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Electronics Reference and Tutorials

- a huge variety of electronics reference, tutorials, data and information pages are on this site. They cover all aspects of radio and electronics for the electronics engineering industry and community.

  • Antennas and propagation:     Overviews, reference information and tutorials about antenna and radio wave propagation concepts. Topics range from e/m wave theory and antenna basics to antenna types, and radio propagation methods.
  • Cellular telecoms:     Information, tutorials and reference about the cellular phone systems in use around the globe (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, cdmaOne, cdma2000 ... ) and the underlying cellular concepts.
  • Circuits and design:     A host of useful electronic circuits with electronics circuit design information along with practical hints and tips to enable the circuits to be successfully used.
  • Design principles and processes:     ESD (electrostatic discharge - the reasons why and how to prevent it). EMC and how to design to prevent interference. PCB design processes principles and guidelines
  • Electronic components:     Overviews and tutorials about a variety of electronic components and their relevant data. Essential information for electronic design engineers.
  • Electronics manufacture:     Overviews and tutorials about the methods and technology used in the manufacture of electronics equipment - SMT, pick and place, lead free solder, RoHS, WEEE directive and much more.
  • Formulae and data:     A large reference of useful formulae for use in electronics calculations along with a fascinating pot-pourri or data associated with electronics design and electronics engineering.
  • Radio broadcast technology:     Information and articles about some of the technologies used in radio broadcasting new and old including FM, RDS, DAB, DRM, HD Radio, DVB, etc ....
  • Radio history:     Articles and summaries about key technologies and pioneers in the field of radio and electronics history.
  • Radio receiver technology:     Tutorials and overviews about elements of radio receiver design including superhet or superheterodyne principles, PLLs, synthesizers and DSP as well as radio receiver specifications.
  • RF technology and design:     A large amount of information and tutorials about RF technology and design ranging from modulation formats, to circuit design techniques including phase locked loops, PLLs and frequency synthesizers.
  • Satellites:     Overviews of the basics of satellites and satellite technology, including transponders, communications satellites, DBS, GPS, satellite phones, etc.
  • Telecommunications and networks:     Information, overviews and tutorials about telecommunications and networking standards, techniques and technologies including RS232, Ethernet, E1, VoIP, fibre optics, etc.
  • Test and measurement:     Tutorials and overviews about electronics test strategies, test methods including ICT, boundary scan, VXI, GPIB, etc and test equipment from spectrum analyzers to oscilloscopes, and DMMs to frequency counters.
  • Wireless:     Overviews, summaries and reference information about wireless standards from 802.11 and WiMAX to Zigbee, Bluetooth, UWB and more.