Mickey_Sadler Posted February 4, 2003 Report Posted February 4, 2003 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 linkhttp://www.aade.com/sexypnls.htm - how to make panel overlayshttp://www.electronics-tutorials.com/ - tutorials starting with basic electronicshttp://www.morsex.com/building/atoz.htm - electronics construction how-tohttp://www.eio.com/ - besides the surplus stuff, check the technical forumsI hope these may be of help. I will probably be asking many, many MIDI related questions when I get my MIDIbox built.Later,Mickey Quote
MEEF Posted November 25, 2005 Report Posted November 25, 2005 cheers for the link, just what ive been looking for! Quote
Davo Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 http://www.play-hookey.com/ is also very good for explaining basic electronic theory. Quote
DrBunsen Posted September 1, 2006 Report Posted September 1, 2006 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. Quote
DrBunsen Posted September 1, 2006 Report Posted September 1, 2006 The Electronics ClubBasics, how to solder, lots of component info, projects to build with kits available. Quote
audiocommander Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/circ/circuits.htmnice archive of circuits :) Quote
DrBunsen Posted January 14, 2007 Report Posted January 14, 2007 Free samplesBig list of companies that will send sample components, along with some discussion on method. Quote
TheAncientOne Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 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 Quote
pay_c Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Amazing much infos on one page: http://www.dse-faq.elektronik-kompendium.de/dse-faq.htmUNFORTUNATELY (!!!) only in german. Quote
TheAncientOne Posted April 5, 2007 Report Posted April 5, 2007 Amazing resource for good basic info on MIDI.http://www.hinton-instruments.co.uk/reference/midi/promidi/index.htmMike Quote
DrBunsen Posted April 12, 2007 Report Posted April 12, 2007 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 :)SeppomanGoogle translates "Hohlkehlenspitze" as "Fillet point" Quote
DrBunsen Posted May 10, 2007 Report Posted May 10, 2007 ALL PDFsWeller's "Better Soldering" booklet:Weller's "Tip Care and Use"Weller's "Ten Commandments of Soldering"ALL PDFs Quote
DrBunsen Posted September 25, 2007 Report Posted September 25, 2007 The excellent Wisconsin Technical College electronics and electromechanics Digital Learning Library.As mentioned by ultra Quote
DrBunsen Posted December 9, 2007 Report Posted December 9, 2007 http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/htm/using_the_i2c_bus.htmAs linked by bill Quote
mr.marvelous Posted December 16, 2007 Report Posted December 16, 2007 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.com/electronics/files/PCBDesignTutorialRevA.pdfI 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. Quote
mr.marvelous Posted December 16, 2007 Report Posted December 16, 2007 Nice PDF :) - wrong forum section though. Go to the "Tips & Tricks" section, there's the sticky you're asking for:http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=496.0SWhoops.. Could a mod move this then? Quote
snebenan Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 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 Quote
stryd_one Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 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) Quote
Foona Posted March 21, 2008 Report Posted March 21, 2008 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. Quote
Benjamin Posted June 24, 2008 Report Posted June 24, 2008 Ohhh Man!! :o This is perfect for me so far ;D - spells everything out for you from the start but looks like it gets real deep. http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/index.htmlEDIT: So far this is really written well! Quote
stryd_one Posted June 25, 2008 Report Posted June 25, 2008 Heh, the awesomebar tells me that it's all through my browser history but not in my bookmarks. Fixed that, thanks benjamin! Quote
DrBunsen Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 How a LED row/column matrix is wired Via NerdKits via Hacked Gadgets Quote
stryd_one Posted February 24, 2009 Report Posted February 24, 2009 [media]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SwP3EVPzrkk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SwP3EVPzrkk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/youtube hehehehe I think you mean: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwP3EVPzrkk[/media]Like this: (IE, just copy from your address bar when you're watching, and put that URL between youtube tags) Quote
taximan Posted May 2, 2010 Report Posted May 2, 2010 I don't mind admitting that I found this useful http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/electronics-for-dummies-cheat-sheet0.html cheers Paul Quote
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