Useful List Of Usefulness (PCB Design Edition)

Explanation:

What is this you may ask? It is a huge list I am composing, a Useful List Of Usefulness (PCB Design Edition) that contains: Stuff, Reviews, Part Pickers, Tutorials, Links to official sites, almost everything you'll need to learn! If you have any complaints, if you're an owner and want something removed, feed back, useful links you want me to add, or if any links are down or need to be updated please contact me. So anyway sit back and enjoy reading the Useful List Of Usefulness (PCB Design Edition)

Table Of Contents:

Beginnings

Getting Started

KiCAD

Eagle

KiCAD Tutorials

Eagle Tutorials

Getting To Know Components

Eagle Vs. KiCAD

Part Finders

Distributors

Youtubers

PCB Manufacturing

A Little Bit Of Everything (Tutorials On A Lot Of Stuff)

Data Sheets

Books

Changelog

Beginnings:

Getting Started:

• Khan Academy (Much Easier):

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering

• MITx 6.002 (Harder, but more information):

https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/

KiCAD:

• Official Site:

http://kicad-pcb.org/

Eagle:

• Official Site:

http://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/overview

KiCAD Tutorials:

All Of Them:

• Tutorials

http://kicad-pcb.org/help/tutorials/

Video:

• Ashley Mills:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCNJWVn9MJuORLQ3ds_U3D7RILfE4zdoL

• Videos By Chris Gammell at Contextual Electronics:

https://www.youtube.com/user/contextualelectronic/playlists

Text:

• Official KiCAD Getting Started:

http://kicad-pcb.org/help/documentation/#_getting_started

Reviews:

• EEVblog Part 1:

https://youtu.be/xRXEc7pB0o0

• EEVblog Part 2:

https://youtu.be/_pyt7-86x0c

Eagle Tutorials:

Video:

• Jerry Blum:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL868B73617C6F6FAD

Text:

• Cadsoft.io:

https://cadsoft.io/resources/documentation/1012211765/

• Instructables:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-your-EAGLE-schematic-into-a-PCB/

Getting To Know Components:

• build-electronic-circuits.com Basic Electronic Components:

http://www.build-electronic-circuits.com/basic-electronic-components/

• Explain That Stuff:

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electronics.html

• bigclivedotcom:

https://youtu.be/C4W20HdVjA0

Eagle Vs. KiCAD:

• BigMessO'Wires:

http://www.bigmessowires.com/2014/12/09/eagle-vs-kicad-revisited/

• Kaiblader:

http://www.kaibader.de/i-made-it-i-switched-from-eagle-to-kicad-to-make-my-pcb-designs/

Part Finders:

• Octopart (Built in BOM builder):

https://octopart.com/

• Findchips (Built in BOM builder):

https://www.findchips.com

• EEM:

http://www.eem.com/

• Componentsearch:

http://componentsearch.com/

Distributors:

• Mouser:

http://www.mouser.com/

• Adafruit:

https://www.adafruit.com

• Jameco:

http://www.jameco.com/

• DigiKey

http://www.digikey.com/

• Arrow:

https://www.arrow.com/en

Youtubers:

• David Watts

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrDavidJWatts

• bigclivedotcom (Takes apart items, usually bad ones, and goes over mistakes):

https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom

• EEVblog (Does a little bit of everything and is amazing):

https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog

• Sparkfun:

https://www.youtube.com/user/sparkfun

• The Ben Heck Show (One of the main reasons I'm into electronics):

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow

• Robert Feranec:

https://www.youtube.com/user/matarofe

PCB Manufacturing:

• PCBShopper:

http://pcbshopper.com/

• DirtyPCBs:

http://dirtypcbs.com/store/pcbs

• OSHPark:

https://oshpark.com

A Little Bit Of Everything (Tutorials On A Lot Of Stuff):

• SparkFun Learn:

https://learn.sparkfun.com

• Fritzing Learn:

http://fritzing.org/learning/

• Adafruit Learn:

https://learn.adafruit.com/

Data Sheets:

• Arrow Datasheet

https://www.arrow.com/en/datasheets

• Datasheetarchive:

http://www.datasheetarchive.com/

Books:

• The Art Of Electronics, (Look out for fakes See official site for more info):

(Official site): http://artofelectronics.net/

(Cheapest Price For Official): http://amzn.to/1nCmmaK

(EEVBlog Unboxes Fake One): https://youtu.be/KxZ2oKli64U

• The Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Series:

Volume 1: https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Electronic-Components-Capacitors-Transistors/dp/1449333893/ref=la_B000APYAR4_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485280531&sr=1-4

Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Electronic-Components-Thyristors-Amplification/dp/1449334180/ref=la_B000APYAR4_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485280531&sr=1-5...