{"id":90,"date":"2020-04-14T16:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/makerspace\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:19:40","slug":"exceptional-reference-material","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/makerspace\/exceptional-reference-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"90\" class=\"elementor elementor-90\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6dfcf5eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6dfcf5eb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Resources and references for making stuff with an emphasis on open source and free software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">3D Design:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Tinekercad (3D modeling and simple circuit design) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tinkercad.com\/dashboard\">https:\/\/www.tinkercad.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Shapr3D &#8211;\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapr3d.com\/\">https:\/\/www.shapr3d.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">SketchUp for education &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/edu.sketchup.com\/app\">https:\/\/edu.sketchup.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Blender (open source 3D platform) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blender.org\/\">https:\/\/www.blender.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">FreeCAD &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freecadweb.org\/\">https:\/\/www.freecadweb.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">OpenSCAD &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openscad.org\/\">https:\/\/www.openscad.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Onshape (free accounts for students) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onshape.com\/\">https:\/\/www.onshape.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Fusion 360 (free for educational use) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/overview\">https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/overview<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">SolidWorks (powerful and widely used by hobbyists and professionals) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/\">https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">FreeCAD &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freecad.org\/\">https:\/\/www.freecad.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">3D models:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Thingiverse &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/\">https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Printables &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printables.com\/\">https:\/\/www.printables.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Cults 3D &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/cults3d.com\/\">https:\/\/cults3d.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Pinshape &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/pinshape.com\/\">https:\/\/pinshape.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Grabcad &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/grabcad.com\/\">https:\/\/grabcad.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Sketchfab &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/feed\">https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/feed<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">3DExport &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/3dexport.com\/\">https:\/\/3dexport.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">MyMiniFactory &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myminifactory.com\/\">https:\/\/www.myminifactory.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Make Printable (repair and prepare 3D models; costs per download) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/makeprintable.com\/\">https:\/\/makeprintable.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">NASA 3D Resources (cool) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov\/\">https:\/\/nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">ALL3DP (3D printing magazine) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/all3dp.com\/printables\/\">https:\/\/all3dp.com\/printables\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">3Dfindit (visual search engine for 3D CAD, CAE and BIM models) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3dfindit.com\/\">https:\/\/www.3dfindit.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">3D Printing Slicer Software:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Prusa Slicer &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prusa3d.com\/\">https:\/\/www.prusa3d.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Orca Slicer &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/SoftFever\/OrcaSlicer\">https:\/\/github.com\/SoftFever\/OrcaSlicer<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Bambu Studio &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/bambulab.com\/en\/download\/studio\">https:\/\/bambulab.com\/en\/download\/studio<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">UltiMaker Cura &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimaker.com\/software\/ultimaker-cura\/\">https:\/\/ultimaker.com\/software\/ultimaker-cura<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Slic3r &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/slic3r.org\">https:\/\/slic3r.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">2D Design:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Inkscape (open source vector graphics) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/inkscape.org\/\">https:\/\/inkscape.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">https:\/\/www.gimp.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Gravit Designer (online vector graphics) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/designer.gravit.io\/\">https:\/\/designer.gravit.io\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Krita (open source painting program) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/krita.org\/en\">https:\/\/krita.org\/en<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Programming and Microcontrollers:<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Online IDE (for programming on the go) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/repl.it\/~\">https:\/\/repl.it\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Arduino (programmable microcontroller) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/\">https:\/\/www.arduino.cc\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">ESP32 help &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/randomnerdtutorials.com\/\">https:\/\/randomnerdtutorials.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Official Python site (quickly accessible programming language) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/\">https:\/\/www.python.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Processing (programming language for visual artists; IDE similar to Arduino) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/processing.org\/\">https:\/\/processing.