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• Identifying electronic components
  

• Datasheet Search Engine
  

• Octopart: Search Engine for Electronic Parts
  

• Findchips Search by part number and get a list of vendors, including links to data sheets.

• Capacitors

• Transistors
  

• ULN2004 Transistor array from NYU ITP

• 25 Microchips that Shook the World from IEEE Spectrum
  

• Op Amps
  

• Op Amp Substitution
  

• 555 and 556 timer circuits
  

• 555 timer origami
  

• 74 series logic ICs
  

• 4000 series CMOS logic ICs
  

• Using special function ICs and modules (Physical Computing 332-335)
  

• How to read an embedded flash chip without removing it from the device
  

• Adjustable Voltage Regulators

• Molex connectors explained
  

• Connectors demystified
  

• Slip ring allows rotation so wires don't tangle (Physical Computing 230)