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The following links will take you to various tutorials and references on key subjects in mechatronics. If you come across some other high quality tutorials or references that are not listed here, please e-mail me the URL.
Electronics (general) URL Comments A fantastic site covering electricity and electronics
Extensive e-book with great explanations
Well illustrated, also has a guide to soldering
A nifty tutorial on basic electronics; includes self-tests
Ac-dc electronics, digital, and much more. Fun site!
http://doctord.dyndns.org:8000/courses/Topics/Electronics/Alex_Pounds/Index.htm
A nice overview of basic electronics
Comprehensive coverage of electricity and magnetism concepts
A clear but brief coverage of many concepts in electronics
An extensive set of pages of experiments on electronics
Glen Willamson's eclectic but very interesting site
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/index.htm
MIT OpenCourseWare in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Has some links to helpful tutorials on electronics
Digital Electronics URL Comments (See the general electronics links also) A nicely done tutorial on digital electronics
A very complete tutorial from the University of Sydney
A fun, interactive tutorial covering combinational and sequential logic
Components URL Comments (See the general electronics links also) Resistor color code from Leon Audio
Standard EIA decade resistor value table
How to read a capacitor code
Good overview of diodes
Good overview of LEDs
Good overview of inductors
Good overview of transistors
The history of how the transistor came to be, plus TONS more information!
Good overview of MOSFETs
More in-depth overview of how Power MOSFETs are constructed and function
http://www.national.com/onlineseminar/2003/opamps_basics/090303_Opamp_Trivia_Notes.pdf
Nice overview of operation amplifiers from National Semiconductor
http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/39-05/op_amp_applications_handbook.html
Analog Device's extensive coverage of op-amps and their applications
Robert Widlar's classic app note on op-amps
Extensive collection of applications of op-amps
Texas Instrument's extensive design reference on op-amps
Fantastic tutorial on the highly versatile and useful 555 timer
Extensive coverage of batteries
Motors URL Comments An introduction using animations and schematics to explain the physical principles of motors, generators and transformers
Lots of good information about dc and stepper motors from MicroMo Electronics
Fundamentals of ironless armature dc motors
Doug Jones' excellent tutorial on stepper motors
Ian Harries nice collection of links on stepper motors and re-using salvaged ones
Overview of AC motors and more
Has a good overview of dc motors and lots of interesting links at the end
A full-blown course on motors and actuators starting with magnetics
http://www.industrialcontroldesignline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217900141
Links to app notes on motors from Microchip
A good guide, with an example, on how to size a dc motor
Programming URL Comments A good brief overview of C
Handy reference sheets for the C language
Helpful list of common errors
A good tutorial on C. See also http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/ for a C compiler that is free for non-commercial use
Univ. of Strathclyde's course on C programming
An entire site for learning C and C++ programming
Another good list of C programming resources
Has some good links that the other resource pages don't have
http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=22514&highlight=c+books
Nice collection of links contributed by AVRfreaks
Covers ANSI C, history, culture, and other sources about C
Jonathan Valvano's comprehensive book on embedded software in C
Michael Pont's excellent course web pages
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/Prod_documents/avr_3_04.pdf
Emphasis on AVR microcontrollers
Focus is on use with assembly language, but useful in general
Easy to understand overview of interrupts for AVR microcontrollers
Univ. of Michigan's excellent on-line tutorial on Matlab
Microcontrollers, et. al. URL Comments Gives a nice overview of what a microcontroller is
Focuses on PIC microcontrollers, but the Introduction gives a good overview of what a microcontroller is
A little dated, but has good information
The place for PLC's!
Prototyping URL Comments EXCELLENT, 7 minute video showing how to solder!
Great overview of how to solder. Don't miss the photo galleries that accompany this site.
Good resource on how to solder the more modern surface mount components
http://www.avrfreaks.net/modules/FreaksArticles/files/15/Low%20Cost%20SMD%20Soldering%20Guide.pdf
Nice guide for soldering surface mount components
Good overview of a helpful prototyping skill
Read this before you do any prototyping! Very helpful tips.
http://laspace.lsu.edu/aces/Lectures/Electronics/Electronics%20Lecture%203.ppt
Good introduction to schematics, assembly methods, and soldering
http://workmanship-562.gsfc.nasa.gov/lib/insp/2%20books/links/sections/303_deadbugs.html
Best practices for adding discrete components to PCBs for active changes
http://qwiki.stanford.edu/wiki/High_Frequency_Op_Amp_Circuits
Construction techniques for working with high frequency op-amps
Freeware (limited) version of a good circuit design and simulation software
Jack Ganssle's archive of articles on embedded systems development
Some of the articles from the print version of the quintessential embedded systems magazine
Interfacing URL Comments Lots of information on interfacing
Lots of practical information on interfacing computers to hardware
Nice coverage of the standard parallel port and how to interface it
Tomi Engdahl's extensive guide to the parallel port. Very nicely done.
Good coverage on interfacing PS/2 mouse or keyboard
Extensive treatment of data sent by various keyboards and PS/2 mouse
Sensors URL Comments How PIR motion detectors work http://www.glolab.com/pirparts/infrared.html Good overview of how an infrared motion detector works. Wireless and Amateur Radio URL Comments http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=19463
Introductory guide to antennas and how they work
Antennas 102 More Q&A http://electronicdesign.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=19464 A few more questions and answers following the previous article J-pole antenna http://www.qsl.net/ku4jw/jpole.html Simple instructions to create a portable, flexible antenna for 2m and 70cm operation Amateur Radio Homebrew Antennas and Antenna Theory http://www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm Huge collection of links to antennas for all bands and antenna theory
Others URL Comments http://relays.tycoelectronics.com/appnotes/app_pdfs/13c3311.pdf
Comparison of methods and recommendations for suppressing inductive transients in dc relays
http://relays.tycoelectronics.com/appnotes/app_pdfs/13c3264.pdf
How suppression methods affect relay contact life
A nice example of a complete mechatronics project
Programming and Customizing PICmicrocontrollers
http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/engineering/updatezone/predko/index.htm
An auxiliary page to Myke Predko's book of the same title. Has two helpful appendices on basic electronics and programming
A wealth of resources and links on electronics
How to display custom bit-mapped graphics on a character LCD. Has a link to HD44780 information.
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/bjfurman/courses/ME106/IdeasForDesign.htm
Links to circuits and other things that could be useful for mechatronic projects
Step-by-step instructions on how to make lots of interesting things
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/LearnLinux/index.html
Well organized overview of how to use Linux
Nice online tutorials on Tex
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTEX2e
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