[Milsurplus] Basic Electronics Course?

[J. Forster]

Hi All,

Thanks for all the input. Here is a brief summary of some of the resources
which have been suggested:


http://www.digilentinc.com/Classroom/RealAnalog/index.cfm

This is a lecture series, and quite well done. There is a guy going
bthrough the stuff on a whiteboard, as well as slides and problems. IMO,
this is the closest to actually taking a course. IMO, you will ONLY learn
this stuff if you do the problems.


There is a US Navy series called NEETS. It has been widely reccomended.
Here are several links:

http://www.phy.davidson.edu/instrumentation/NEETS.htm
http://jricher.com/NEETS/
http://www.w2hx.com/x/neets/

and Trisha Hayes has offered to email the series:  "Tisha Hayes"
<Tisha.Hayes at gmail.com>


And finally, there is the book, The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill.


If I had to learn this stuff from scratch, I think I'd choose in the order
given above. Not all the suggestions offered are listed above, but most
are reflected.

Best,

-John

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Hi,

I have a friend who is into electronics, but is lacking much of the
theory. He is interested both for job and hobby activities. He is good
with micros, but lacks things like transistors and opamps. He does have
quite a bit of practical experience, but needs the framework to tie it all
together.

Does anybody know of a good on-line course (free to low-cost) that can
teach him electronics, not at a real engineering level with differential
equations, but with enough math to be able to analyze and design common
circuits? RF is of lesser importance.

Also, a book with similar coverage might be helpful.

Thanks,

-John

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