The Model Electronics Company is, first and foremost, an electronics company and, as such, our External Links page is designed to provide links to web-sites that would not normally be found on other sites that are devoted to Radio Control.

All the major electronic component manufacturers now have a presence on the World Wide Web and their sites contain a wealth of product information. For those people interested in electronics in a general sense these sites offer an opportunity to obtain datasheets and application notes.
A number of links are included to some of the Manufacturer's sites that may be of interest along with a brief note on the types of products offered.

The inclusion of a manufacturer does not imply an endorsement.

Also included are links to a limited number of sites with an interest in Radio Control and they, in their turn, contain further links of interest.

Attempts are made to ensure that the links provided are kept up-to-date but no guarantees are made. Please also bear in mind that, occasionally, servers are out-of-action which makes it appear as if the link provided is no longer valid. The best way forward is to try again immediately and, if the same response is received, try again in a day or two.




Electronic Component Manufacturers

Analog Devices http://www.analogdevices.com
produces mainly analogue ICs with op-amps/comparators, computational, data-conversion and precision audio ICs forming part of the line up.
Bourns http://www.bourns.com
manufactures resistive components including potentiometers, fixed resistors and resistor networks.
Burr Brown http://www.burr-brown.com
produces mainly analogue ICs with op-amps/comparators, computational, data-conversion and power op-amps forming part of the range.
Dallas Semiconductor http://www.dallassemiconductor.com
semiconductor product range includes NV Ram, real-time clocks, micro- processor watchdogs and automatic identification - Touch Memory.
Fairchild Semiconductor http://www.fairchildsemi.com
manufactures all the major logic families, TTL, HCMOS etc. and single gate logic ICs.
Hewlett Packard http://www.hp.com
manufactures a very wide range of opto-electronic components including LED lamps and displays, opto-couplers and bar-code products.
Hitachi http://www.hitachi.com
produces a broad spectrum of consumer ICs and also manufactures a large range of memory devices along with a range of power MOSFETs.
Holtek http://www.holtek.com.tw
product range includes many consumer ICs most notably remote control encoders/decoders and sound effect and music generators.
Infineon (Siemens) http://www.infineon.com
manufactures a broad range of micro-controllers, telecommunications ICs and also LED lamps/displays and opto-couplers.
International Rectifier http://www.irf.com
produces one of the largest ranges of power MOSFETs. Their speciality is the so-called HexFET.
Intersil http://www.intersil.com
products include op-amps/comparators, telecom, data acquisition, DSP, transient suppressors and MOSFETs.
Linear Technology http://www.linear-tech.com
manufactures a wide range of analogue ICs covering op-amps/comparators, voltage references and regulators, interface circuits and solid state filters.
Maxim Integrated Products http://www.maxim-ic.com
produces a broad range of largely analogue ICs including PSU, uP monitors, data conversion, analogue switches and interface products.
Microchip Technology http://www.microchip.com
best known for the PIC range of microcontrollers but the product range also includes code-hopping security devices and serial E2PROM.
Motorola http://www.motorola.com
manufactures a range of discrete devices and ICs. Particularly noted for the 68HCxx family of 8 bit uP and 68000 range of 16 bit uP.
National Semiconductor http://www.national.com
produces a very wide range of ICs including audio, data acquisition, PSU, interface, op-amps/comparators, microcontrollers and PLDs.
Philips Components http://www.passives.comp.philips.com
manufactures, amongst other things, a wide range of passive components including resistors, capacitors, crystals, thermistors and sensors.
Philips Semiconductor http://www-us.semiconductors.philps.com
produces an extensive range of both discrete devices (diodes, bipolar and MOSFET) and ICs covering analogue, audio and radio, TTL and uP.
Siliconix http://www.siliconix.com
manufactures a range of MOSFETs and ICs including analogue switches, data conversion, power conversion, interface and telecoms.
ST Microelectronics http://www.st.com
provides an extensive range of ICs covering consumer, PSU, motion control, various logic families and uP including Z8 and the STx range.
Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com
particularly noted for DSP products but also provides a range of analogue/ digital ICs covering op-amps/comparators, PSU, uP supervisors and FPGA.
Xilinx http://www.xilinx.com
manufactures a range of re-programmable RAM based FPGA devices. Also produces CPLD and non-reprogrammable (OTP) FPGA devices.
Zetex http://www.zetex.com
produces, along with a range of industry standard parts, an 'esoteric' range of bipolar transistors with particularly good specifications.
Zilog http://www.zilog.com
best known for the Z80 uP family but also manufactures a number of 8/16 bit uP devices. Range includes the Z8671 uC with on-board BASIC interpreter.





Radio Control Related Site Links

Ken Hewitt's web-site http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk
a site mainly devoted to the project articles written for the UK modelling magazine RCM&E; many articles by Ken himself with links to the others.
Radio Communications Agency http://www.radio.gov.uk
the government department that controls all usage of the radio frequency spectrum in the U.K. Contains much useful information for R/C modelers.
British Model Flying Association http://www.bmfa.org
a site devoted to hobby of model flying in the U.K. The BMFA handbook is available for download from this site.