Links

Web Tutorials

There are plenty of tutorials available on the WWW. Here are a few links to sites with tutorials we've found helpful:

• Adafruit Tutorials
• Spark Fun Tutorials
• Make: Projects
• Instructables
• Hack A Day

Tools and Components

Here are some places to order electronic components and tools:

• Adafruit Industries
• Sparkfun
• Mouser Electronics
• Jameco
• Digikey
• Maker Shed
• Makerbot 3D Printers
• Local Motors
• GrabCAD
• Online Components

Books for Hackers / Makers

Here are some links to books targeted at DIYers, hackers, and makers of all kinds.

• Make: Electronics
• Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets: Six Embedded Projects with Open Source Hardware and Software
• Getting Started with Arduino
• Getting Started with Processing
• 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius
• Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects
• The Best of Make (Make 75 Projects from the pages of MAKE)
• 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer: (And Other Discarded Electronics)
• The Best of Instructables Volume I: Do-It-Yourself Projects from the World's Biggest Show & Tell
• Haywired: Pointless (Yet Awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined