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Woei Shyang
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:20 am
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really
love to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little
DIY projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can
say I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations
Mark Zacharias
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:52 am
"Woei Shyang" <nntp-terranews_at_w.woeishyang.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where devices
are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love to learn
how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY projects
actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say I
have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where devices
are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love to learn
how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY projects
actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say I
have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/intro/index.html
Here's a couple links to get you started...
Mark Z.
Winston
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:28 am
Woei Shyang wrote:
Quote:
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad,
but I'd really love to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY projects actually work as
opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say I have absolutely no background in this, except
for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad,
but I'd really love to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY projects actually work as
opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say I have absolutely no background in this, except
for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations
http://jricher.com/NEETS/
This will give you a solid foundation if you read through the
modules, answer the quiz questions and ask the folks in
sci.electronics.basics to get you unstuck.
It is a fascinating hobby.
--Winston
spamtrap1888
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:04 am
On Jan 19, 6:20 pm, Woei Shyang <nntp-terran...@w.woeishyang.com>
wrote:
Quote:
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really
love to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little
DIY projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can
say I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really
love to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little
DIY projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can
say I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations
For me, seeing how things work >> reading about how things work. Radio
Shack no longer makes experimenters' kits, so I would check out Make
Magazine's introduction to electronics:
http://www.makershed.com/category_s/49.htm
William Sommerwerck
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:39 am
Experimenter's kits are still available. You really need one of these,
especially as Heath, Allied, EICO, etc, have long been out the kit business.
Allied had a wonderful kit, which cost $30 50 years ago. It was a small
console, with a pegboard for the circuits on the back. Someone should revive
it, but it would be pretty pricey. (Still have the manual. Don't know why I
didn't save the unit itself.)
Nelson
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:02 pm
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:39:46 -0500, William Sommerwerck wrote
(in article <jfe4mt$l0d$1_at_dont-email.me>):
Quote:
Experimenter's kits are still available. You really need one of these,
especially as Heath, Allied, EICO, etc, have long been out the kit business.
Allied had a wonderful kit, which cost $30 50 years ago. It was a small
console, with a pegboard for the circuits on the back. Someone should revive
it, but it would be pretty pricey. (Still have the manual. Don't know why I
didn't save the unit itself.)
especially as Heath, Allied, EICO, etc, have long been out the kit business.
Allied had a wonderful kit, which cost $30 50 years ago. It was a small
console, with a pegboard for the circuits on the back. Someone should revive
it, but it would be pretty pricey. (Still have the manual. Don't know why I
didn't save the unit itself.)
Radio Shack has a couple of nice ones. I bought this one for my kid:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3814337
--
Nelson
Ian Field
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:51 pm
"Mark Zacharias" <mark_zacharias_at_labolgcbs.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
"Woei Shyang" <nntp-terranews_at_w.woeishyang.com> wrote in message
news:2012012010200729084-nntpterranews_at_wwoeishyangcom...
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love
to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY
projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say
I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/intro/index.html
Here's a couple links to get you started...
Mark Z.
news:2012012010200729084-nntpterranews_at_wwoeishyangcom...
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love
to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY
projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say
I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/
http://library.thinkquest.org/16497/intro/index.html
Here's a couple links to get you started...
Mark Z.
There's a few beginner books occasionally get reposted on
alt.binaries.e-book.technical, not to mention magazines like Everyday
Practical Electronics, Nuts&Volts, Circuit cellar, Elektor etc.
Beware though, there's a couple of wankers posting pages of virus's! - Avoid
RARs and other archive files untill you know which posters you can trust.
spamtrap1888
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:56 pm
On Jan 21, 1:02 pm, Nelson <nel...@nowhere.com> wrote:
Quote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:39:46 -0500, William Sommerwerck wrote
(in article <jfe4mt$l0...@dont-email.me>):
Experimenter's kits are still available. You really need one of these,
especially as Heath, Allied, EICO, etc, have long been out the kit business.
