Dear All,

I'm new to this list as well as to the world of electronics,
so please pardon my ignorance.    I am reading up on electronics
by scanning the Net for information and will probably buy
a reference book on Electronics soon (once I find a decent
book - any suggestions?).

I managed to google a temperature sensor/data logger and
I do have the parts list and I have a Digi-key catalog(2005).
[Got this list from http://quozl.netrek.org/ts/]

     * preprogrammed PIC 12C509 microcontroller chip,
     * 1N4003 diode,
     * 78L05 voltage regulator,
     * 100uF electrolytic capacitor,
     * n+1 10uF tantalum capacitors 10V,
     * n DS1820 sensors,
     * n 2.2k pull-up resistors,
     * printed circuit board,
     * female 9-pin or 25-pin D connector,
     * cable.

Can someone advise me as to how to look up these parts?

I managed to find the Dallas DS18S20 sensor (on the web,
it says DS1820, but I can't find that and somewhere I
read that DS1820 = DS18S20, is this right?) and also
the PIC12C509A chip(but it doesn't say if it's already
pre-programmed.  (In the case that it hasn't been
pre-programmed, should i find the pre-programmed one
or the 'empty' and program it myself using a programmer?)
I can practically say I don't know assembly, but am willing
to learn.

I've tried finding the parts and have come up with
the following lookups:

16V 100uF cap     = P944-ND
25V 10uF          = P916-ND
DB9 female right
   angle connector = A23301-ND
1N003             =  ?? ( I thought it'd be 1N4003MSTR-ND,
                           or the 1N4003DICT-ND,
                           but these are rectifiers and
                           not diodes or is there
                           a difference?)
78L05 volt. reg.  = MC78L05ACPRA/E
10uF tantalum
    capacitor 10V  = P2026-ND


Any help very much appreciated.

Edmund
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