Here I am going to list out the steps to train in the dark arts of the ERP lab. I will outline assignments, it will be up to you to learn at your own pace. I’m hoping to keep this contained all in one thread so that the padawans of today, can teach they younglings of tomorrow.
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One thing you will need, is a more than basic understanding of electronics.
Basic electronics, and electronics boot camp ends at the transistor. For good reason. Transistors are fundamental, but with so many types and ways to use them, it’s more than a class in itself. College devotes weeks to this, textbooks devote several chapters to them. They are an under rated asset of the makerspace.
in a box, on the north west corner of the ERP lab is a transistor tester. The transistors live on on the shelves to the right of the water point. We should have many, but we may be running low. Use the transistor tester and test different transistors. Pay attention to what the pins are labeled, and what type of transistor they are. At the time of this writing, there is no good instructions or descriptions of the transistor tester on the wiki. Log into the wiki, go to the ERP lab discussions page offer up some edits to the page on how to use the transistor tester. As an assistant, you may find yourself on this page a lot.