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Acronyms Dictionary Probably the best on-line Acronyms listing to be seen anywhere. Check those TLAs.

 

Anandtech Anandtech on-line reviews, archives and essential PC techie data. (US-based.)

Antex Soldering iron and equipment manufacturer.

Arizona Microchip The Home Page of Arizona. (Note, new URL).

 

Avast! Anti Virus one of the best free A/V programs for home users. Commercial licences available for businesses.

Avtech's Unusual Diode FAQ - all sorts of useful info. concerning diode technology and usage - see what a brick-built diode looks like!

AVG Anti Virus - very popular free AV package

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The Basic Desoldering Guide Introducing the latest photo sequence in our popular and acclaimed on-line resource. How to desolder circuit boards, step by step.

Beta Layout Ltd PCB-Pool is a company servicing prototyping requirements. Free software download available. Masking and multi-layer board options available.

Bibliofind Book-site with a difference - secondhand books from around the world, great for esoteric technical books. Now owned by Amazon.com. (Dr. David Harrison.)

Bowood Electronics - UK retailer of electronic components.

 

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CIBSE Chartered Institution of Building Engineers: if you're involved with electronic control systems in building work, e.g. industry and civil buildings, you may find some interesting data here. Also of general interest.(Murray Cameron.)

Circuit Exchange Site for exchanging ideas, circuits and information between electronics enthusiasts. (Andy Collinson).

Circuit Magic software for teaching theory. Supports simulation using Kirchhoff's laws, Node Voltage and Mesh Current methods. Schematic and vector diagram editors included. (Andrey Kononov.)

Compukit UK101 Home Page Remember the Compukit UK101, the late 1970's single-board computer? All sorts of UK101-related information is available here on this enthusiastic site maintained by John Honniball.

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Datasheet Directory New Internet home for the UK supplier directory formerly run by Applegate Publishing.(J. Birr-Pixton.)

 

 

Digitivity Electrical and Electronics Industry Marketplace providing information on electronic and electrical products, manufacturers, trade events, tenders and more

DIY Electronics Hong Kong based kit manufacturer. Lots of links and topical opinions on this site.

Electronics-Radio.com's DMM Page

Dolby Laboratories Inc. The Web Site of the pioneers of noise reduction systems.

Dontronics Don McKenzie's huge resource for Atmel & PIC micro hardware and software, kits available through resellers.

Don Klipstein's Home Page Anything to do with lighting, fluorescent tube dimming, the Blue LED FAQ, xenon tubes and more.

Don Lancaster's web site (the Guru's Lair) Home of the well-known American electronics writer with a variety of interesting material available. Adobe Acrobat reader needed for some pages.

Downloads.com Immense online resource of downloads for all operating systems.

Duracell Batteries (USA) Technical data and info. on Duracells.

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EG3 The World's largest electronics resource, an essential bookmark for all electronics engineers, embedded systems and more. (corrects the published URL. ARW).

EIO's Forum index Technical forums maintained by US firm EIO, dealing with a variety of advanced topics including LCD's, laser light shows, lasers, fibre optics and CCD's.

 

Electronics2000 Beginners guides, interactive calculators and more. (Simon Carter)

Electronic Cookbook Archive Popular site for circuits etc. at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Electronics in Meccano On-Line Quarterly magazine to encourage the adoption of electronics in Meccano models (new address).

Electronics-Radio.com A site for electronics and radio enthusiasts with introductions on basic electronics, analogue circuits, digital or logic circuits, useful formulae and radio.

Electronic Repair Center US web site with on-line articles and info. on repairs, monitors, testing etc.

Electronic Services Unit University of Surrey resource, for project builders, hardware mods. and more. (Philip Miller Tate)

Electrostatic Solutions Ltd. Answers related to ESD and static electricity (e.g. static shocks from cars etc.) will be found here, well worth a look. (Dr. Jeremey Smallwood.)

EPE Online Our on-line international edition, available for download, only $9.99 for twelve issues!

ESR Components offer a kit service for EPE readers.

Everything PCB Resource guide for the PCB industry (Danny Carr)

 

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Farnell Components The world's largest catalogue-based distributor.

Feedback & Temperature Control Shows how feedback affects circuits, using an oven as an example. (Dr CDH Williams, University of Exeter UK.)

Fluorescent Lighting On-line document on fluorescent lamps, worth bookmarking.(Paul Fletcher.)

Freedrive A web-based FTP space service, where you can upload, store and share files with your friends. 20MB free for some advertising. (Bob Winstanley.)

