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Contents
Electricity
What is Electricity? from Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi
Fundamentals of Electricity (Detailed, Technical)
Essential Electronics Concepts
Ohm's Law - Everything starts here!
Polarity (+ & -)
Series v. Parallel
Analog v. Digital
Pull-up Resistors (essential info for using sensors)
Voltage Divider (THIS IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU MIGHT THINK)
POWER! (watts & stuff, or "how to not blow up stuff")
Tools and Calculators
Ohms Law Calculator
Resistor Colour Code & Calculator
Voltage Divider Calculator
Simple Voltage Divider Calculator
Basic Components
A List of Components, Symbols, and Functions: http://electronicsclub.info/circuitsymbols.htm
The Electronics Club: http://electronicsclub.info/
Resistors: http://electronicsclub.info/resistors.htm
Switches: http://electronicsclub.info/switches.htm
Capacitors: http://electronicsclub.info/capacitors.htm
Diodes: http://electronicsclub.info/diodes.htm
Transistors: http://electronicsclub.info/transistors.htm
Relays: http://electronicsclub.info/relays.htm
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes): http://electronicsclub.info/leds.htm
Variable Resistors and Potentiometers: http://electronicsclub.info/variableresistors.htm
Mail Order Electronics Suppliers
Digikey: http://www.digikey.ca (wholesale components)
Mouser: http://ca.mouser.com/ (wholesale components)
Newark/Element14: http://canada.newark.com/ (wholesale components)
Sparkfun Electronics: http://www.Sparkfun.com (parts, kits, tutorials, breakouts, modules - USA)
Adafruit: http://www.adafruit.com/ (parts, kits, tutorials, breakouts, modules - USA)
Robot Shop Canada: http://www.robotshop.com/ca/en/ (parts, kits, modules)
Pololu: http://www.pololu.com/ (parts, modules - usually very small and cheap - USA)
Diigiit Robotics: http://www.ca.diigiit.com/ (parts, kits, modules - small but might have hard to find stuff)
Solarbotics: http://solarbotics.com/ (parts, kits, modules, breakouts - in Calgary)
ABRA: http://abra-electronics.com/ (components, parts, kits, modules, etc - in Montreal)
Spikenzie: http://www.spikenzielabs.com/ (components, kits, modules, breakouts - in Montreal)
Servo City: http://www.servocity.com/ (servos, robot parts, structural parts - USA)
Local Suppliers
Lee's Electronics: http://www.leeselectronic.com/
RP Electronics: http://www.rpelectronics.com/
Main Electronics: http://www.mainelectronics.com/
Metal Supermarkets: http://metalsupermarkets.com/ (low quantity metals)
