Resources

Suppliers

Arduino

• Arduino.cc
  Arduino official website.
　

• Amazon
  prime!


• Adafruit
  Close in NYC, generally fast shipping


• Sparkfun
  shipping can be slow

Electonics

• Digi-Key Electronics
  Electronic supermarket. We will go over how to use it in the class


• MOUSER Electronics
  Another Electronic supermarket (shipping tends to be slower)


• All Electronics
  You can find some cheap things


• American Science and Surplus
  Great store for cheap surplus electronics. They will give you very nice hand drawn catalogue


• Electronics Goldmine
  Another great surplus store


• Marlin P. Jones
  Another great surplus store


• Adafruit
  Big selection. Located in NYC so they ship pretty quickly.


• Electronix Express
  Huge selection of basic components at (usually) good prices. Shipping can be a little slow


• Sparkfun
  Big selection of arduino and sensors. There are good learning resource too.


• Robot Digg
  Cheap robotic components like linior rails, stepper motors etc.. Shipping is expensive so you should get friends together to do a big orfer. A lot of 3D printer and CNC components too.

Materials and components

• McMaster-Carr
  Can be little expensive but you can find most things from raw materials to hardwares, tools etc. Fast shiping!


• Grainger
  Another inductrial supply store.


• Inventables
  Sells some experimental materials, PCBs (one we used in class) and machine components.


• Harbor Sales
  Great place to buy plastics like acrylic and HDPE sheets etc... It has a minimum order but it's located in Baltimore so they deliver to you quickly and they are very nice people.

Tutorials

• Arduino Foundations
  Extended guide for learning arduino


• Adafruit Arduino Lessons
  Well documented 17 parts tutorials


• Sparkfun
  How to use multimeter and Suggested Reading


• ITP Physical Computing
  Step by step tutorials of basic electronics and arduino under the tab "topics"


• talkingelectronics.com
  hardcore transistor circuits


• Nicolas Collins
  Tutorials from book "Handmade Electronic Music"

Tools -- softwares and texts

• Tinkercad
  Circuit making and sumilation software from Autodesk. You can simulate Arduino code


• Fritzing
  Another Circuit prototyping and PCB software
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• Arduino Reference Page
  Arduino Language reference for details and examples


• falstad
  online electronic circuit simulator
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• Forrest Mims, III
  Text : Getting Started in Electronics


• Forrest Mims, III
  Volume III: Electronic Sensor Circuits & Projects

Tools -- you might want to invest near future

• Multimeter

  This is on the top of the list of tools you might want. It’s an measuring/testing device that will help you troubleshoot. Very important. You will say thank you to multimeter. Price veries, you might get something like This to start.

• Soldering Iron

  We have soldering stations in our department for you to use so you don’t have to get one, but if you have to have one don’t get a cheap one. Weller makes reliable and economical ones like This

• Wire Strippers

  A tool designed to strip the wires, very useful.This

• Screw Drivers

  A pair (+ and -) of small screw drivers will come in handy

• Aligator Clips

  It will make your experiment speed up, but make sure it is soldered on good!

• Third Hand

  Your friend who holds your wires and components for you while you solder This