Editor's Note: This growing directory is manually maintained and automatically tested for broken links once a month. Links which appear broken for three or more consecutive months are deleted.

Should there be anything wrong with an entry, let me know and I will be glad to correct it.
Note: an entry can appear in several categories.

EVENTS: Conferences, Major Meetings, ... (links to external lists)

- IEEE list of Conferences and Events.
- Electronics Forum list of events.
- FPGA Central list of events.
- List of VLSI / IC Conferences and Workshops.
- TrackChair list of events.
- Conference Alerts (search for "electronics").

INSTITUTIONS, Associations and Groups

For a more generic Directory, see Stan's links to Science Institutions.

• International:
• ASTM, formerly American Society for Testing and Materials.
• CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology.
• IEC International Electrotechnical Commission.
• IEEE, formerly the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• IEEE Societies (the master list).
• ITU International Telecommunication Union (ex CCITT).
• Europe:
• BIPM. Home page of the SI System of Units. English version.
• ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
• IET Institution of Engineering and Technology, formerly IEE. UK.
• IMEC, A European independent research center in micro- and nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, enabling design methods and technologies for ICT systems. Based in Belgium.
• LPRA Low Power Radio Association.
• Office of Communications, formerly Radiocommunications Agency. UK.
• RSGB, the Radio Society of Great Britain.
• USA:
• ARRL, the Association for Amateur Radio, or American Radio Relay League.
• FCC, the Federal Communications Commission.
• Elsewhere:
• VCCI Voluntary Council for Control of Interference. Japan.

STANDARDS and Norms

• ANSI American National Standards Institute. (US)
• ASQ American Society for Quality. (US)
• ASTM, formerly American Society for Testing and Materials. (International)
• BIPM. Home page of the SI System of Units. English version. (International)
• CEN Comitè Européen de Normalization (European Committee for Standardization).
• ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
• FCC Federal Communications Commission (USA).
• IEC International Electrotechnical Commission.
• IEEE standards. See also the online IEEE standards page. (International)
• ISO International Organization for Standardization.
• NIST. National Institute of Standards. (US)

DATABASES, DataSheets and Directories

• Control Engineering news.
• Constants of Physics and Mathematics.
• Engineering Fundamentals database.
• SI Dimensions of Physical Quantities, including electro-magnetic.
• Tables of SI Units and Prefixes.
• Datasheets:
• AllDatasheet searches.
• Datasheet Catalog and searches.
• Datasheet Locator is multi-lingual.
• Datasheet Zone (DZ863). Nice collection.
• Free Datasheets. Nice collection.
• The Datasheet Archive. A kind of search engine.
• Directories:
• CXI links page of Andy Collinson is well kept (for electronic and radio hobbyists).
• Freebyte's Guide to Electronics Online. Sites with free/low-cost contents. Circuits, Software, ...

JOURNALS, e-Zines, Forums and Blogs

• Circuit Cellar. A magazine by engineers, for engineers ...
• Free Engeneering Magazines and white papers at TradePub (NetLine Corporation).
  An extensive list of free trade publications.
• Microwave Journal.
• Xilinx Xcell Publications. Dedicated to FPGA and Embedded design.
• e-Zines, Forums and Portals:
• All about Circuits. Very good.
• CIE. Components in Electronics.
• DSPRelated forum dedicated to DSP (Digital Signal Processing) matters. Excellent.
• EE Times newspaper.
• EE Web. A lively community with lots of resources and a forum ...
• Electronic Design.
• Electronic Engineering Journal (EE Journal).
• ElectronicsForu.
• Electronics Weekly.
• FPGA Central.
• FPGA and Structured ASIC Journal.
• GlobalSpec, a huge Engineering Search Engine; nice categories list.
• HardWare server. In Czech language.
• IC Design and Verification Journal.
• Open Collector listings and news for free EDA software and circuit designs.
• OpenCores. Free FPGA designs, ideas, ...
• PC Review. Computer news and reviews.
• RF Cafe. A complete RF universe.
• RF Globalnet magazine.
• Sensors Online magazine.
• SOC central. News portal for systems-on-chip ...
• Techfocus Media Publications. Free online e-Zines.
  FPGA Journal, Embedded Technology Journal, IC Journal.
• Test & Measurement World, an e-Zine.
• Webring of Scientific Instrumentation.
• Blogs:

DICTIONARIES, Encyclopedias and Wikis

• BABEL. On-line Glossary of Computer-Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
• DiracDelta, a Science & Engineering Encyclopedia.
• Educypedia section on electronics.
• Microwaves 101, an encyclopedia, plus many educational resources.
• TechWeb Encyclopedia.
• Wikis:
• FreePCB Wiki.
• gEDA Wiki, an umbrella organization dedicated to producing free software tools for electronic design.
• Webopedia A computer encyclopedia.
• Wikibooks entry on Electronics.
• Wikipedia entry on Electronics.

