intellijel
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Hi Guys,
I am putting together a course to teach students very basic studio technician skills. These students will have a very rudimentary understanding of anlaog electronics already:
-ohm's law
- kirchoffs voltage/current law
- series, parallel, series-parallel circuits
- diodes
- capacitors
- transformers
- linear power DC power supplies.
They will know nothing about transistors, op amps or AC power.
It is an 11 week course and here are some of the topics I am considering so far:
-good soldering technique
-making audio cables
-soldering/wiring patchbays
-cable management
-using oscilloscopes and signal generators
-Other measurment tools
-measuring V,I and R in circuits
-Basic fault finding techniques
-How to read schematics
-Ordering parts and creating BOMs (also sourcing hard to find parts like specific tubes or old ICs)
Computer stuff:
-Modern PC architecture
-MAC vs. PC
-Upgrading or changing RAM, HD, CD drive, cards etc.
-Assembling motherboards and sourcing parts for a new pc build
-Installing and tweaking an OS (XP andOSX)
-What are Drivers
-Creating basic LANs
-RAID systems
-Making computers silent
A couple of group project ideas for them:
-Design a cable tester, source the parts (with a proper BOM formed) and then build it
-Build a simple DC power supply from a premade PCB and order the components for it (this would just be a simple project to practice soldering). Prove that the power supply works by using measurement tools (e.g. use the DMM and scope to show the different stages of the power supply signals)
Any other ideas for topics? Projects?
I have very limited resources (hardware wise) and the students are not super technical (they are primarily music focused).
It would be kind of nice for the practical projects (building stuff) to contribute towards putting together a basic toolkit for them. The cable tester is a greta example. Anybody know of a good kit or pcb for making a basic audio signal generator?
Any other essential tools?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I am putting together a course to teach students very basic studio technician skills. These students will have a very rudimentary understanding of anlaog electronics already:
-ohm's law
- kirchoffs voltage/current law
- series, parallel, series-parallel circuits
- diodes
- capacitors
- transformers
- linear power DC power supplies.
They will know nothing about transistors, op amps or AC power.
It is an 11 week course and here are some of the topics I am considering so far:
-good soldering technique
-making audio cables
-soldering/wiring patchbays
-cable management
-using oscilloscopes and signal generators
-Other measurment tools
-measuring V,I and R in circuits
-Basic fault finding techniques
-How to read schematics
-Ordering parts and creating BOMs (also sourcing hard to find parts like specific tubes or old ICs)
Computer stuff:
-Modern PC architecture
-MAC vs. PC
-Upgrading or changing RAM, HD, CD drive, cards etc.
-Assembling motherboards and sourcing parts for a new pc build
-Installing and tweaking an OS (XP andOSX)
-What are Drivers
-Creating basic LANs
-RAID systems
-Making computers silent
A couple of group project ideas for them:
-Design a cable tester, source the parts (with a proper BOM formed) and then build it
-Build a simple DC power supply from a premade PCB and order the components for it (this would just be a simple project to practice soldering). Prove that the power supply works by using measurement tools (e.g. use the DMM and scope to show the different stages of the power supply signals)
Any other ideas for topics? Projects?
I have very limited resources (hardware wise) and the students are not super technical (they are primarily music focused).
It would be kind of nice for the practical projects (building stuff) to contribute towards putting together a basic toolkit for them. The cable tester is a greta example. Anybody know of a good kit or pcb for making a basic audio signal generator?
Any other essential tools?
Any help is greatly appreciated!