Parts
- Resistors
- Diodes / LEDs
- Capacitors
- Integrated Circuits (IC)
- Transistors
- Quartz Crystal
- Coils & Electromagnets
- Actuators
- Switches
- Encoders
- Batteries / Solar Cells
- Motors
Sensors
Sensors can be based on:
- Resistance
- Capacity
- Frequency
- Integrated Logic
- Voltage (PWM, Analog-Out)
- Serial
- IIC or I2C
- Digital Logic: TTL & CMOS compared
Circuits
- Voltage, Current & Resistance
- Powersources (+,-,GND,Vss,Vdd), moving direction
- Parallel & series circuits
- Cryptic abbreviations: TTL, CMOS, I2C/IIC, RS232...
- Integrated Circuits:
- DIP (Dual Inline Package)
- SMD (Sub Miniature Devices)
- Identifying Pin-Numbers
- Prototyping
- Alligator-Clips
- Breadboard
- PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards)
- Working with the Multimeter
- Finding and reading datasheets
general
- Units and their prefixes (pico, nano, micro...)
- Frequency and Sinewaves
- Digital numbers representation
Links
All About Circuits: online electronics book
http://www.loullingen.lu/unterrichtsunterlagen.php electronics course from Claude Loullingen
http://www.elexs.de/kap2.htm
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/m5/tutorials/tutorials.html
http://iad.projects.zhdk.ch/physicalcomputing/
Electronics and Electronics related Tutorials on sparkfun.com
Simulation with visualization of current flow (java applet)
...and of course the suppliers page…