NOBEL Prize laureates and other Pioneers

I have selected only the prizes awarded for work which, in my opinion, had a direct effect on electronics.

• 2007: Giant magntoresistance (A.Fert and P.Grünberg).
• 2000: High-speed- and opto-electronics (Z.I.Alferov, H.Kroemer) and
           Integrated circuits (J.S.Kilby).
• 1985: Quantized Hall effect (K. von Klitzing).
• 1973: Josephson effect and tunneling phenomena (L.Esaki, I.Giaever, B.D.Josephson).
• 1972: Superconductivity (J.Bardeen, L.N.Cooper, J.R.Schrieffer).
• 1970: Anti-ferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism (L.E.F.Néel).
• 1964: Maser - Laser (C.H.Townes, N.G.Basov, A.M.Prokhorov).
• 1956: Transistor (W.B.Shockley, J.Bardeen, W.H.Brattain).
• 1928: Thermionic effect (O.W.Richardson).
• 1923: Measurement of the charge of an electron (R.A.Millikan).
• 1921: Photoelectric effect (A.Einstein).
• 1909: Wireless telegraphy (G.Marconi and K.F.Braun).
• 1906: Conduction in gases (J.J.Tomson).
• 1905: Cathode rays (P.E.A. von Lennard).
• Other pioneers:

HISTORY and Milestones

• Biographical memoire of Sidney Darlington by Irwin W.Sanberg and Ernest S.Kuh.
• Computer History Museum.
• Stichting Computermuseum. in Dutch.
• The Making of Arduino.
• Milestones:
• 100 Years of Radio 1901-2001.

EDUCATION and Fun/Hobby

• !!! Free online EEE Texts. Start from here.
• Aaron's pages. Great for (certain) kids.
• ASIC World for beginners by Deepak Kumar Tala. Excellent. See all the tutorials:
  Verilog, SystemVerilog, Specman, SystemC, Vera, PSL, VHDL, scripting
• Basic Electronics on-line course on 101 Science.
• Books on Electronic and Electric Engineering. A huge list sorted by year.
• Books about Digital Signal Processing. A huge list sorted by year.
• Bowden's Hobby Circuits. This is a must.
• Courses in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT Open CourseWare. Free.
• CXI (Circuits Exchange International) of Andy Collinson.
  Electronic and radio schematics, design, theory, tutorials, analysis, links ...
• Electronics Tutorials. Recommended categories: basic electronics, kits, humour.
• Electronic Concepts at "Bill" of Science eBooks. Basic electric and electronic pronciples.
• Fourier-Series site carries a large series of audio tutorials on many electronics topics.
• Gian Grandi's site. Info, links and web calculators for ham radio, antennas, etc. Very nice.
• Smith chart article on Wikipedia.
• Wikibooks entry on Electronics.
• Wikipedia entry on Electronics.
• Fun, hobby circuits, ...
• Crystal Radio. Crystal radios, kits, parts, and supplies for the radio enthusiast.
• CXI (Circuits Exchange International) of Andy Collinson. See schematics.
• Lie detector you can build yourself.

INFO ... Articles, Libraries, References (Book lists)

