Author Topic: electronics in general....  (Read 1620 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline VeparTopic starter

  • Beginner
  • *
  • Posts: 6
  • Helpful? 0
electronics in general....
« on: November 29, 2009, 05:36:24 AM »
hello there, i have just made an account on this forum so i'd like to say hi to everyone....

i think this might be a wee bit off topic but... lately ive gotten an eager desire to learn about robots tho i do not have much knowledge about electronics so i was wondering if anyone could share some info of any site that has electronics tutorials... as i stated, im a noob at electronics so anything that doesnt require online shopping is of much help :P

Offline SmAsH

  • Supreme Robot
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,959
  • Helpful? 75
  • SoR's Locale Electronics Nut.
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 05:41:23 AM »
Well, tutorials don't require shopping :D
http://www.societyofrobots.com/
Any specific kind of tutorial your looking for?
Howdy

Offline VeparTopic starter

  • Beginner
  • *
  • Posts: 6
  • Helpful? 0
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 05:48:04 AM »
well actually, i want to learn how to hook up stuff... i dont really know how to explain it but lets say that i want to know stuff like "what does this diode do?" and similar stuff... was thinking of getting different books to read but unfortunatelly i havent had much success with finding one...

anyways, id like a guide from the beginning.... as i said "what does this do?"

Offline SmAsH

  • Supreme Robot
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,959
  • Helpful? 75
  • SoR's Locale Electronics Nut.
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2009, 05:52:51 AM »
Howdy

Offline VeparTopic starter

  • Beginner
  • *
  • Posts: 6
  • Helpful? 0
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 06:00:52 AM »
oh, cheers mate. i somehow failed to find that page :S

anyways, if anyone else has any useful pages feel free to link, one can never learn too much, right? :P

Offline Soeren

  • Supreme Robot
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,672
  • Helpful? 227
  • Mind Reading: 0.0
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 07:43:33 AM »
Regards,
Søren

A rather fast and fairly heavy robot with quite large wheels needs what? A lot of power?
Please remember...
Engineering is based on numbers - not adjectives

Offline Razor Concepts

  • Supreme Robot
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,856
  • Helpful? 53
    • RazorConcepts
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 01:04:48 PM »
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/

Their E-book is great, however at times it is hard to understand.

Offline VeparTopic starter

  • Beginner
  • *
  • Posts: 6
  • Helpful? 0
Re: electronics in general....
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2009, 09:18:09 AM »
cheers razor, that site seems fairly nice... ill give it a shot...