Training Materials and Demonstrations
- Maker Coin Activity
- PCB Layout
- PCB Milling
Many electronics vendors and websites have awesome educational tutorials that range from component identification to full design assistance.
Educational tutorials from Digi-Key Inside the "Digi-Key Educational" web page you can navigate to resources and find an incredible number of helpful circuit designs, calculators and videos. One important resource is the Digi-Key Tutorial on Soldering
Adafruit Adafruit is another great place to find projects and information. Adafruit has many project that are easy to put together as well as understand. They have great libraries that even electrical design software packages refer to.
Arduino A must visit is the Arduino website. If you are into programming or, robotics or just like to make things happen this is a must see.
Sparkfun also has a great variety of learning material, including both Tutorials and Concepts
Maker Coin Activity
You must make this coin to demonstrate your ability to use the 3D printers.
SPECS
- Develop your Chip in a 3D Modeling Software. Using a text tool to cut your last name and student ID number into the chip. The text size may fluctuate around 0.2in in height and will have a depth of cut of 0.1in.
- Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3O0wTlIRRY&feature=emb_logo
- Export your file to an .STL file
- Save the GCode file onto an SDcard, and upload it to the 3D Printer to print it.
PCB Layout in Eagle
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59tpNGn3L2o&feature=emb_logo
Machining Your PCB with the Bantam PCB Mill
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZP8MId3km0&feature=emb_logo
Tutorials and Helpful Links
Many electronics vendors and websites have awesome educational tutorials that range from component identification to full design assistance.
Digi-Key Tutorial on Soldering
Other Educational tutorials from Digi-Key