• ASIC World. Excellent introduction to HDL.
• Beyond Logic. Info, drivers, software, ... about USB, PP, TCP/IP, Ethernet, ...
• Capacitor Label Codes from Transtronics.
• Chokes coding from MarVac.
• Code des couleurs des résistances. French.
• Color codes on Elektron BBS. German.
• Components color codes in Techlib
• cxem.net. Circuits, pinouts, articles. Also in Russian.
• Free Information Society, electronics section.
• Group Delay at Wikipedia.
• How does RFID-radar work.
• Inductor Color Code Guide from Electronix Express.
• JESD204 serial interface standard for ADC's.
• Keith Snook's pages: Projects (DC to Daylight),
  Valve data & valve audio articles, and Color codes (resistors and capacitors).
• Monachos Mechanical Engineering. Motor calculations and similar.
• PLX. PCI interfaces and info.
• Resistor Color Code Guide from Electronix Express.
• Resistor Label Codes from Transtronics.
• Resistor & Other Component Identification by M.LaLena. Nice old page.
• The DX Zone. A huge Ham Radio Resource Guide.
• TNT-Audio Online HiFi Review. Italiano and English.
• VERILOG Online Reference by Sutherland S. Available also as ZIP / TAR. Excellent.
• WebEE Schematics, Software tools, Tutorials, and much more.
• Specific Articles:
• Coaxial cables on Wikipedia. In-depth and nice.
• Frequency generation technology article from PTS.
• Group Delay Explanations and Applications by Peter White (Applied Radio Labs).
• Next-generation RAM: Remembering The Future.
• Noise Figure and Equivalent Input Noise.
• Passive Electronic Components: Color Codes.
• Passive Electronic Components: Standard Values.
• Smith S.W., The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing,
  California Technical Publishing 1997. Download individual Chapters for free.
• Libraries:
• Mentor Graphics technical publications library.
• Stan's Library section on Electronics.
• Technical Library for the hobbyist and experimenter. Concentrates on electronics.
• Lists of books and references:
• !!! Free online EEE Texts, a list maintained by Stan Sykora.
• Books on Electronic and Electric Engineering. A huge, up-to-date list of books sorted by year.
• Books on Digital Signal Processing. A huge, up-to-date list of books sorted by year. Includes books on embedded systems.
• Books on Instruments and Sensors. A huge, up-to-date list of books sorted by year.
• Intel ® 64 and IA-32 Manuals. A complete set of 9 PDF manuals for all Intel microprocessors.
• Online electronics books. List of free EE books on the web.
• SciTech Publishing (and Noble Publishing) list of books.
• Units of Measurement. Collected references.

PROGRAMMABLE Logic,

including HDLs, IPs, FPGA & ASIC development Tools & Boards, Micros

• EG3. Embedded systems, including systems-on-chip, ...
• SOC central. A portal for systems-on-chip ...
• HDL (Hardware Development Languages):
• ASIC World by Deepak Kumar Tala. Excellent. See all the tutorials:
  Verilog, SystemVerilog, Specman, SystemC, Vera, PSL, VHDL, scripting
• HdlSnippets collected by abettino.
• HDL Works offers a nice and free HDL editor (Scriptum), plus a lot of other VHDL/Verilog design tools, including translators from Altera and Fujitsu HDL into VHDL/Verilog.
• Impulse Accelerated Technologies offer a C-to-FPGA compiler.
• OSCI Open SystemC Initiative.
• Verilog.Net. See their free tools and tutorials.
• VERILOG Online Reference Guides by Stuart Sutherland.
• VHDL & Verilog Compared & Contrasted. Nice article by Douglas Smith
• VHDL OnLine by W.H.Glauert Very good.
• IP (Intellectual Property):
• Altera IP Megafunctions. Free and commercial IP's ...
• Cross Bow IP. Parallel processing with MicroBlaze.
• OpenCores. Free designs, ideas, ...
• OptNgn offer FPGA acceleration libraries and services.
  Introductory offer: open source FPGA Floating Point Math Library.
• Xilinx IP Center. Free and commercial IP's ...
• FPGA Tools other than the above:
• Altera's Signal Integrity Center.
• Andraka Consulting Group. The high performance FPGA design specialist.
  Lots of info and algorithms (see, for example, the CORDIC stuff)
• BurchED. Videos & consulting on how to start with Xilinx FPGA's.
• Doulos consulting and training on SoC, FPGA &ASIC design and verification.
• FlashCORE from Data-IO. A powerful set of commercial tools.
• FPGA Central e-Zine.
• FPGA Faq server. Lots of FPGA info and complete designs.
• Giga Test specialize on signal integrity. Partner of Agilent.
• Mediatronix. Free PicoBlaze IDE, FIR, DDC and JTAG tools (click on tools).
• Mentor Graphics FPGA / PLD pages.
• Quartus II download from Altera; free and complete for Altera FGA development.
• Synplicity from Synopsis. Programmable logic verification tools.
• Webpack ISE download from Xilinx; free and complete for Xilinx FPGA development.
• Xilinx 7 Series FPGA's launch page and White Papers.
• FPGA boards:
• Altera development kits.
• Dini Group. Logic and ASIC Emulation, FPGA Boards (Xilinx, Altera). (California, China, Japan).
• Easy FPGA. Low-cost FPGA boards. USB interface. (California).
• FTDI Future Technology Devices International. USB chips/modules, some with micros or FPGA's.
• Hunt Engineering. USB programmable DSP and FPGA boards. (UK).
• NU Horizons. Distributes FPGA boards and PLD's from many producers.
• Opal Kelly. Convenient USB FPGA boards (Spartan 3). (Oregon, USA).
• Orange Tree Technologies. Low-cost USB Spartan 3 boards (ZEST...). (UK).
• Stone Ridge Technology. High performance computing with reconfigurable FPGAs. (Maryland, USA).
• Trenz Electonic. FPGA boards, ARM CPU modules, electronic development services. (Germany).
• XESS FPGA and CPLD boards. Xilinx Spartan 3; low-cost. (North Carolina).
• Xilinx boards & development kits.
• Micros (boards, accessories, etc):
• Arduino. The most popular micro & programmable kits.
  Open access, open source, open hardware. Great!
• MC Pros. Development tools for all major microcontroller architectures.

