Electronics
Why …
AVR Microcontroller
- Using the USART with avr-gcc (AVR Freaks, may require log-in)
- Interrupt Driven USARTs (AVR Freaks, may require log-in)
- How to Debug Serial I/O (AVR Freaks, may require log-in)
- Newbie’s Guide to the AVR ADC (AVR Freaks, may require log-in)
Art of Electronics Student Manual Labs with Spice
- 4-2: Emitter Follower
- 4-3: Input and Output Impedance of Follower
- 4-4: Single-Supply Follower
CAD tools
- KTechLab – Linux schematic editor
- Qucs – Schematic editor and simulator
- DesignSpark PCB – Windows PCB board editor
- KiCad – multiplatform EDA tool
- gEDA – GPL EDA tool set
Motorola 68HC11 – Motorola has probably long since decomissioned this chip, but it was my first embedded chip
- Microcontroller Technology: The 68HC11 – This book is a great introduction to the CPU and its core peripherals, as well as a good introduction to assembly language programming too. It also introduces embedded C concepts.
- CME-11E9-EVBU – This was the kit that I started with. It comes with Windows utilities for programming and working with the board via the Serial Port, and the breadboard makes it easy to great simple digital circuits for microcontroller interfacing.
Basic information and experiments for kids
- The Transistor - video from Make Magazine
- The Capacitor – video from Make Magazine
- The Resistor – video from Make Magazine
- The Inductor - video from Make Magazine
- The Light Emitting Diode – vdieo from Make Magazine
