:: Electronics Technique Resources ::
A tentative page for electronic practice for more experienced practitioners, some of this material has been moved from the Basics page.

Components

Components: an overview of basic electronic components

Soldering

• soldering tutorials
• smd soldering tutorial 1 - hand-soldering teeny tiny chips!
• smd soldering tutorial 2 - Toaster Oven Reflow Soldering!
• Construction techniques - Home made Arduino prototype sheld

Electronics books

See the following forum discussion for more info: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1167350858

• Books for beginners
  • Physical Computing by Tom Igoe, Dan O'Sullivan.
  • Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest M. Mims III.
  • CMOS Cookbook by Donald E. Lancaster.
  • Designing Embedded Hardware by John Catsoulis.

• More advanced theory and technique books
  • Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz.
  • IC Op Amp Cookbook by Walter Jung 3rd Edition.
  • ARRL Handbook by Dana G. Reed (Editor).

• Encyclopedic books that may change your life
  • The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill.

Electronics resources on the Web

• http://www.as-workshop.de/ pretty comprehensive introduction (in german) on electronics for artists and designers. Entry level.
• http://www.allaboutcircuits.com
• Socratic Electronics, teaching electronics through the socratic method.
• Electronic Tutorials, about Power Supplies, Power dissipation, De-coupling and input protection.
• Workshop Sessions, about driving DC motors, relays, stepping motors, rotary encoders and LEDs as sensors.