The Electronics Shop is part of the Common Area.  It is set up to allow experimentation, design, instruction, and repair in the following electronics fields:

• Analog electronics – including power supplys, amplifiers, oscillators,  spectrum analyzers, signal generators.
• Digital Electronics – TTL and CMOS, interface chips, CPLDs, and FPGAs
• Microcontrollers – PICs, Picaxe, Basic Stamp, AVR, SX, Propeller, 68HCxx, ARMs, DSP
• Embedded Systems – using Arduino, ST32F4 Discovery, Propeller development, Single board computers, and custom boards
• Computers – Using Linux, Windows, Android and other OSs, including real time applications, Linux/Unix shell and utilities
• Networks – Ethernet, TCP/IP, Routers, WiFI, Zigbee, Mesh
• PLC’s – primarily with Automation Direct equipment, Ladder, Data Flow, Procedural and assembly level programming
• Computer Languages – C, C++, Python, Basic, Pascal, Spin, Java, Forth, Fortran,  PHP,  Javascript, Lisp, VHDL, Verilog
• Computer Applications: Blender 3D, Draftsight, Inkscape, Windows, Linux
• Robotics – Small Autonomous,  RC, CNC control
• Sensors – Temp, motion, proximity, position, etc.
• Industrial – Three phase power, Motors and control, relays,
• Alternate energy – Wind, passive solar, active solar
• Soldering – manual “thru the hole”, SMD, BGA, Pcb rework

Major equipment available includes:

• Oscilloscopes: Analog scopes by B&K, Tektronix, HP – 80, 350, 400 MHz;  Digital scope 200Mhz
• Power Supplies: LV (5, 12, 15, 24V, and adjustible), HV (0-400V), and High Power (0-15V@0-200A supplies) plus numerous small power supplies.
• Function Generators: 0-2MHz, some with external gating and frequency control, 0-5MHz programmable, 0-1.2GHz RF
• Meters: DMMs, both bench and handheld, Analog VOMs
• Circuit Trainers: Elenco trainers containing power supplies, function generator, clock generator, debounced switches, LEDs, and solderless breadboards
• Digital Trainers: Altera (Terasic) DE2 and CPLD trainers
• Computers: several desktop and laptop computers with Linux and Windows along with various programming, test, and simulation software.
• Soldering: Pace PRC 2000 SMD rework station with Thermoflo BGA addon, Semi-Pro Solder Stations – temp controlled, hot air, hot tweeezers, de-soldering.
• Misc: Logic probes, other meters, Variacs, isolation transformers, etc.

FCW can do training in any of the above topics.