Here are a list of sites that could help along the way!!!

Link to Website

Description of Website Content

Resistor Calculator Use this to look up the color code and find out what value resistor you are using
How to read Capacitors This article explains the numbers and letters on small caps and how to read them
Data Sheets This is a link to the U of E Datasheet Archive
The Simon Laven page This page has a wide variety of programs that attempt to carry on a conversation with a human. Lots of downloads and links.
Fairchild Semiconductor Discrete Products A catalog of discrete products from Fairchild Semiconductor.
Electronics Information Online EIO is a site for the electronics hobbyist. It has LCD's, power supplies, and a host of other surplus and new equipment and parts
eg3.com eg3.com is a community portal that indexes all the net resources, free software, papers, books, hardware,
American Universities This site has a link to every university in the world that has an internet home page. If you are looking at grad schools this is a
Philips Semiconductors It has technical data and application notes on all of Philips semiconductor products including the 89C51RDX.
Beyond Logic This page has everything you need to know to interface to a standard PC. It includes lots of detail on the parallel port, serial port,
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Public Library Find local public libraries.
Anonymizer.com This site provides a way to surf the net anonymously as well as a lot of information on privacy. Log on and see what the site
Signal Processing This is a page which has lots of digital signal processing links and information. There is information on audio file formats,
Signal Processing Information Base This is the signal processing data base at Rice University in Houston. It has some technical papers along with links to just about every other DSP resource.
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ This site is a guide to repairing all kinds of electronic equipment including many small appliances, lasers, copiers, and even lawn mowers.
EE Project Sites This is the University of Nebraska's "EE Shop" web site. It has links to a huge number of resources for EE and CoE students.
ExpressPCB  If you are interested in making your own printed circuit board this is the place to do it. Download layout software for free, layout your board, get a quote on line, use your credit card, and have finished boards in four working days. Small boards are about $12 each plus a one-time $75 set up fee.
The Programmer's File Format Collection The Wotsit's Format site contains file format information on hundreds of different file types and all sorts of other useful programming information; algorithms, source code, specifications, etc.

Free Evaluation Software and Software Links

Keil 51 Has a limitation of 2K but you can't afford the full version so if you need it you will need to use it in KC 137
Flash Magic This software is the replacement for the Previous used Winisp
Micro CAP Pretty good eval. version has a few limitations but it is the same thing we have in the lab.
Electronics Workbench Eval version has its limitations you may want to consider the $99.00 student version!!! (Call MOMMY and DADDY its not that much money)
FLIP This software is used to program Atmel ISP chips
Microsoft Academic Alliance You can or are supposed to be able to download Microsoft development software from this site (ONLY EECS Students)

 

Here are a list of Vendors that might have what you need.

Jameco Electronics
Digi-Key
Allied Electronics
Mouser Electronics
MicroMo Electronics - Coreless Motors
All Electronics
Spectrum Software

Contest Websites

IEEE Southeast Con Hardware Contest
Trinity College Fire Fighting Robot Contest
ION Robotic Lawn Mower Contest