[Noisebridge-discuss] End-all-be-all electronics poster?
jim
jim at well.com
Mon Feb 9 16:12:05 UTC 2009
capacitor polarity markings and leads
capacitor types and purposes
diode polarity markings and leads
diode types and purposes
i've got a second edition of paul scherz
"Practical Electronics for Inventors",
mcgraw-hill pub
it's got summaries and illos of pretty
much every electronic gizmo made and would
make a good starting point for a poster or
cheatsheet booklet (be mindful of copyright
when lifting from published books).
On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 20:43 -0800, Josh Myer wrote:
> David (dstaff) and I are hanging out next to the e-lab, and I
> mentioned one of my dreams: a collection of pinouts and standards
> (74xx, transistor packages, resistor color codes, etc), all printed
> out relatively small but big enough to read, on laminated sheets, on a
> ring clip. Then, you just need to grab a quick cheatsheet and flip to
> the right page.
>
> He made the obvious improvement: just make it a damned poster! This
> would be really hand, and I'll bet lots of people would love to have
> them.
>
> The question is then: what belongs on the poster?
>
> - 74xx pinouts
> - transistor packages (and how to orient them)
> - PIC pinout
> - Atmel/arduino pinout
> - resistor codes (color?)
> - common op amp pinouts (386 and 741)
> - 555 timer (and 556?)
> - common computer pinouts (serial and parallel)
> - LED (which lead is longer)
>
> What else belongs on here?
>
> (And who can help with lineart? =) )
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