Workshop Details


Every Monday in East Vilalge 010 at 7pm, we have a workshop run in conjunction with the Electric Racing and IEEE clubs. Below is the list of workshops this semester along with dates and short descriptions. Absolutely no experience is required. Please sign up using the big blue buttons!

  • Sep 9 - Yagi Antenna Build

    In this workshop, you will build a fully functional directional yagi antenna using PVC piping and cut up tape measures! This serves as an excellent introduction to radio and antenna design.

  • Sep 16 - Schematic Capture

    Learn how to design a schematic using KiCAD software. Designing a schematic of a circuit is the first step in developing a circuit board. This workshop begins our series on PCB development. You will leave the workshop having drawn a pre-engineered schematic for use in the PCB design workshop.

  • Sep 23 - SPICE Circuit Simulation

    Using the schematic you designed in the previous workshop, you will learn how to simulate the circuit using SPICE software. This will allow you to test your circuit before you build it!

  • Sep 30 - PCB Design with KiCAD

    This workshop will take you through the process of designing a printed circuit board. You'll learn about the different types of component footprints, layers, routing, traces and more! No previous workshop attendance is needed.

  • Oct 7 & 10 Intro to soldering

    Learn an essential electrical engineering skill, soldering! We provide all of the materials and a custom instructional circuit that you will assemble and test! Uses the much easier to solder "through hole" components. Note: the February 22nd session is held in our club space at 503 Hayden Hall.

  • Oct 21 - Advanced Soldering

    While through hole components may be good enough for hobby projects, most modern devices use SMD aka "surface mount" components. You will once again build a custom circuit, this time with SMD components!

  • Oct 28 - Embedded Development

    Embedded devices are everywhere today. In this workshop you will implement some simple code on a wireless club custom embedded board using a variety of protocols.

  • Nov 4 - Bare Metal Embedded Development on STM32

    Arduino isn't really used in industry, so what is? Well that would be the STM32 platform. We'll first learn the super nitty gritty using assembly to interface with familiar sensors and input devices, and then learn how to generate an embedded C HAL (hardware abstraction layer) for easier development work. No experience required!