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Simple Electronics Guide

Simple Electronics Guide

Simple Electronics Guide

(OP)
Is there a website that explains or shows how to build what I would consider simple electronic assemblies.  I would like to put together some leds for stop lights and such and some simple circuits.  Is there any reference out there for a nonelectrical type of guy?  In a way, electronics for dummies.  The most complex I would try is LCDs showing like temputure from a sensor or an alarm going off if a temp is acheived or a conditions is set.  I know this is way below what you guys in here are used to, sorry to bore you with simple things.

RE: Simple Electronics Guide

Have you looked at howstuffworks.com?

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(OP)
I have on other things, love the site.  But I never looked at it for electronics.  I will check the site for it.  Thanks.

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There are a number of kits on www.electronics123.com but they still require some basic knowledge.  We learn from failure.  Give yourself a subscription to Popular Electronics.  I was employed part time repairing electronics while I was still in high school so it is possible to learn electronics just by reading.

RE: Simple Electronics Guide

To really get an understanding of basic practical electronics theory, I'd recommend checking out some university bookstores for 1st-year electronics course textbooks.

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(OP)
Peebee- I have actually, some friends of mine are EE like you guys and they gave or let me borrowed there books.  I am a visual learner though, I usually learn by doing it once.  I then went out and got the proto boards and things, power supply, but that is as far as I got.  

So reading about that stuff is hard for me more then other subjects, I cant seem to digust it as easy compared to others.  Some in terms of explaining how a system worked, like LED's.  Something that said how they worked, what they needed to work, most common configurations, and so on.  I am probaly way off, asking too much.  I think I might check the college and see what classes I might take.

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It's worth the time, AlexDring, to read the books or take a class.

Even relatively simple circuits, such as those in Radio Shack 10-in-one or 100-in-one kits, can be rather mind-boggling to reverse-engineer without having been trained to recognize some relatively common circuit topologies.

By the way, those 10-in-one and 100-in-one kits are a great source of basic circuit schematics and a cheap way to experiment on them.  Unfortunately, the kits do not provide much in the way of explanation of how the circuits actually work or how to design similar circuits.

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(OP)
Well shoot, I guess if I have too, I will.  I have too many little thoughts in my head that need minor electronics to make them useful thoughts.  I was hoping and reaching to see if there was a "hey stupid" book.  In order to understand is about the only time you can really do anything with something.  Your right Peebee, thanks for the input.

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Try radio shack they have kits on electronic

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Radio Shack has small, inexpensive basic electronics books I used in high school.  At the time, I felt they expressed the ideas and information for the non-engineer fairly well.

Otherwise, there is plenty of information on the web.

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Oooh, I checked out www.epanorama.net (suggested by busbar) & it is a pretty cool site....

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(OP)
Nice site Baldor

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