Would this be useful

[kamakazi]

After reading the thread about LEDs and glowing buttons I have a question.  Would a basic, illustrated how-to be useful to the non-electronic types out there?  The basic DC electronics for stuff like this is actually simple, it's primarily a terminology issue.  We electronics types tend to throw around terminology like everyone knows what it means, which just makes  it confusing for the people who don't.  Anyway, if response is favorable, I am currently unumployed, so I have time and  expertise to do it, as well as a web site to put it on.  Just let me know , and if I get a favorable response I will go ahead and do it.

kamakazi

[1UP]

After reading the thread about LEDs and glowing buttons I have a question.

[David]

Count me in!

I could definitely use the education.

[planetjay]

http://basicelectronics.com

Click on the links like Theory, Apply it!, etc.

[SirPoonga]

http://basicelectronics.com

Click on the links like Theory, Apply it!, etc.

I didn't seem to find much on solenoids and relays and 555 timers there:)
I find it really hard to find a tutorial site, because when you search for it you usually get store links.
You electronic types through term arounf like use programmer types:)

[ErikRuud]

Sir Poonga,

I am not actually an electronic type, at least not professionally.  I am actually a programmer type.

I have picked up a lot of electronic knowledge along thew way.  My many interests have forced me to learn quite a number of strange things along the way.

Here are a couple of good sites for circuit examples, and other electronic stuff.

Bill Bowden's Hobby Circuits page is a good site for examples and links to other sites.
There are several examples of relay and timer circuits.


Tomi Engdahl's site is another very useful site, although some of it is in Finnish.

Weeder Technologies has some a number of devices that will work for thise not up to building an entire circuit themselves.  They cost more than an IPac, but the prices are actually fairly reasonable for these types of devices.