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Raspberry Pi Foundation &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/\">https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">RetroPi (retro game emulation engine) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/retropie.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/retropie.org.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Micro:bit (entry-level microprocessors) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Wokwi (Simulate IoT Projects in Your Browser) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/wokwi.com\/\">https:\/\/wokwi.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Visual Studio Code &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\">https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Code with Mu (a simple Python editor for beginner programmers) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/codewith.mu\/\">https:\/\/codewith.mu\/<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Sublime Text &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sublimetext.com\/\">https:\/\/www.sublimetext.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Addressable LEDs<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">FastLED (addressable LED library for microcontrollers) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/fastled.io\/\">https:\/\/fastled.io\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Getting started with FastLED videos &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgXkGn3BBAGi5dTOCuEwrLuFtfz0kGFTC\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLgXkGn3BBAGi5dTOCuEwrLuFtfz0kGFTC<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">WLED (ESP8266\/ESP32 webserver to control addressable LEDs &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/kno.wled.ge\/\">https:\/\/kno.wled.ge\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Pixelblaze (Wi-Fi-enabled, live-codable LED controller with a web-based development environment) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhencke.com\/pixelblaze\">https:\/\/www.bhencke.com\/pixelblaze<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Circuit Design:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Falstad circuit simulator (Java-based) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"http:\/\/falstad.com\/circuit\/\">http:\/\/falstad.com\/circuit\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Falstad circuit simulator (HTML5) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/circuitjs\/\">https:\/\/lushprojects.com\/circuitjs\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Fritzing (breadboard to circuit design) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/fritzing.org\/home\/\">https:\/\/fritzing.org\/home\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">EveryCircuit (one-time $15 fee) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"http:\/\/everycircuit.com\/\">http:\/\/everycircuit.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Eagle PCB CAD (free for education) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/overview?term=1-YEAR&amp;tab=subscription\">https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/overview?term=1-YEAR&amp;tab=subscription<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">KiCad PCB CAD (free and open source) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kicad.org\/\">https:\/\/www.kicad.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"> EasyEDA (integrates with <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/jlcpcb.com\/\">JLCPCB<\/a> for easy circuit board development) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/easyeda.com\/\">https:\/\/easyeda.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">LED calculator wizard &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"http:\/\/led.linear1.org\/1led.wiz\">http:\/\/led.linear1.org\/1led.wiz<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">LED series\/parallel array wizard &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"http:\/\/led.linear1.org\/led.wiz\">http:\/\/led.linear1.org\/led.wiz<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">555 calculator &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info\/555.htm\">http:\/\/www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info\/555.htm<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Basic circuits primer &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teachengineering.org\/lessons\/view\/cub_housing_lesson02\">https:\/\/www.teachengineering.org\/lessons\/view\/cub_housing_lesson02<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Current and circuits &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/stickmanphysics.com\/stickman-physics-home\/unit-8-current-and-circuits\/\">https:\/\/stickmanphysics.com\/stickman-physics-home\/unit-8-current-and-circuits\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Audio:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Audacity (open source audio software; record and edit) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/\">https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Friture, a real-time audio analyzer &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/friture.org\/\">https:\/\/friture.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Other Cool Stuff:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><!-- wp:list --><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Know your radio waves &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ntia.doc.gov\/files\/ntia\/publications\/january_2016_spectrum_wall_chart.pdf\">https:\/\/www.ntia.doc.gov\/files\/ntia\/publications\/january_2016_spectrum_wall_chart.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">DESMOS (one of the best online graphing calculators) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmos.com\/\">https:\/\/www.desmos.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">Wolfram|Alpha (one of the best online Computational Intelligences) &#8211; <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/\">https:\/\/www.wolframalpha.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">UMass Digital Media Lab resources &#8211; open source software, books, references, tons of great stuff! <a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.library.umass.edu\/dml\/software\/\">https:\/\/www.library.umass.edu\/dml\/software\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">UMass All Campus Makerspace &#8211; excellent resource, materials, and HUGE bunch o&#8217; knowledge &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/umassmakers.cloud\/\">https:\/\/umassmakers.cloud\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">How Electricity is Measured &#8211; an explanation of how we consume electrical energy in our homes &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/resources\/how-electricity-measured\">https:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/resources\/how-electricity-measured<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff\">All things AI\/ML &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #00ccff\" href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07cff8d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07cff8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324dc67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"324dc67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"404\" 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