Hello everyone. Its now time for IEEE to host its second workshop of the semester. This time, we will be focusing on teaching attendees soldering skills. Anyone who attends will have their choice of two introductory soldering projects.

The first is an easy to construct european-style siren and LED flasher circuit. This one makes for a great introductory project, and comes complete with a soldering iron and solder for you to take home. We only have 10 of the siren kits, so I ask that you sign up on the side if you are interested.

The second project is a DIY logic probe. Where the siren is a fun circuit to build, the logic probe is extremely practical, being highly useful for debugging circuits in classes such as ECE 110 and ECE 385. The logic probe allows you to analyze in a very plain and obvious way what is currently happening in your circuit, without having to drag a full-sized multimeter or oscilloscope around with you. Soldering set not included, but can be bought separately. We have a surplus of logic probe kits, so no sign-up needed.

The workshop will be held in 241 Everitt on Saturday, October 3 from 12 noon until 3PM, though most attendees, even first time solderers, typically finish in under an hour and a half.

Costs for the workshop are:

• Siren Kit
• $10 for IEEE members
• $15 for non-members
• Logic Probe Kit
• $5 for IEEE members
• $10 for non-members
• $5 for soldering set
note: If you choose to, you may purchase both kits, but in the interest of keeping the workshop at a reasonable length, we ask that you only construct one during the workshop time, and save the other for practice at home.

written by Donald