Links to other sites

This is a partial list of some of my favourite sites. Hopefully you will find at least some of them of interest too.

Electronics

• Elliott Sound Products - Audio and hifi related projects. Rod has an excellent analysis of the ban on incandescent light bulbs
• Cool386's Australian Site of Vintage Technology. - Vintage radio and television
• TRONNORT Technology - David L. Jones' site. His video blog is worth checking out.
• Homo Ludens - Electronic and amateur radio projects. The pages on flying and photography are also worth looking at.
• Mike's Electric Stuff - Lots of nice high voltage and laser stuff, also a gallery of vintage electronic components.
• Spark, Bang, Buzz and Other Good Stuff. - Homemade components, including CRTs and semiconductors!
• Things to make and do - Lighting and special effects projects. I have built a few of Clive's RGB controllers, they work well.
• Dan's Workshop - Electronics projects, aluminium casting.
• Diverse Devices - Numerous practical hints on electronics construction and repair.
• Alan's Lab - Lots of good electronics and radio experiments
• Mark's Project Pages - Mark's site has his audio and test equipment designs, as well as a tour of his workshop
• Tesla Downunder - HV and tesla coil experiments
• Die Bastelecke - Lots of good ideas and experiments. In German, automated translation.
• Jeff Duntemann's Shop Tips - A guide to setting up an electronics workshop
• Optical mouse cam - A nice hack. High framerate, but very limited resolution.
• Induction Heating - Building an experimental induction heater
• Compact fluorescent lamp - A number of reverse engineered schematics for CFLs
• V-USB - A software "bit-bang" USB implementation for AVR micros
• Electronixandmore - Nixie clocks, oscilloscope pong, relay CPUs
• Andrew Holme's projects - Spectrum analyser, PABX, and more
• DIY Electronic Control Gear - Reusing the driver circuitry out of CFLs
• 13.8V / 15A from a PC Power Supply - Modifying an AT/ATX supply for higher output.
• Induction Generator - How to use an induction motor as an asynchronous alternator
• TIG Welder Project - An impressive power electronics project.
• Home Made Sonar - Simple system using a PC sound card.
• A digital water level meter - Uses a capacitive sensor.
• The Self Site - Anyone involved in audio will have heard of Douglas Self. Also check out his "Museum of Retro Tech"
• David Cook's Robot Room - Check out the Lego ohmmeter!
• Fingers elektrische Welt - All sorts of crazy devices. In German, automated translation, or just look at the pictures.
• The Guru's Lair - A wealth of electronic design information
• Color Mirror Screw Project - A colour mechanical TV set, using LEDs
• Homebrew CPU Home Page - Building a CPU out of discrete logic.

Circuits

• techlib.com - Lots of good circuit ideas, radiation detectors
• Mondo Technology - Microcontroller circuits
• Electronics DIY
• Electronics Projects (all on one page, takes a while to load)
• RadioLocman - A large index of circuits, sorted into categories
• Circuit Exchange International - Another good collection of circuits
• Discover Circuits - Another circuit index site
• 4QD-TEC More circuits.
• ELM - Hobby Electronics
• FC's Electronic Circuits
• Roman Black

Amateur Radio

• Hans Summers - Hans has a number of very well documented radio and computing projects.
• Harry's Homebrew Homepage - Lots more RF circuit ideas.
• Homebrew RF Test Equipment & Software - Includes plans for making a simple spectrum analyser out of a dead VCR.

Mechanical

• Max's Little Robot Shop - One of the best equipped home workshops I have ever seen, there is nothing 'little' about it.
• BackyardMetalcasting.com - As the name suggests, how to produce cast metal parts at home.

Microwave

• 10GHz CW radar - Modifying a microwave movement detector

Miscellaneous

• Drew Olbrich - Drew's 'Tricorder' and 'Stereoscopic Display' look like interesting ideas.
• Low budget trash hacking - Some simple mechanical construction ideas using recycled components
• Matthias Wandel's Home Page - His homemade scanner, printer, and plotter are pretty cool. Also check out the woodworking projects, especially the marble machines!
• Instructables - Amidst a sea of mediocrity, there are some wonderful ideas here.
• Remote Controlled Lawn Mower - An impressive, if somewhat dangerous, project.
• Jorn Loviscach : Ideas - A list of good ideas if you are looking for inspiration for a project.
• Plan 28 - A plan to construct Babbage's Analytical Engine

Alternative Energy

• otherpower.com - Information on home made wind turbines
• Build It Solar - Lots of information and plans for renewable energy.
• Energy Self Sufficiency Newsletter - An archive of newsletters, with lots of good information.
• Home Power - Some early issues of the US "Home Power" magazine
• The Centre for Alternative Technology - An alternative technology display in Wales
• The Back Shed - Homemade wind generator projects, also CNC technology

Forums

• EEVBlog - Electronics engineering forum.
• Fieldlines.com - Renewable Energy
• diyaudio.com - All aspects of building your own audio equipment.

Online books and reference material

• The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
• All About Circuits - Textbooks covering a variety of electronics topics

Repair Information

• sci.electronics.repair FAQ - This very comprehensive FAQ covers all aspects of troubleshooting and repair of electronic equipment.
• Les Lawry-Johns Stories - A collection of repair anecdotes from the UK magazine "Television"

History of Electronics & Technology

• The Totalizator - An electromechanical distributed information system developed in the early 20th century for calculating betting odds
• WWII Codes & Ciphers
• Narrow Bandwidth Television Association - Includes plans for mechanically scanned TV monitors.

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