SOFTWARE for Electronics

• Free, open-source and/or low-cost:
• ABACOM low-cost electronics software (sPlan, Sprint-layout,LochMaster, ...).
• Advanced Microsystems (AMS). Large set of low cost cross-assemblers for all kinds of micros.
• AS. The mythical cross-assembler of Alfred Arnold et al.
• Beyond Logic. Info, drivers, software, ... about USB, PP, TCP/IP, Ethernet, ...
• Calculator++, a cross-platform (Java) arbitrary-precision calculator.
• Capilano Computing. DesignWorks - easy-to-use electronic circuit schematic drawing tools.
• Circuit Design simulation Component 4.0. Free C++ GUI source code Win32 from uCanCode,
  distributed by Brothersoft. For Win programmers!
• Eagle Light freeware. PCB layout + schematic + autorouter. Also in USA.
• FidoCAD. A free and portable standard for schematics design. In Italiano.
• Freebyte's Guide to free Assembly programming. A very good list of links.
• Freebyte's Guide to Electronics Online. Sites with free/low-cost contents. Circuits, Software, ...
• FPGA Floating Point Math Library. Introductory offer from OptNgn.
• FreePCB, an open-source PCB editor for Microsoft Windows.
• FreeRouting, a PCB router with a free Web version.
• gEDA project, a large, free suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.
• Gerbv, a free Gerber files viewer.
• GNU Free Software Directory, free, serious, official. And GREAT.
• Graph paper to print. Various formats, including Smith chart.
• Giangrandi's site. Calculators, info and links for ham radio, antennas, etc. Very nice.
• Kicad, an open source software for creation of electronic schematics and PCB artwork.
• MathStudio a great low-cost graphing and symbolic math app for mobiles and Windows.
  Goes also under the name SpaceTime.
• Open Collector listings and news for free EDA software and circuit designs.
• PCB123. Free PCB software from Sunstone Circuits, a PCB printing Company (Oregon,USA).
  Covers also schematics drawing.
• Power Engineer Visualization Component 4.0. Free C++ GUI source code Win32 from uCanCode,
  distributed by Brothersoft. For Win programmers!
• PSPICE page. A nice intro to SPICE and PSPICE by R.V.Jones (Harvard Uni). Many links.
• TTE Systems. RapidiTTy software tools for embedded applications (ARM, 8051).
• Scriptum form HDL Works: a nice and free HDL editor.
• Target 3001 electronics CAD freeware version.
• VHDL Simili from Symphony EDA: they offer a nice free edition.
• Web EE downloads.
• Commercial software:
• AMS - Advanced Microsystems. Large set of low cost cross-assemblers for all kinds of micros.
• ANSYS. Low and high frequency engineering simulation software.
• Comsol Multiphysics engineering simulation software.
• Connect EDA, home of the ELECTRA autorouter.
• CadSoft, home of EAGLE. PCB layout + schematic + autorouter. Also in USA.
• HDL Works. FPGA design tools and HDL translators.
• Holophase Inc. Home of the CIRCAD PCB Design package.
• MathWorks. Home of Matlab. DSP design, signal processing, ...
• Mentor Graphics design tools. This is a giant in the field.
• SimApp. Affordable dynamic simulation for modeling systems in time/frequency domains.
• Symphony EDA. Low cost VHDL editor, compiler and simulator. Free edition available.
• Synplicity FPGA, DSL and Verification tools.
• Target 3001. Electronics CAD software. Versions for all needs and pockets.