F-Secure Anti Virus — currently our webmaster's choice for home users, easy to use, annual price includes three licences.

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GRC Internet security web site - home of the respected SpinRite hard disk maintenance program.

HM Government Information Service An impressive web site linking to anything connected with the Civil Service. Leads to The British Monarchy Web Site Overseas readers might be interested in this, the internet presence managed on behalf of the Royal Family.

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Harry's Homebrew Page Tons of stuff, circuits, PCB production and loads more besides, well worth checking over.

Peter Hayles' Home Page Electronics & Computing Home Page - Avionics, military aircraft, NiCd charger and more (Peter Hayles)

Henry's Electronics (London) London-based electronics supplier for over 60 years.

The History of the Telephone Excellent on-line feature courtesy of Tom Farley.

Hobby Projects - for students, hobbyists, R&D, tutorials, circuits, projects MCUs, and more.

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IC Master New free on-line version of the annual book "The IC Master" (Bob Schoonmaker, New York).

Ian Poole's Radio & Electronics Website Mainly concerned with radio, valve (vacuum tubes) codes, but expanding to include electronics-related content.

Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) IEE Home Page.

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Kaspersky Anti Virus — powerful antivirus for the more advanced user, download a free trial of this popular software

Keyboard, Monitor and Mouse Pinouts for PC, SUN, MAC, USB Courtesy of Network Technologies Inc., hardware pinout data. (Matt Waite.)

 

Steve Kropla's Help for World Travellers Planning a trip overseas? You'll find lots of info. about overseas electric supplies and phones systems on this excellent site. (New URL.)

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Laser-Optics UK A first-rate site on lasers and opto-electronics in the UK, with links to a USA equivalent. Laser tutorials, details of UK research groups and more besides. Commendable effort.

Liberty BASIC for Windows programming novices and enthusiasts of Liberty Basic. Forums, tutorials, more besides. (Carl Gundel.)

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Macdisk Macintosh to PC cross platform advice.

Magenta Electronics Long established supplier of kits, PIC Icebreaker, TENS unit and more.

Maplin Mail order supplier of components etc.

Material Safety Data Sheets The low-down on MSDS's as required by manufacturers and users of classified chemicals. Excellent resource for end-users of workplace chemicals.

Matrix Multimedia Publishers of the CD ROM, "Parts Gallery + Electronic Circuits & Components - An Introduction."

Maxfield & Montrose Interactive Teach-In 98 students - check the "Library" for excellent on-line help with Karnaugh Maps, in this specially-published extract from the excellent "Bebop" books written by Clive Maxfield.

Media4com Mac to PC information resource.

The First Microchip Texas Instruments' corporate site describing the work of TI engineer Jack Kilby.

Mike's Electric Stuff Incredible site by Mike Harrison depicting vintage glass valves (tubes), scary-looking Tesla coil experiments, EHT experiments, blasting chips with EHT. Great fun, must see!

Milford Instruments Controls and robotics kits, Parallax Basic stamps, robotic kits and more.

Mijo Kovacevic's (S51KQ) web site 87MB of data, projects, telecoms, digital camcorder DV-IN data, microwave ham radio, 68010, '51, PIC & AVR, lots more. (Slovenia.)

MMLogic Multimedia Logic System Demo available of a PC logic simulator software package.

Modems On-line information resource, all about modems (by Zoom Telephonics, Inc.)

Mozilla.org The new centre for Firefox, the best alternative to Internet Explorer.

Mushroom Components A U.K. source of obsolete semiconductors, this site has a search engine which might help you out.

Music Machines Home of musical electronica on the web. Music machines offers images, software, schematics, and lots of tips and comments from electronic musicians all over the Internet. (Simon Davis.)

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OK Industries Site of the specialist electronics tool and hardware manufacturer, links to worldwide sites.

OpenHere Major family-orientated index & search site, featuring the Basic Soldering Guide in the Aviation/ Model-making section.

Opera Software Opera is an independently-designed and unique web browser.

Orlin Technology Ltd. - PIC based web servers and client modules.

Electronics-Radio.com's Oscilloscope Test Methods

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Parallax Inc. BASIC Stamps, PIC development tools.

Peak Electronic Design Ltd. Manufacturer of professional and hobbyist test equipment, this site has several attractions on display (literally!).

'PIC' Project Mirror Enthusiastic mirror of EPE micro codes is maintained by Thomas Stratford in the U.K.

