Ralph J. Coppola --- r_j_coppola<at>hotmail.com
SAS Disclaimer
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Feature
Many amateur science projects, regardless
of the area, involve electronics in one form or another. The
applications may range from the simple --- such as using a
multi-meter and a thermistor
to measure temperature to the ultra complex like a radio
telescope. The following links are aimed at giving the novice
an introduction to the electronics field.
The Radio and Electronics
School calls itself The Best Free Electronics Course
on the Internet.
The
Play-Hookey Website contains a collection of tutorials in electronics and computers.
Hobby
Project’s Electronic Circuits and Tutorials has links to thousands of electronic
circuits.
Electronic
Schematics for the Hobbyist
DatasheetCatalog.com is a free
online source for datasheets for electronic components and
semiconductors.
Discover
Circuits has over 24,000 electronic circuits and
schematics cross-referenced into 500
different categories.
And, lastly, don’t forget
“Getting Started in Electronics”
by Forrest Mims, and his “Engineer’s Note
Book” series.
Wanderings
The Crocodile Hunter More Than Just A Showman --- an essay by David
Suzuki of the David
Suzuki Foundation.
The
ELFRAD GROUP experiments with the generation, reception, and propagation of ultra &
extremely low frequency signals traveling through the interior
of the Earth.
See the Worlds Simplest
Wooden Clock at Gary's Home of DIY Wooden Cocks
Build your own underwater Remote
Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Zach Stern’s DIY Digital
Infrared Camera
For an inexpensive introduction
into the field of Astrophotography, start with Geoff Chester’s article --- An Adventure in QuickCam Astronomy
Astronomical
Spectroscopy with Modified Webcams
Microscopy-UK --- Resources
for the microscopy enthusiast including free monthly Micscape
magazine.
The Amateurmicroscopy site is dedicated to all who love amateur microscopy
and photomicrography.
Modify
a Webcam for Videomicrography
This portfolio of Photo Galleries
from the Molecular
Expressions web site contains thousands of full color
photomicrographs.
Build a simple Pulse
Width Modulation motor speed controller.
Protect and dress up your
projects with DIY
home aluminum anodizing.
A mini lathe is a handy tool for the
DIY experimenter.
Prof. Fu-Kwun
Hwang’s Virtual Physics
Laboratory contains hundreds of physics related Java
simulations, such as this Fourier
synthesis demonstration.
Bright
Surf presents today's science news and current science
events
Scroll down through this article
to see a 4 metre
great white shark following a 3.8 metre kayak.
Three years ago, Grigory Perelman, a Russian mathematician published
3 papers announcing that he had solved the Poincaré Conjecture.
The
Kids Room
Christine Terry’s “Other Citizen Scientist” --- a clearinghouse
of ideas for the classroom.
HobbyScience
--- A collection of fun and easy science and craft projects for kids.
Howtoons are cartoons showing kids how to build
things.
Optics
for Kids
Dr. Aís Classroom Demos
Science Fair Projects and
Experiments --- Topics, ideas, resources and sample projects
The Sustainable Technology Education
Project (STEP) aims to increase people's awareness of sustainable
technology,
ScienceMan --- A great science education
resource.
Suppliers
Being listed here does not constitute an endorsement by SAS or me of any information,
product or service.
Morgan
Electroceramic is a supplier of piezoelectric materials.
On
The Lighter Side
Mr.
DeVries and the Beavers
From
The Far Side
Blaze Labs
Jean-Louis Naudin’s
Field Effect Propulsion
page.
The
List of Alleged Secret Projects
Tesla & Hodowanec and their communications
with Mars.
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