Internal

Programmers Bay

• Microcontrollers
  • Arduino cheat sheet
  • How to burn the Bootloader
  • Using Attiny with Arduino
• Xbee
• Autoit
  • Autoit webcam
• Sketchup
  • Creating Gears in Sketchup
  • Creating Sketchup Videos
  • Converting sketchup to STL and DXF

• Misc

Mechanical Lab

• Workshop
  • Vacuum Former
  • Belt Sander
  • Drill Press
  • Band Saw
  • Hot Wire Cutter
  • DIY Leaf Brake to bend Aluminum (wood)
  • DIY Leaf Brake to bend Aluminum (small)
  • DIY Leaf Brake to bend Aluminum (larger)
• CNC Milling
  • Fireball V90
• 3D Printing
• Casting and Mold Making
  • Molding Materials: silicone, resin, clays, release agents etc

Electronics

• Soldering
  • Soldering 101
  • How to reflow
  • Soldering tools
  • Tape and Reel
    • Air filtration Systems
    • Simple Rubber Band Powered PCB Holder
• Circuits
  • DC Motors
    • How to wire a DPDT Switch to a Motor
  • Current Sources
    • Simple LED Current Source
    • Advanced LED Current Source with PWM control and Enable
  • Power Protection Strategies
    • Simple Diode By far the lowest cost solution, but has a large voltage drop
    • Crowbar Fuse and Diode A low voltage drop solution, but requires fuse replacement after every failure
    • P FET Slightly more expensive than a diode but linear voltage drop
    • Poly Zen Expensive but very effective
  • Light Circuits
  • Dark Activated Emergency Light
  • Simple Relay Circuit
  • InfraRed Beam Break Detector
  • High Side Current Meter
  • Transconductance Amplifier
  • Stepper Motors
  • Hobby Servos
  • Multiple Buttons using one Analog Read
  • 12 Input Matrix Scanning Methods
• Components
  • LvL Translators
    • TXB0102 - 2-channel Bi-directional Auto-Direction Logic Level Converter ($0.46ish)
    • TXB0304 - 4-channel Bi-directional Auto-Direction Logic Level Converter
    • TXB0108 - 8-channel Bi-directional Auto-Direction Logic Level Converter
    • LVC1T45 - 1 ch Bi Direction LVL Translator
    • LVC2T45 - 2 ch Bi Direction LVL Translator ($0.22ish)
    • Discrete One Directional - http://www.rocketnumbernine.com/2009/04/10/5v-33v-bidirectional-level-converter
  • Optical
    • 7 segment LED
  • Misc
    • IR Receiver
    • Electryte
    • 555 Timer
    • 555 Timer Servo Circuit
    • A3982 Stepper Motor Driver
  • 7400 Series
    • big list of 7400 parts
    • 74151 Multiplexer
    • 74164 8-Bit SIPO Shift Register
    • 74595 8-Bit SIPO Shift Register (with Latch)
    • TPIC6B595 8-Bit SIPO Shift Register (w Latch & 150mA Drains)
  • DC-DC Converters
    • LM317 Adjustable Voltage Regulator
    • LM7805 5V Fixed Linear Regulator 1.5A
    • LM2576 5V Buck Regulator/BEC
    • MAX682 5V Charge Pump
    • MCP1700 3.3V LDO
  • Sensors
    • SS541 Hall Effect Sensor
    • BPW34 Photodiode
    • Photo Resistor Light Detector
  • Op Amps
    • LM324 Quad Low Power Op Amp
    • LM358 Dual Low Power Op Amp
  • Transistors
    • Common Transistors
  • Clock Sources
    • Crystals Resonators Oscillators
  • Capacitors
    • X2Y Capacitors
    • Everything you want to know about Capacitors
  • Haptics
    • Intro Into Vibrating Feedback
    • ERM
    • LRA

• PCB Design Tools
  • LT Spice tool for simulating Circuits
  • Saturn PCB design toolkit
  • Altera Tool for designing Power Distribution Networks
  • How use the toner transfer method
  • PCB Test Pattern
  • Electronic Design Automation Tools
• Design Spark
  • http://www.designspark.com/pcb?
• Fritzing - The site where we draw our breadboards
  • http://fritzing.org/
• Eagle CAD
  • Advanced Eagle Commands
  • How to manufacture your PCB
  • How to duplicate designs in eagle
  • How to generate sketchup from eagle using eagleUP
  • How to generate bitmaps in eagle
  • How to generate g code from eagle
  • How to make a symbol in Eagle Library

• Where to buy hardware
• Where to buy electronics
• Useful EE Sites

• Electrical References
  • Notes from Signal and Power Integrity Simplified, Second Edition
  • Common DC Connectors
  • Wire Gauge
  • LEDs
  • Electronic Symbols

• Communication Protocols

• • USB (empty)
  • I2C (empty)
  • SPI (empty)
  • RS232 Protocol Test Methods and Description
  • RS422 (empty)
  • RS485 (empty)
  • CAN (empty)
  • LIN (empty)
  • FlexRay (empty)
  • JTAG (empty)
  • MIL1553 (empty)
  • PCIe (empty)
  • SAS/SATA (empty)
  • MIPI (empty)
  • HDMI (empty)

Reference Charts

• Monitor Mounting Hole Dimensions
• Types of Tape
• Types of Adhesive
• Drill/Taps Sizes
• Cunning Turtle SKUs
• Shipping
• How to estimate product weights accurately
• 3D warehouse for models
• google sketchup 3d repository
• converting 3d model formats

Misc stuff

• How to use inkscape to vectorize a sketch
• Drawing Gears in inkscape
• How to Anodize Aluminum at Home
• How to Stain PVC using tetrahydrofuran
• Injection Molding at Home
• Casting/gluing/Welding ABS with acetone
• Road Case Parts Supplier
• Cables, Audio, Keystone Plates/Fittings, etc

Cunning Calcultors

• Designing a Javascript Calculator
• Calculate LED Resistor

Misc Suppliers

• Aluminum Extrusion Supplier
• Handles for Brief Cases, Trunks
• Road Case Fittings
• Lots of hardware parts like mcmaster carr
• Optical Supplier
• Optical Supplier