INSTRUMENT Producers and Distributors

• AAronia AG. Spectrum analyzers of all kinds (the Spectran mark). German.
• Agilent Technologies. Scopes, instruments, ....
• DataAq. Data acquisition systems. For USB scopes see this page.
• Elpav Instruments. Distributes Hameg, Owon,.Hantek, Instek, ... (Italy).
• EST. Distributori di strumentazione di Misura per l'Elettronica (Italy).
• GaGe PCI and PXI digitizer boards. PC oscilloscopes. Distributors worldwide.
• Global Test Supply is a huge distributor (sale or rent).
• GW Instek. Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers.
• Hameg Instruments. Economic European scopes and test equipment.
• Hantek. Affordable hend-held and USB scopes (Germany).
• Instek. Affordable scopes and instrumentation (Cina, with strong US presence).
• Keithley Instruments. A broad range of measurement products and lab tools.
• LeCroy. High quality scopes and other instruments.
• Link Instruments. Have also USB scopes and logic analyzers.
• MCH Instruments, a Chinese instrumentation producer.
• National Instruments. Instruments for data acquisition; LabView software.
• NeoMore. Logic analyzer, USB scope, single-board computers, etc. Interesting. France.
• Orange Technologies USB FPGA boards ZestSC1,2. (UK).
• Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, ... Links.
• Oscium. iOS instrumentats (for iPod, iPhone). Power meter, scope, spectrum analyzer. iMSO-104.
  Oscium is a branch of Dechnia, LLC (Oklahoma)
• Owon. Low-cost hand-held and benchtop digital scopes (Cina).
• PTS. Programmed Transmitter Sources: RF generators.
• Pico Technology. USB scopes and similar.
  Distributors: US: PC oscilloscopes, IT: PcbTech
• Rigol. Low-cost instrumentation. (Ohio).
• Saelig. Low-cost instrumentation. (New York state).
• Signal Hound from . Low cost USB spectrum analyzer; 1 Hz - 4.4 GHz. (Washington, USA).
• Spectran. Spectral analyzers, Antennas, EMF sensors, RF screening. (Germany).
• Tektronix measurements, communications and video testing. Worldwide.
• Tequipment.Net, a large US test and measurement equipment dealer.
• Test Equipment Depot, a large US instumentation distributor.
• Test Equipment Plus reconditioned equipment and repairs. (Washington, USA).
• TiePie. PC based measuring instruments such as USB scopes.
• USB Instruments. USB scopes, and logic analyzers, ...
  Distributors: UK: EasySync; DE: Meilhaus Electronic
• Velleman Projects instruments. USB scopes and much more. IT Distributor: Distrelec
• Virtins Technology Low-frequency, low-cost virtual PC instrument. Singapore.
• Used equipment:
• Agilent CertiPrime program.
• Elpav Instruments (Italy).

COMPONENTs Producers and specialized Distributors

• Actel . Low power FPGAs.
• Altera. FPGA chips.
• AMD processors: Phenom, Opteron, Turion, Athlon, Sempron, embedded, ...
• Analog Devices. Components, ADC's, DACs, Embedded, DSP, RF/IF, Power, DDS, ...
  See this page list of all ADC's (with prices).
• ARM. Home of the popular ARM processor.
• Fairchild Semiconductor.
• Hitachi electronic devices, semiconductors and materials.
• Intel processors: Dual-core, Quad-core, Centrino, Xeon, embedded, ...
• Johanson capacitors. Special ceramic capacitors.
• Lattice Semiconductor. CPLD and FPGA chips.
• Linear Technology. Broad range of IC components.
• Maxim. Power-supply, analog, linear, mixed-signal, ... IC's.
  See this page list of Maxim fast ADC's (with prices).
• Microsemi. Mixed-Signal integrated circuits, discrete semiconductors, RF components.
• National Instruments. Components, instruments, ...
• NXP, the semiconductors branch of Philips (largest in Europe).
• Pericom. Bus switches and translators - plus a lot more.
• Polyflon capacitors.
• ST Microelectronics. European broad-range colossus.
• Texas Instruments. Analog, Discrete, DSP, ... components.
• Voltronics. Amagnetic tuning capacitors, ceramic capacitors.
• Xilinx. FPGA chips, software, development kits, ...
• Zilog microcomputers, microcontrollers, DSP's, embedded ...

