While looking for HackerSpaces in my area, I came across the Philadelphia HackerSpace Hive76. Apparently the group has an Art of Electronics class, and while looking through their wiki – I found an excellent Java applet that gives examples as to how many common circuits work.

Thanks to Hive76 for linking to this electronics resource. Paul Falstad has done a great job putting this simulator together, I definitely recommend it.

I recently received a Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk (man is that hard to say in the proper order).

The rules are simple: Sign up for a box (or start your own), dig through it and document (in some form) what you’ve taken  from the box and what you’re doing with it, and ship it off to the next person in line. I feel bad that I’ve been sitting on this box for longer than I should have (normally no more than 7-14 days)… but with work, other projects, a house, and not enough sleep lately, progress has been a bit slow. (My apologies)

Let’s go digging:

I’ve found some use already with large capacitors and solenoids (and my Electronics Learning lab kit)… and a small handful of other parts are going into an upcoming project that I plan on writing up (that’ll happen soon). Adding  a few items to the box, and off to the post-office on Monday to keep this thing in circulation.