Beginner Resources

[Peter Welinder]

Hello all!

I know all the high school and some undergraduate physics, but I've
never really gotten to learn electronics. Even though I've always
wanted to. Now I've got some time over and I have decided to learn at
least the basics.

To make you familiar with my aims I have set a few objectives (I'm
aware they might sound completely naive and unrealistic since I'm a
newbie, but anyway):
1. I want to know the basics and learn more advanced topics of circuit
cards,
2. I want to know how to be able to build electronic components that
can communicate with my PC,
3. and my final goal is to create some kind of simple PC-controlled
robot.

So my questions, in relation to my aims, to you guys are simply:
1. Are there any good online resources or books (I prefer both) you
can recommend?
2. Are there any good (and not too expensive) starter-kits you can
recommend?
3. Are there any good and cheap online electronic shops (btw, I live
in Sweden)?

Thanks for all answers and suggestions!


Peter

PS. I tried to find a FAQ for this group but couldn't find one. Is
there one?

 

[grahamk]

Peter Welinder wrote:

Hello all!

I know all the high school and some undergraduate physics, but I've
never really gotten to learn electronics. Even though I've always
wanted to. Now I've got some time over and I have decided to learn at
least the basics.

To make you familiar with my aims I have set a few objectives (I'm
aware they might sound completely naive and unrealistic since I'm a
newbie, but anyway):
1. I want to know the basics and learn more advanced topics of circuit
cards,
2. I want to know how to be able to build electronic components that
can communicate with my PC,
3. and my final goal is to create some kind of simple PC-controlled
robot.

So my questions, in relation to my aims, to you guys are simply:
1. Are there any good online resources or books (I prefer both) you
can recommend?
2. Are there any good (and not too expensive) starter-kits you can
recommend?
3. Are there any good and cheap online electronic shops (btw, I live
in Sweden)?

Thanks for all answers and suggestions!


Peter

PS. I tried to find a FAQ for this group but couldn't find one. Is
there one?

Have a look at

My most up-to-date website
Beginners and Intermediate Electronics
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.knott/index.htm

 

[R. Steve Walz]

Peter Welinder wrote:

Hello all!

I know all the high school and some undergraduate physics, but I've
never really gotten to learn electronics. Even though I've always
wanted to. Now I've got some time over and I have decided to learn at
least the basics.

To make you familiar with my aims I have set a few objectives (I'm
aware they might sound completely naive and unrealistic since I'm a
newbie, but anyway):
1. I want to know the basics and learn more advanced topics of circuit
cards,
2. I want to know how to be able to build electronic components that
can communicate with my PC,
3. and my final goal is to create some kind of simple PC-controlled
robot.

So my questions, in relation to my aims, to you guys are simply:
1. Are there any good online resources or books (I prefer both) you
can recommend?
---------------------

Sure, check these out:

http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/
and
ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew
in the process of being moved to:
http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/Public/

Also:
http://www.beyondlogic.org
And:
http://www.play-hookey.com
And:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/
And:
http://www.4qdtec.com/
And:
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/terrypin/indexpersonal.html
And:
http://www.repairfaq.org/
And:
http://www.lvr.com/
And:
http://www.phanderson.com/
And:
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/
And:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/
And:
http://www.hut.fi/~then/index.html
http://www.epanorama.net/index.php
And:
http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit_archive/
And:
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/
And of course Google.com !!!

2. Are there any good (and not too expensive) starter-kits you can
recommend?
-------------------------

You don't need anything you can't find used, or order as separate
components.

3. Are there any good and cheap online electronic shops (btw, I live
in Sweden)?

Thanks for all answers and suggestions!

Peter
-----------------------

You're welcome.

-Steve
--
-Steve Walz rstevew@armory.com ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew
Electronics Site!! 1000's of Files and Dirs!! With Schematics Galore!!
http://www.armory.com/~rstevew or http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/Public

 

[Ruben Undheim]

"Peter Welinder" <zarek@home.se> skrev i melding
news:75984092.0406090903.b0db09c@posting.google.com...

Hello all!

I know all the high school and some undergraduate physics, but I've
never really gotten to learn electronics. Even though I've always
wanted to. Now I've got some time over and I have decided to learn at
least the basics.

To make you familiar with my aims I have set a few objectives (I'm
aware they might sound completely naive and unrealistic since I'm a
newbie, but anyway):
1. I want to know the basics and learn more advanced topics of circuit
cards,
2. I want to know how to be able to build electronic components that
can communicate with my PC,
3. and my final goal is to create some kind of simple PC-controlled
robot.

So my questions, in relation to my aims, to you guys are simply:
1. Are there any good online resources or books (I prefer both) you
can recommend?
2. Are there any good (and not too expensive) starter-kits you can
recommend?
3. Are there any good and cheap online electronic shops (btw, I live
in Sweden)?

You may try http://www.elfa.se or http://www.farnell.se .

Thanks for all answers and suggestions!


Peter

PS. I tried to find a FAQ for this group but couldn't find one. Is
there one?

 

Ruben Undheim wrote:

"Peter Welinder" <zarek@home.se> skrev i melding
news:75984092.0406090903.b0db09c@posting.google.com...

Hello all!

I know all the high school and some undergraduate physics, but I've
never really gotten to learn electronics. Even though I've always
wanted to. Now I've got some time over and I have decided to learn at
least the basics.

To make you familiar with my aims I have set a few objectives (I'm
aware they might sound completely naive and unrealistic since I'm a
newbie, but anyway):
1. I want to know the basics and learn more advanced topics of circuit
cards,
2. I want to know how to be able to build electronic components that
can communicate with my PC,
3. and my final goal is to create some kind of simple PC-controlled
robot.

So my questions, in relation to my aims, to you guys are simply:
1. Are there any good online resources or books (I prefer both) you
can recommend?
2. Are there any good (and not too expensive) starter-kits you can
recommend?
3. Are there any good and cheap online electronic shops (btw, I live
in Sweden)?


You may try http://www.elfa.se or http://www.farnell.se .

If you prefer swedish electronic shops, here are some more.

http://www.kjelloco.se/
http://www.svebry.se/
http://www.hth.com/
http://www.lawicel.com/

If you want to build robots, http://www.robotshop.se/ could be an interesting online store. They have some robotics starter-kits.

/Pfna