Links

Makers and partners

Laser cutting

• FabCafe in Shibuya http://www.fabcafe.com/
• http://www.banbankonasu.com/laser_cut_sample.html
• http://www.banbankonasu.com/lasercut.html

Links

Shopping

• Akitsukidenshi 秋月電子 (Japan's best) http://akizukidenshi.com/catalog/default.aspx
• SwitchScience (japanese reseller of the two above) http://www.switch-science.com/
• Sparkfun (very good yet slightly expensive shop) http:www.sparkfun.com
• LiquidWare (personal but how professional geeks that make splendid toys) http://www.liquidware.com/
  • ... and their great TouchSlide (320x240 touch screen for Arduino)
• Seeed Studio (HK based geek team) http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/
• DigiKey Japan http://www.digikey.jp/

In Seoul : Yongsan

• http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/13/global-geek-tour-overview-of-yongsan-electronics-market/
• http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/13/global-geek-tour-yongsan-electronic-component-stores/
• http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/03/14/global-geek-tour-seoul-south-korea-roundup/

In Tokyo : Akihabara

• Nice small videos about each big small shops http://tokyohackerspace.org/akihabara/

Books

• Electronics 101 : simple and clear, why people can't write more books like that ? Does not go in details but it's a 101 and you want by start with it : http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9458
• All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide : ... then read this book, it's great and explain bottom-up all you need. Another must Google books

Making stuffs : woodworking, ...

• Wood magazine http://www.woodmagazine.com/

Making stuffs : metal

• Search for アルミ板 for aluminium sheets
  • Aluminium sheet on rakuten http://item.rakuten.co.jp/shopos/16/

Hardware

• Arduino Mini Pro http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoProMini
• AVR Freaks http://www.avrfreaks.net/
• http://avrbasiccode.wikispaces.com/
• All about Atmega328 (an excellent set of documents to read) https://sites.google.com/site/qeewiki/books/avr-guide

Tutorials

• Instructables http://www.instructables.com/index
• Ladyada (the best starter tutorials) http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html
• Electronics
  • http://lsiwww.epfl.ch/LSI2001/teaching/physiciens/
  • ElectroSama (French - very good) http://electrossama.ifrance.com/
  • Misc http://www.abcelectronique.com/
  • Electronic.free.fr (French - beginner lessons) http://etronics.free.fr/index2.htm
  • http://cws.gtc.edu/programs/objects/electronics.htm
  • http://www.testingelectroniccomponents.com/how-to-test-capacitor.html

Blogs and misc

• Make Japan http://jp.makezine.com/blog/arduino/
• Jeff's arduino blog http://jmsarduino.blogspot.com/
• http://www.bitartist.org/
• Arduino Play (es) http://www.bricogeek.com/
• http://avr-mcu.dxp.pl/
• Cirtcuit simulator in Java http://www.falstad.com/circuit/
• Elm-chan http://elm-chan.org/
• Tokyo Hackerspace (have to go there one day) http://tokyohackerspace.org/
• A nice site with lots of very well done projects http://mcs.uwsuper.edu/sb/Electronics/
• Lots of stuff but few details on the site itself http://elect.wikispaces.com/
• Hacknmod http://hacknmod.com/