Electricity Electronics Helpful links
Electricity Electronics Helpful links
This page will be under constant construction so please be patient. At this point it will be a collection of links to resources related to the study of electricity and electronics.
This is an awesome site that will dispel a lot of myths that have been perpetuated over the years in k12 schools.
https://www.circuitlab.com/editor/#?id=x2tvf5
Online circuit simulator and store.
Online circuit simulator and store.
This site contains information on capacitor safety and testing
-this is a link to a site the compares electron flow to water flow to help explain pressure, resistance, flow and power.
How to Pronounce Gustav Robert Kirchoff
DIVIDER CIRCUITS AND KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
Current divider circuits
This link explains _P-type and N-type semiconductor material
youtube video explaining how LED's work
sample ohms law problems in .pdf
Video explaining valence band, conductance band, etc.
-This link explains the relationship between amps, watts, volts and ohms.
ohms law sample problems to solve online
http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=DCE2102
Power consumption in a series circuit
Power consumption in a series circuit
This site contains some tutorials for electronics. This specific page covers resistors in parallel.
tutorials in electronics from series to parallel to complex combination circuits
Youtube video explaining Kirchoff's current law as it applies to AC circuits with lights
Youtube video that explains how to solve a simple parallel circuit given source voltage and individual resistance-loop rule. 11:01 minutes long
Site with online sample voltage divider problems and explanation
This is a discussion of the validity of comparing electricity constructs to constructs in water systems.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/inductor1.htm
What inductors are and how do they work
What inductors are and how do they work
This is a link explaining how AC electricity works
Basic AC Theory
This is a great introduction to microcontrollers
PBASIC commands
This page gives frequency equivalents of specific musical notes
This page converts note duration to milliseconds for a given tempo
Basic Stamp files
Lab Materials
This file contains information from the help file only available on the basic stamp editor. If you need to look somethings up and do not have access to the software download this .pdf file. It contains pictures that will help you identify all of the parts that the BASIC stamps contain.
Updated 12/1/2013
This is a microcontroller lab manual for the class. It will be undergoing frequent revisions and updates so you may need to download an updated version later. You will be required to print pages from this to complete during class.
https://www.punxsy.k12.pa.us/cms/lib/PA01001168/Centricity/Domain/116/Student_Guide_3.0.pdf
What's a Microcontroller Student Guide 3.0
https://www.punxsy.k12.pa.us/cms/lib/PA01001168/Centricity/Domain/116/BASIC Stamp Manual v2.2.pdf
Basic Stamp Manual
This is a sample pushbutton program that counts the number of times that a pushbutton is pressed and changes the behavior of two LED's after the 5th press.
Basic Stamp Files
Installation
http://www.muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2-experimental/downloads.shtml
MACBS2 programming software
MAC: For installing the drivers on MAC OSX
MAC: link to a website with virtual com port drivers that are needed for the MAC platform to drive the Basic stamp USB interface.
Windows: This pdf contains installation notes for a the PL2303 USB to serial interface cable.
Microcontroller Resources
Trends in microcontroller use in automobiles
Additional resource on microcontrollers: what they are, how they are programmed, list of BASIC instructions, instructions for the BASIC Stamp
Table of ASCII codes
Microcontroller project page
explanation of bits, bytes and words.
Transistors
This is a good site for explaining selecting a transistor for switching
Modes of operation, animations, explanation.
Calculations for transistors including gain, collector current,
Great example of the math involved in finding out how to determine the specs required for a transistor operating as a speed control.
http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/transistor/tran_7.html
MOSFET used as a switch