MATERIALS and their Suppliers

• Materials Producers:
• Litz-wire manufacturer in Ohio.
• Morgan Advanced Ceramics. High-tech ceramics like the machinable Macor.
• New England Wire Technologies. Special wires, Litz wire, etc ... USA.
• OR64. High-frequency Litz wire manufacturer in Spain.
• Polyflon electroplated teflon and capacitors.
• Spectran. RF and magnetic screening materials. Germany.
• Trans Tech. Ceramic resonators & filters, magnetic materials, ...
• Materials Distributors:
• Franco Corradi. Special ceramics, Peltier elements, temperature sensors, etc. (Italy).
• Kompass. Looking for a material? Find a distributor wirld-wide!

Other COMPANIES

Separate categories: Signal I/O, RF/MW, Printed Circuits, JTAG & Boundary scan, USB to X

• ARC Electronics. Communication equipment: WAN, LAN, Data links, ....
• Data Device Corporation (DDC). Support for MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, High Speed 1760. Plus more ...
• Freescale Semiconductor, embedded solutions specialists.
• GMW Associates. Magnetics distributor based in California.
• Innovation First, educational and competitive robotics products.
  Under the same roof: Hex Robotics, Robot Events, HexBug, and Rack Solutions.
• Parallel port specialists. IEEE 1284.
• Power Designers specialize in industrial battery-powered systems.
• Pyramid Car Audio. Their amplifiers and power upplies have broader applications.
• Quazar Electronics. Electronic Kits Megastore .
• Velleman Projects. Kits and Instruments. IT Distributor: Distrelec
• Signal I/O, conditioning, DACs, ADCs, ...
• Advantech. PC-based data acquisition & systems, including USB and remote I/O.
• B & B Electronics. Industrial connectivity; remote I/O. Illinois, USA
• Contec. PC-oriented data acquisition & systems. USB I/O.
• Femto. Signal recovery modules (amplifiers, receivers).
• IO Tech. Data acquisition modules and boards.
• Kinetic Systems. Data acquisition products and services (particularly PXI boards).
• Measurement Computing Corporation. Lots of solutions. Massachusetts, USA.
• National Instruments. Data acquisition systems, data evaluation software.
• Stellamar audio ADC boards.
• Wuntronic GmBH. Sale & production of measurement/control devices. München (Germany).
• RF / MW [sub]systems, design, and service
• AEA Technology. Vector analyzers, SWR meters, antennas & cables testing. California, USA.
• Aerocomm, Div3. Communication equipment (isolators, circulators, power amplifiers, ...). Thailand.
• Anatech electronics. RF filters, cable assembies, connectors ... Worldwide.
• Applied Radio Labs. RF Designs and Tools, VCO's PLL's. Australia.
• AR² Communications Products. Good and affordable MR preamplifiers for all tastes and fields ...
• AR. RF amplifiers, transient generators, antennas, EMC test systems, EMI receivers ...
• Bird Technologies. RF components and power meters. Ohio, USA.
• Broadband Power Technology. RF power amplifiers. Utah, USA.
• CPC (Communication Power Corporation). RF power amplifiers. New York, USA.
• Empower RF Systems. RF power amplifiers. California, USA.
• Herley. RF & MW assemblies (power amplifiers etc).
• Miteq. RF & MW components and assemblies (preamps etc).
• RM Costruzioni Elletroniche. Power amplifiers for nautical and CB bands. Italy.
• Narda Microwaves. Passive and active components up to 18 GHz.
• Nova Engineering, RF, digital and embedded design. Cincinnati, USA.
• NuWaves engineering, RF subsystems and design. Ohio, USA.
• Ophir RF. RF power amplifiers.
• PTS. Programmed Transmitter Sources: RF generators.
• RedMan CB Stop. CB radio equipment & supplis. USA.
• Richardson Electronics. Radio and MW components. USA.
• RF Parts Company. Distributors of amateur, commercial and broadcast communications equipment. USA.
• TOMCO Technologies. Pulsed/CW RF/MW amplifiers. Australia.
• TrolleyScan promotes the RFID radar concept. See also. (South Africa).
• Wireless Design Online, an online "distributor" (USA).
• Printed circuits production
• Advanced Circuits. All about printed circuits, and they print them, too.
• SPCB, Standard Printed Circuit Board Ltd, full service PCB manufacturer in Hong-Kong, China.
• PCBFacile. An Italian producer of simple PCB's.
• PCB Project. An Italian producer of simple PCB's.
• San Francisco Circuits, PCB design, fabrication and assembly (California,USA).
• Sunstone Circuits, a PCB printing Company (Oregon,USA).
• JTAG services and Boundary Scanning:
• Corelis Boundary Scan / JTAG tools and software. ScanExpress JET.
• JTAG technologies specialize in boundary scan testing.
• Mediatronix. Free PicoBlaze IDE, FIR, DDC and JTAG tools (click on tools).
• USB to X Converters, USB accessories:
• ARS Technologies. USB to ISA / PCI. California, USA.
• B & B Electronics. USB to serial; USB isolators and extenders. Illinois, USA
• ByteRunner Technologies. Various USB adapters and other connectivity hardware. Tennessee, USA
• FTDI Future Technology Devices International. USB chips/modules, some with micros or FPGA's.
  Many modules to convert legacy peripherals to USB.
• Measurement Computing Corporation converts USB to GPIB. Massachusetts, USA.
• International Test Instruments Corporation offers USB and PCI-X bus analyzers.

