-source, low cost, user friendly Atmel proto board "on steroids"
 * Bluetooth Primer

Tools

 * Macraigor Systems: tools for debugging embedded CPUs

Related Articles

 * Consumer Electronics: information about consumer electronic devices
 * Woozle's electronic learning kit No. 1