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NAVIGATION
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I got started prabably by the Robot Room, a great
site for beginners as well as people that know about electronics, and
man was it hard. I never seemed to have the right parts for what
I wanted to do. Half the problem is that I live in a little town
and have to order everything off the internet. Anyways, as I
started to gradually get more and more parts it gradually god easyer
and easyer.
I still dont have everyhting I would like but I don't have all the
money I would like either. So here are a couple of tips so you
don't get
to frustrated in this hobby...
1.Start simple...only don't try to do things that
confuse you. Maybe look something up on the internet then
experiment. Once you master something move on to something else.
2.Have the right tools, its not hard to find good inexpensive tool...i'll have tools listed later on.
3.Whenever you buy components buy like 5 or 6 extra
than you need. If you do this every time you get stuff you will
start getting a nice big library of parts.
4. Try to be as organized as possible. Things
can get to be a mess and it's nice to always know where things are.
5. Have fun. If you dont like electronics you will get very frustrated and most likely waste a lot of money.
Now I've prabably left you thinking "now what"... well
if this is the only site you've been to about elecrtonics, doubtful,
you should look up different sites for things like projects, tutorials,
and other things that will help you. Im going to list all the
things I build, explain how to build them, what you need and what it
does (of course). I will also list websites to where you can buy
things so you dont have to look all day for things.
I hope this
helps anybody who is interesting
in electronics and robotics. I know how hard it is to get started
and if you need more info than what I can provide then you should just
search around on google . You'll find what you need. Thanks
for visiting my site and if
you need my help than E-Mail me or if you have MSN Messanger add me to
your
contacts list. My MSN E-Mail is ikaskrach@hotmail.com. Use
my yahoo email(tdeiaco@gmail.com) just to email though, its much
better.
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Now im going to give you a list of tools that
you will need. Some of them you need, some of them are just
helpful, and some of them you might use once or twice. Whatever
the case I will explain them and give you sites to buy them if you cant
get them at your local hardware store.
    Solderless
Breadboard. These are used for a non-permenet way to experiment
with electronics. There are usually two major sets of holes on
the breadboard. The power holes and the experimenting ones.
The holes have metal contacts underneath them in the orientaion of the
red lines. So anything that are in the holes, that are on the red
lines, are connecter electrically. The third picture is how to
properly install a Dual Inline Package (DIP) IC. The fourth
picture is that wrong way to put them in. Yes I have broken pins
doing it this way.
  In
the first picture the two wires are electically connected. In the
second they are not. You can get one at Radio Shack for $23(Part#
276-169)
Sorry No Pic Wire
cutters/strippers. Well these are pretty self explainitory.
Mostly used for stripping but some cut and crimp and do things to that
extent. At radio shack you can get a pretty nice pair for $13(part#64-2982). You could also ust pick it up
at your local radioshack too.
 For
the breadboard you need solid wire. This mean the wire is totally
solid and doesn't have a bunch of little wire twisted together(dont
think I could say that simpler). 22 gauge size
works well. This works well for point to point wiring on a
perfboard
too. It is good to get a couple different colors. Say
black for ground and red for power. Get some at Jameco Part#
36791.
 Just
simple wire cutter are nice. Sometimes if you use your wire
stipper to actually cut wire then you could end up dulling the
stripping part and ruin the wire strippers. Get the one shown at
Jameco Part#146712
 If
you ever want to get beyond the ol' solderless breadbored you will need
a soldering iron. The device heats up solder untill its liquid
form then you apply it to components and perfboards and PCBs. No
robot maker should be seen without one. 
 Any
kind of Allen wrenchs and screw drivers are manditory. Especially
if you like to take things apart ( my favorite when I was
littler). You can definantly find these at any hardware store
unless your father has a pair or two.
 Definantly
need a pair of needle nose pliers. When you are working with
wire, 22 gauge and lower, they are very helpful, or any other kind small
tinkering.
 This
little contraption is normally called "helping hands". Can hold
different things when you are soldering of whatever. Great when
you need a helping hand.
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