25 replies to this topic

[Mickey_Sadler]

Hi All,

I started in electronics in 1950 as a hobby - amateur radio - then on to technical school. I am very new to MIDI! I see some of the postings saying that the posters are new to electronics, soldering, etc., so in the spirit of helping others ( the way I had help when I was 12 years old!), here are some links that will give you some great information.

http://www.aade.com/ check - the links page, check the soldering how-to link
http://www.aade.com/sexypnls.htm - how to make panel overlays
http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/ - tutorials starting with basic electronics
http://www.morsex.co...ilding/atoz.htm - electronics construction how-to
http://www.eio.com/ - besides the surplus stuff, check the technical forums

I hope these may be of help. I will probably be asking many, many MIDI related questions when I get my MIDIbox built.

Later,

Mickey

[MEEF]

cheers for the link, just what ive been looking for!

[Davo]

http://www.play-hookey.com/ is also very good for explaining basic electronic theory.

[stryd_one]

Another excellent link, thanks!

[DrBunsen]

I've added a thread about what looks like a really easy PCB making system.  They claim you can go from artwork to a finished, plated, silkscreened and pseudo solder masked board in 15 minutes.

[DrBunsen]

The Electronics Club

Basics, how to solder, lots of component info, projects to build with kits available.

[audiocommander]

http://www.uoguelph....rc/circuits.htm

nice archive of circuits

[DrBunsen]

Free samples

Big list of companies that will send sample components, along with some discussion on method.

[TheProf]

http://www.rapidonline.com/

Excellent UK based parts supplier. Very good prices, and a decent range.

Fast too. I ordered at 3.00am this morning,(long story), and parts were dispatched this afternoon.


Mike

[pay_c]

Amazing much infos on one page: http://www.dse-faq.e....de/dse-faq.htm

UNFORTUNATELY (!!!) only in german.

[TheProf]

Amazing resource for good basic info on MIDI.

http://www.hinton-in...omidi/index.htm

Mike

[DrBunsen]

Well, the pitch is 0.65 mm like in TQFP. I soldered a few of these last week and it´s really no problem with the right equipment. You just shouldn´t try to solder the pins individually. I´ve got a Weller soldering station with a "Hohlkehlenspitze", no idea what the english word is for that. Its a tip that is slightly curved to suck up a bit of solder. Then you take some flux (the stuff coming in a syringe), pour it over the legs and pull straight over the legs with the iron. After cleaning the flux away, the result looks nearly industrial



Seppoman

Google translates "Hohlkehlenspitze" as "Fillet point"

[DrBunsen]

ALL PDFs

Weller's "Better Soldering" booklet:

Weller's "Tip Care and Use"

Weller's "Ten Commandments of Soldering"

ALL PDFs

[DrBunsen]

The excellent Wisconsin Technical College electronics and electromechanics Digital Learning Library.

As mentioned by ultra

[DrBunsen]

http://www.robot-ele...the_i2c_bus.htm

As linked by bill

[mr.marvelous]

On my search to learn how to design PCBs I came across what I believe to be an excellent guide on the basics. It runs you through all the design concepts and gives come helpful advice.

FREE!

http://alternatezone...utorialRevA.pdf

I am attempting to find a collection of tutorials that we could put in a sticky thread for the noobs (like myself). Searching through thousands of forum posts gets tedious, really quickly.

[mr.marvelous]

Nice PDF - wrong forum section though. Go to the "Tips & Tricks" section, there's the sticky you're asking for:

http://www.midibox.o...php?topic=496.0

S

Whoops.. Could a mod move this then?

[snebenan]

Just stumbled over these awesome tutorials when searching for a really small headamp design.
http://tangentsoft.net/elec/movies/

The tutorials are as videos as well. 
Maybe that will help some other newbe getting started soldering.

//Peter

[stryd_one]

Video soldering tutorials, excellent. I hope you don't mind that I moved this post into the sticky thread? (I can move it back if you want)

[Foona]

I found this one:
Perfect for n00b's.´

http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/

It also provides a freeware download of the "Electronics Assistant" software, among other stuff.