Get the book "Becomming a Radio Amateur". It has all the basics you are speaking of. Jim KA9QHR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest W Christian" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: [EE] Basic Electronic Training (for purchaser) > I've got a person who is very bright, picks things up quickly, etc., who > is going to start doing some, or all, of my purchasing for me. She's > got quite a bit of science background, but not a lot, if any, > electronics/electrical background. Probably has a grade-school-level > knowlege of things like insulators and circuits, etc. > > She is one of those people (like myself) which works much better if she > can understand the general concepts of what she is doing instead of just > being given a specific list of "do x, y, and z, and don't worry why". > For that reason, I'm planning on doing a quick "electronics overview" > with her... showing things like how different capacitors react > differently in circuits, etc. Basically sitting down at the workbench > and building a few circuits on the protoboard, etc. That will give me > an opportunity to go over the basics that a purchasing person would need > to know, and help her understand what types of things are critical or > not. Probably burn a resistor or two to demonstrate the wattage value, > etc. > > I'd also like to point her at some web resources which would complement > this... going over basic things like what is a capacitor, and what types > of capacitors they are, what the wattage value of a resistor means, > etc. But everything I seem to be able to find is really heavy on > theory (little practical value for someone not designing), or really > really basic, and again doesn't provide much useful information. > > Again, thinking in the context of a purchasing person, who needs to be > able to locate, and suggest (not approve) acceptable substitutes for > components, etc.... Is anyone aware of some web resources which would > help, or even suggestions about the "Training"? > > Thanks, > > -forrest > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist