2009/01/19

Things to bring in week 2

For week 2, please bring the following items to the class.
i) Toy(s)/object(s) that you will classify/tag it with "creative AND electronics", "creative BUT electronics", "electronics BUT creative"
ii) A fruit (a rotten one will do, don't bring something expensive like those cubic water melon..., except you don't mind sharing it with your classmates)


Week 1- course overview

Week 1 recap

-Course introduction (You can find the reference here)
-Weekly schedule (Please refer to this post)
-Grouping (3 persons per group)
-Introduction to toolbox

*There will be a recap like this every week after the lesson, you can track down what was being mentioned in the class. If you couldn't find the things I mentioned in the class in the recap, and you are interest to know where you could find it, send me an email and I will add it to the related recap post.

SM2258 References (2008/09)

BOOKS
Physical Computing, Dan O'Sullivan and Tom Igoe., 2004 (ebook available)
Practical Electronics for Inventors, Paul Scherz, McGrawHill, 2000 (ebook available , quite a lot of flaws and errors)
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, Charles K.Alexander & Matthew N.O. Sadiku, McGrawHill, 2002
Electronic Gadgets, Bob Iannini, McGrawHill, 2004
電子電路控制 (ISBN: 9789579496148) 
圖解簡明電學理論 (ISBN: 9789578179264)

ONLINE MATERIALS
Electronics Tutorial: http://www.electronics-tutorials.com
Welfare Electronics Componet Ltd.: http://www.wecl.com.hk
Kitrus.com: http://kitsrus.com/
Makezine: http://www.makezine.com
Hackaday: www.hackaday.com