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Mental Automation, developers of SuperCAD, SuperPCB, mentalSPICE, mentalMAX, and other related products. Tools to quickly and easily design, simulate and analyze electronic circuits.

mentalSPICE Analog Simulator and EDA

"mentalSPICE is a simple yet powerful analog simulator that enables analysis of circuits using a personal computer. The Mental Automation Spice package works directly with SuperCAD, using the Oscilloscope display window for output. For static measurements, virtual voltmeters and ammeters are also provided."

Program Features

• Complete Berkeley Spice compatible inputs and outputs
• Full AC, DC, and transient analyses
• Noise, Fourier, Transfer function, and Pole-Zero analyses
• Built-in models for all common discrete analog devices
• Support for external libraries
• Temperature effects modeling

eCircuit Center - Spice Schematics

"The goal is a site where the learning of electronics is hands-on and fun. And the SPICE circuit simulator is a great software tool to achieve that goal. It hit me the first time I used SPICE - simulating is fun! And because it's easy to use, I've spent a lot of time building and exploring circuits." - Rick

• SPICE Basics
• SPICE Commands
• Circuit Collection

Circuits -

• Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) Op Amp
• Single-Supply AC Inverting Amplifier
• Instrumentation Amp (3 Op Amp)
• Sensor Bridge with Current Bias
• The PID Controller
• Pulse Width Modulation
• Precision Half-Wave Rectifier

channel-e Electronics Europe News

German - English - Russian information portal focussing on all aspects of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Presents daily news targeted at design engineers and managers in the fields of hardware and software engineering. Informs design engineers at SMBs, OEMs, ODMs, TEMs, design houses, VARs and System integrators. Newsletter

Robust Electronic Design - John R Barnes

"As an engineer, I am always working on new things. So I am going to make some mistakes. But I find it very embarrassing to have to redo something because of a mistake that I could and *should* have avoided. ....."

John R. Barnes KS4GL

"My first book, Electronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques, concentrated on designing electronic equipment to work."

Industrial Standards Index

EMC/EMI/ESD standards for residential/ commercial/ light-industry generic devices

Full Standards Index

(EMC), electromagnetic interference (EMI), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) standards for information technology equipment (ITE) and related (generic) equipment.

Robust Electronic Design, Inc.

CS152, Fundamentals of Computer Science II, and CS302, Programming Languages. Partial list of course webs for courses taught at Grinnell.

Samuel A. Rebelsky

A tutorial on Binary Numbers:

• Basic Concepts Behind the Binary System
• Binary Addition
• Binary Multiplication
• Binary Division
• Conversion from Decimal to Binary
• Negation in the Binary System

John Loomis - Course Web Pages

ECE 445 Signal Processing

• LM1458 Operational Amplifier
• Opto-Infrared Phototransistor Detector

Altera DE2 Board - DE2 Digital Lab Projects

Dr. John S. Loomis - Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Dayton

Microchip PIC32 - PIC32 Architecture and Programming

World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO

WIPO's Summer Schools, held in several locations worldwide.

"Industrial designs, also referred to simply as designs, concern the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of products. Industrial Designs are a type of industrial property, protected by intellectual property rights."

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Howstuffworks Electronics

"From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, HowStuffWorks has it covered..."

• Business Electronics
• Solid State Electronics
• Home Audio & Video
• Communication
• Computer

Lessons In Electric Circuits

This site provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for both students and hobbyists who are looking to expand their knowledge in this field.

by Tony R. Kuphaldt A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics

Socratic Electronics -

" The most important thing any educator can impart to a student, in any context, is the ability to teach themselves." Socratic Worksheets

All About Circuits - Free Electric Circuits Textbooks

TechOnline - Electronics Engineering Resources

Educational Resources for the Electronics Engineering Community.

• Analog Edge: Designing with pH Electrodes
• Power Management Guide
• Frequency Modulation (FM) Tutorial
• RF and Microwave: Design Challenges in PCBs

Design Articles

• The art of capacitive touch sensing
• Transistors and Elementary Circuits
• Choosing and Using Bypass Capacitors

Tech Courses

• Introduction to Mechatronics
• Fundamentals of Microcontrollers
• Fundamentals of FPGAs