Electronics Resources

Helpful Links

PLL Tutorial
Graphical Resistance Calculator
How Vacuum Tubes Work
What's a Microcontroller?

Electronic Parts Vendors

Allied Electronics
Circuit Specialists, Inc
Digi-Key Corporation
Electronic Goldmine
Jameco Electronics
Mouser Electronics
Ocean State Electronics
Parts Express
Alltronics
Electronic Surplus Inc.
NewEgg.com

Photonics Resources

Tutorials

Fiber Optic Cable Tutorial
Laser Tutorial
Fiber Optic History
Modern Communication - Summary
JDS University - Photonics Tutorials
Tour of Optics on the Web
Optics Tutorials

Industry Publications and Guides

Laser Focus World - Optoelectronics and Laser Technology Advances
Lightwave - fiber-optic communications, bandwidth access and telecommunications
Photonics Spectra Magazine
Vision Systems Design - Imaging and Machine Vision Technology
Fiber Optics Online

Organizations and Professional Societies

Optics and photonics online resource centre - optics.org
The Chicago (SPIE/OSC) Optical Group
Optical Society of America
Laser Institute of America
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
The International Society for Optical Engineering

Photonics Employment

Photonics Jobs.com
WORKinOPTICS.com
Photonics Employment Center

Miscellaneous

Fiber Optics Supplier Fiber Instrument Sales
Industrial Fiber Optics, Inc.
Optics Lab Optical Ray Tracing Software

LabVIEW Resources

Introduction to LabVIEW from National Instruments
Example 0 - Open and run a Virtual Instrument (VI)
Example 1 - Convert Temperature in C to Temperature in F
Example 2a - Create a SubVI
Example 2b - Data Acquisition