Basic Electronics

Here is a gradually growing collection of downloadable documents i'm working on. These documents were initially written for the electronics-course I teach to the students of the Networked Media course at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, but they might be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about electronics.

  • Learn how to solder:

    How to Handle Your Iron
    How to Handle Your Iron
Download file "01-Soldering.pdf"










  • The basic electronic components that lie at the core of anything electronic (even your laptop!) explained in easy terms:

    Circuitboard
    Circuitboard

Download file "02-Electronic_Components.pdf"










  • A short 'HOWTO' describing the three stages of an Electronics project:

    JStamp BT Project
    JStamp BT Project

Download file "HW_Dev_HOWTO.rtf"