Re: Electronic Teaching Aid Websites???

RST Engineering (jw) wrote:

For those of you who think this is off-topic for design, I humbly apologize and beg your forgiveness.


Forgiven. But I don't think it's OT at all.


I've been teaching electronic fabrication and second year analog and digital design for so long I really don't have a pipeline for information other I do for these subjects.

However, this Spring semester I'm scheduled to teach "The Science Of Electronics" which is a general ed science lab course for those without the briefest clue of electronics. The teaching part is easy, much easier than trying to explain race conditions in digital logic or error currents in opamps.

However, what I need are websites that give things like the bios with photos of the early pioneers of the art -- Gilbert, Volta, Ampere, Henry, and the like.


Best is to use Google with their full names. Occasionally you need to find out their middle initial to get good hits, especially for US inventors.

Barrie Gilbert, for example, would be here:
http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/5831/5831.html

And here he is, all smiles:
http://www.elecdesign.com/Files/29/5831/Figure_01.jpg


I also need websites with clear illustrations of a cutaway transistor,IC, resistor, capacitor so that I can illustrate my lectures with examples. Just FYI the book we are using is "Teach Yourself Electronics" (Gibilisco) which is OK, but I'm trying to present outside materials (with proper academic credit, of course).


Wikipedia is a treasure box. Not very scientific and often contributed by the public but I found it to be quite good. For photos, that's tougher. Maybe old publications and ham radio magazines would works, some of which are online.


My MO is to give each student a CDROM at the beginning of every semester with the class syllabus, requirements, due dates, and all that along with all the supplemental material that I can lay my hands on.


I'd also place it one the college web site. A CD ain't the thang anymore for youngsters, they are used to WiFi cafes and all that. Boy, do I feel old now...

If it has to be on hard media maybe you could edit a DVD. Much more work but more hip. Video clips are totally en vogue these days and often more fun to watch than some still images.


Pointers to websites that have animated "here's how it works" routines are especially helpful. I've got The Silicon Zoo, an animated "Here's how a mosfet is made and how it works" as well as an elementary "Here's how we fabricate an IC" websites located, but any and all input is welcome.


Williamson is pretty good. Scroll down to Animations for some "transistor man" shows:
http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_xtor.htm

I like the ones with the moving voltmeter needles. Good ol' analog stuff.

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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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