DISTRIBUTORS - supermarkets with large catalogs

• 4 Star Electronics specializes in obsolete components. (USA).
• ALL Data. A large Italian instrumentation distributor.
• Allied Electronics. Fast delivery. (USA, Canada).
• American Microsemiconductor is a huge online store.
• Applied Telcomm. Telecommunications gear (USA).
• Avnet. World-wide components supplier to producer and service companies.
  Roof for EBV, Silica and Memec. National branches: IT
• CIE. Components in Electronics.
• Componenti Elettronici (Italy).
• Cooper Bussmann Circuit protection, inductors, super-capacitors. Worldwide.
• EBV Elektronik, an AVNET Company. Semiconductor devices world-wide.
• Elektron BBS (Germany).
• Electronix Express. The site of RSR Electronics in New Jersey. Lots of info.
• Farnell electronics components. (Worldwide).
• FCT Electronics. Connectors; have also a-magnetic ones.
• Global Test Supply a huge instruments distributor (sale or rent).
• MarVac Electronix (California).
• Memec, an AVNET Company. Analog, Audio/Video, Interface, Embedded, Comm, ... (Europe).
• NU Horizons. Advanced semiconductors, display, illumination, ... Worldwide.
• Reliable Electronics Corporation specializes in obsolete components. Florida (USA).
• RF Parts Company. Amateur, commercial and broadcast communications equipment. USA.
• RS online. Fast delivery. Operates world-wide: US, UK, DE, IT.
• SECO. Embedded hardware; (Italy).
• Silica, an AVNET Company. FPGA, Memories, Xilinx, PIC, ... (Europe).
• Transtronics electronics equipment store. (Kansas, USA)
• Trenz Electonic. FPGA boards, ARM CPU modules, electronic development services. (Germany).
• Velleman international.
• Wholesale Electronics equipment store (USA).
• Wireless Design Online, an online "distributor" (USA).

SPECIAL TOPICS

• Drivers development:
• EFG Library. Lots of mostly free stuff.
• Jungo driver development (such as WinDriver) and services.
• Lakeview Research. Interfaces: USB,Serial,PP,Ethernet, ... Great.
• TinyPort. Free.
• TVic. Driver & Ring0 development stuff. Nice and low-cost.
• Zeal Soft Studio's . Low-cost universal port IO, low-level memory access, ...
• EMI, RFI, EMC:
• ANSI ASC C63-EMC standard.
• CISPR, Comité International Spécial des Perturbations Radioélectriques, part of IEC.
• EMC Awareness at RA.
• EMCIA, the UK Electromagnetic Compatibility Industry Association.
• IEEE EMC Society Standards Development Committee (SDCOM).
• RFI/EMI at ARRL.
• EMC Standards Committee of SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).
• Nanotechnology:
• Nanotech Briefs. A kind of blog.
• Organic electronics:
• Organic Electronics Group at Berkeley University.
• Wikipedia on organic electronics.
• Spintronics:
• Breakthrough In Magnetic Devices Could Make Computers More Powerful.