Philips (now NXP) Semiconductor data sheets The place to go for device data and CMOS HEF4000 series data sheets (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). Download then view/ print when offline.

PKWare The home of PKZIP file compression software.

PM Services PCB related information from a professional PCB manufacturer

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QBASIC Resource from folks who think QBASIC is a great learning tool - lots of QBASIC info here. (Dr. David Harrison.)

Quasar Electronics Mail order specialists in unusual kits, surveillance items and electronic components.

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Radio-Electronics.com Resource of free tutorials, information, data and articles about all aspects of radio and electronics, including circuits, components, radio and some interesting electronics/ radio history articles.

Radio-Electronics.com's Ham Radio page

Rayovac Batteries Web site with lots of data for OEM's and consumers.

Reo Components Suppliers of key parts to the power electronics industry, wound parts, EMC filters. (Sally Ragbourne.)

RS Components RS (Radio Spares - not to be confused with Radio Shack) is a huge, prestigious supplier of components to European industry. Their web site maintains their sophisticated on-line presence and is well worth a visit to see how it's done.

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Sagebrush Systems "MouSing" Theremin Simulator for the PC, plus more interesting shareware (Wind Chimes, Wave Sounds, Applaud), available on time-limited trials. TV / VCR on PC and more.

Schoolzone Educational resource search engine, results vetted and approved by a panel of teachers.

Sci Central American site created for scientists and engineers. Over 120 scientific disciplines, leading to 50,000 sites or more.

Science Lobby - a useful collection of circuits, tutorials, projects, Science Fair for beginners, hobbysists, engineers.

Science Hobbyist Bill Beaty's site on anything to do with amateur science. Tons of interesting things to do here. Tesla coils, Jacob's ladders, etc.

Sergeant Alvin York Project the definitive online guide and downloadable EBook covering the US Army's WW1 hero, Sergeant Alvin C. York decorated with the MH for his WW1 battlefield action in France.

Sensors Magazine Online Sensors magazine (Steve Yates)

Show Your Projects.com You'll find many projects made, designed and published by people like you. If you like electronics, robotics, computer interfacing etc then browse our collection of projects!

Sir-Kit Electronics Long-established EPE advertiser, providing electronics kits for beginners and those studying GCSE Electronics.

Snapfiles.com Huge array of commercial software, shareware and freeware for you to download.

SPICE 3 User's Manual HTML version, also includes a search facility, cross-references and notes. (Dr CDH Williams, University of Exeter UK.)

Stepper Motors Ian Harries' site with links for anything to do with stepper motors

String Quartet Leeds The superb Halcyon string quartet for corporate events, civil ceremonies or wedding ceremony music in Leeds, Yorkshire.

SUMA Designs Electronic surveillance equipment specialists.

 

Symantec Anti Virus Research Center Leading source of virus data and software to combat the latest virii.

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Technical Data Systems Technical data base on 70,000 component references, buy on CD ROM.

 

Thermoelectric Engineering Handbook One to bookmark, courtesy of Melcor, Inc. in the USA. Peltier Effect information, thermocouples. etc. - excellent resource with plenty of data and background for the designer.

Thresh's FiringSquad- overclocking, CPU and hardware info, gaming reviews, forums and more. (US-based.)

Tom Boyd's Home Pages - School/ hobby electronics Basics, links and more in this enthusiast's web site.(Tom Boyd.)

Tom's Hardware Guide An absolutely first-rate and invaluable site for PC users upgraders.

Twysted-Pair.Com Info. source for electronics enthusiasts, with forums, abbreviations info, dictionary, bulletin boards, links etc., worth investigating.

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UK Universities, Colleges & Research Sites Locate any British University with this fantastic UK Academic Site map. The easiest way to find any address.

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Varta Batteries Excellent site for the battery manufacturers,, with lots of data.

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Wenzel Associates Commendable mix of commercial and hobby electronics, contains many tutorials and some very interesting projects in their technical library, written by those nice folks at Wenzel. (Bob Schoonmaker, New York).

Windrivers.Com A good place to check up on the latest drivers for your Windows OS, although slow when tested.

Alan Winstanley's web site Home Page of the EPE technical author and electronics magazine contributor.

WinZIP Best "ZIP" file compression/ decompression software for Windows. Understands a great many file types.

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The Xtal Set Society Great resource with plans, books, tips etc. for constructing crystal set radio receivers. (USA.)

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4QD Ltd. Manufacturers of heavy duty d.c. motor controllers for electric vehicles, lot more practical circuits besides.