Resources
The Electronics Workshop would not have been possible without many outstanding resources. Here is a list of our favorites, both online and in traditional medium. The list is arranged by the type of the source, but otherwise is in no particular order.
The World Wide Web
Books
THE WORLD WIDE WEB
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ThinkQuest Home Page
- http://www.advanced.org/thinkquest/index.html
- An educational web page design contest
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Circuit Land
- http://www.ktc.com/personal/artswan/cland.htm
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EMLIB Home Page
- http://emlib.jpl.nasa.gov/
- A library of electromagnetic physics pages, operated by NASA
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Grant's Electronics Tutorial Main Page
- http://netspace.net.au/~gripz/electronic/index.html
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Lexicon of Semiconductor Terms
- http://rel.semi.harris.com/docs/lexicon/
- Definitions of many terms related to semiconductors
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Solve systems of linear equations
- http://ypsid.rydnet.lysator.liu.se/(en)/ekvsol/
- Helpful when applying Kirchoff's laws
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Technicians Toolbox
- http://www.wantree.com.au/~rebel/tt/index.htm
- A growing Australian site with several nice features
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BOOKS
- HeathKit Continuing Education
- Individual Learning Program in DC Electronics
Heath Company
Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022
1975
- This book was especially helpful for advanced topics.
- Basic Mathematics for Electricity and Electronics
- Fifth Edition
McGraw Hill Book Company
New York, New York
1984
- Teaches both mathematical theories and the electonics principles related to them
- Contained many useful tables
- The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics
- Third Edition
Turner, Rufus P.
Gibilisco, Stan
TAB Books Inc.
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
1985
- Contained many useful tables
- Handy for very specific information
- Electronic Inventions and Discoveries
- Dummer, G.W.A.
Pergamon Press
Elmsford, New York
1978
- Interesting historical information
- Introduction to Circuits, Instruments, and Electronics
- Nilsson, James W.
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
New York, New York
1968
- Somewhat dated and calculus based
- Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
- Second Edition
Kotz, John C.
Purcell, Keith F.
Saunders College Publishing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991
- A very good college chemistry textbook
- Physics For Scientists and Engineers
- Second Edition
Fishbane, Gasiorowicz, and Thornton
Prentice Hall
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
1996
- An excellent textbook with informative graphics
- Calculus based
- College Physics
- Fourth Edition
Serway & Faughn
Saunders College Publishing
Orlando, Florida
1995
- Good graphics and problems
- Not calculus based
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