Allied had a wonderful kit, which cost $30 50 years ago. It was a small
console, with a pegboard for the circuits on the back. Someone should revive
it, but it would be pretty pricey. (Still have the manual. Don't know why I
didn't save the unit itself.)
Radio Shack has a couple of nice ones. I bought this one for my kid:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3814337
(in article <jfe4mt$l0...@dont-email.me>):
Experimenter's kits are still available. You really need one of these,
especially as Heath, Allied, EICO, etc, have long been out the kit business.
Allied had a wonderful kit, which cost $30 50 years ago. It was a small
console, with a pegboard for the circuits on the back. Someone should revive
it, but it would be pretty pricey. (Still have the manual. Don't know why I
didn't save the unit itself.)
Radio Shack has a couple of nice ones. I bought this one for my kid:
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3814337
Wow, I missed that one. Aside from a few small Radio Shack branded
items, everything in the hobby kit selection on their website was
either Make or Velleman.
William Sommerwerck
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Guest
Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:33 pm
Quote:
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps the
wrong-way-round before applying power!
wrong-way-round before applying power!
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode and emit a
foul-smelling gas.
Madness
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Guest
Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:07 pm
On 1/19/2012 9:20 PM, Woei Shyang wrote:
Quote:
Hi,
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love
to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY
projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say
I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps the
I'm completely new to electronics, but I'd like to get started.
Perhaps it is just me getting tired of this wasteful culture where
devices are disposable, or just me being a tightwad, but I'd really love
to learn how to repair my own stuff, and know how various little DIY
projects actually work as opposed to putting them blindly together.
Are there any books that you guys might recommend to help me get started?
I've always been a software person by training and trade, so you can say
I have absolutely no background in this, except for being a geek.
Thanks for any tips and recommendations :)
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps the
wrong-way-round before applying power!
William Sommerwerck
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Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:05 pm
"Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps
the wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode
and emit a foul-smelling gas.
Tantalum caps can be a bit more entertaining.
news:jfh6p2$3bm$1_at_dont-email.me...
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps
the wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode
and emit a foul-smelling gas.
Tantalum caps can be a bit more entertaining.
They give a tantalizing performance, no doubt.
Ian Field
Guest
Guest
Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:30 pm
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jfh6p2$3bm$1_at_dont-email.me...
Quote:
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps the
wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode and emit a
foul-smelling gas.
wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode and emit a
foul-smelling gas.
Tantalum caps can be a bit more entertaining.
Ian Field
Guest
Guest
Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:49 pm
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
"Ian Field" <gangprobing.alien_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:kYVSq.3145$vm5.2236_at_newsfe03.ams2...
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jfh6p2$3bm$1_at_dont-email.me...
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps
the wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode
and emit a foul-smelling gas.
Tantalum caps can be a bit more entertaining.
They give a tantalizing performance, no doubt.
news:kYVSq.3145$vm5.2236_at_newsfe03.ams2...
"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
news:jfh6p2$3bm$1_at_dont-email.me...
Poor man's fireworks: Always connect electrolytic caps
the wrong-way-round before applying power! :)
Would that it /were/ fireworks. The caps usually explode
and emit a foul-smelling gas.
Tantalum caps can be a bit more entertaining.
They give a tantalizing performance, no doubt.
And just as smelly as alu caps too.
Tom Del Rosso
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:33 am
Mark Zacharias wrote:
Quote:
I don't like this much. Defining voltage in terms of resistance. It should
be in terms of coulombs and joules.
"Voltage is represented by the letter E. The basic unit of measure is volts
or the letter V. One volt will push 1 amp of current through 1 ohm of
resistance. Resistance will be discussed in a later section."
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Tom Del Rosso
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:35 am
Winston wrote:
Quote:
Yeah, I wish they had labs to go with that. Guided experiments are what's
missing from almost all good electronic courseware. The lab manual for The
Art of Electronics is available and costs about half the price of the main
text, so that might be helpful.
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