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types of pcbs, how pcb are imprinted
equipemnt required for doing all electronics work in a lab
July 10th, 2009 at 8:21 am
The easiest way to learn all of this is by working in a lab. Most of it is practical skills rather than theory, but there are so many different things you need to know that I couldn’t even begin to enumerate them.
I would not worry much about PCBs, unless you have to design circuits. Then the easiest way is to get layout software, make Gerber files and send them to a PCB prototype fab. Simple two sided circuits have become really cheap now and you couldn’t make more than two layers in the lab, anyway.
Soldering… if you have a modern temperature controlled soldering station, it’s rather easy. Those are so cheap that getting an old style unregulated iron is a waste of time.
The bigger issue is circuit design. That, unfortunately needs some serious education or you will never leave the “it did not work, so I soldered this to that and it still does not work right but I just pretend it does” path of many amateurs.
July 10th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Electronics Technician at a good trade school for starters.