Explore Electronics Basics and More in Collin’s Lab
We return to Collin’s Lab as he experiments with electronics basics and the eccentricities of circuits
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Going from Schematic to Breadboard
A step-by-step explanation of how to read a schematic and build a breadboard prototype from it.
Collin’s Lab: Schematics
Schematics are the functional diagram of electronic circuits. Understanding how to read schematics can unlock a world of possibilities for the electronics maker.
Ken Stone’s modular synth site
Reader Kevin wrote in to point out an excellent resource for DIY synth makers – Ken Stone’s Modular Synthesizer site offers an excellent selection of schematics for all manner of synth building, and sells PCBs for most of the circuits listed – some very cool unusual stuff too like the V8 simulator and Stompbox adapter […]
SynthDIY collective resource
SynthDIY.com is “collective Link BLOG” full of music synthesizer schematics, links and project ideas, like the EFM DBop drum machine – This is really DBopII. I built the first one after I destroyed my Korg Minipop in 1985. At the time it was the only way I had to get a beat on my 4 […]
Synth schematic collection
Matrixsynth points out this nice little collection of relatively simple music synthesizer schematics – hmmm, the IR/CV Light Controller looks quite interesting. Building circuits @ home is a great way to learn about electronics. One doesn’t need to know how every component works at first – it’s a lot of fun to learn by ‘doing’. […]
