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Help With This Site

Please make sure you are using the main site, before emailing click here to transfer to the zen site. My site is designed to be easy to use. If you have problems, please read this page first. As always, new ideas and suggestions are welcome.

About Circuit Exchange
Circuit Exchange is my personal, non-profit home page. First started in March 1999, my site contains a database of all new schematics, not borrowed from other sites. I have since added sections on analysis and circuit design and simulation. Circuit Exchange (CXI) is open to everyone and I welcome contributions or just feel free to browse the site. The original site was started with Freeserve (now Wanadoo) and I still maintain the original freeserve site but only update this site two or three times a year. However since moving to broadband, I changed ISP's and the main site is now hosted by Zen Internet. The home page is translated into 10 languages and I am most grateful to the following people who have made this possible :-
Amanda Van Leeuwen, Ricardo Venegas, Sindhu Adi Wijaya, Paulo Roberto do Amaral, Maria Rosendahl, Marco Deferre, Fidel from Ukraine, Hartmut Schneider

All contributers appear on my scrolling credits page. For best browsing results, I recommend setting your display to at least 1024 x 768 pixels.

Please read before emailing. Very Important!
Please make sure you are using the main site, before emailing click here to transfer to the zen site. My ISP now runs a spam filter which is very effective and stops most spam. Therefore my previous email restrictions have been removed. However before asking for help, please take a look in the Practical section to see if your question is answered.

The following email addresses may be used to contact me:-
All circuit help and general :-anc@mitedu.freeserve.co.uk
To submit a new circuit :-circuits@mitedu.freeserve.co.uk
To request a link :-links@mitedu.freeserve.co.uk

How this site is made.
My computer is a multi boot system running 8 different versions of linux and windows. Originally, I worked extensively with the German distribution Suse, but now have moved to Gentoo Linux. All linux software can be run on any distribution and I use the following packages :-
All graphics and backgrounds are made with the Gimp. This is also available for Windows now as well. The web site is wrote with Quanta Plus. My HTML is hand written so I hope will be compatible with any web browser. Most schematics are drawn with Circuit Maker and Tina although I have recently started using Xfig. Diagrams and pinouts are created using Sun Microsystems Open Office. This is available in many languages and and platforms including FreeBSD, Linux, Mactintosh, Solaris and Windows.

Frequently Asked Questions
i) Most components are labeled using the System International numbering system.
ii) Please don't ask for schematics for domestic electrical or electronic equipment, I don't have any.
iii) This site is non-commercial, I do not sell or buy, components or circuits on this site.
iv) The update page contains links to the newest pages on my site.

Newsletter
I am sorry but at the moment the newsletter has been cancelled.

About Me
My interest in electronics started early. I have always enjoyed experimenting and building circuits. Electronics can be vey rewarding and sometimes challenging. It is always good to hear from fellow hobbyists around the world. Much knowledge can be gained from thr internet and also from books. I would recommend "The Art of Electronics" by Harrowitz and Hill, and if you are interested in computer simulation, "The Spice Book" by Andrei Vladimerescu is a good choice.
As for other hobbies, I like short wave radio listening and most types of music. I am also interested in computer operating systems and have been a linux user for the last 5 years. And finally, a small picture of me.

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Last revision: 9^thMarch 2005