Hand tools, power tools, and a whole suite of machines that are part of a new wave of “personal making”—3D printers, laser cutters, and circuit board fabricators—are all at your disposal. The Maker ...

Wednesday: 3D printing demonstration. • Thursday: Soldering circuit boards. • Friday: Pick any project. The lab is at the Aims Applied Technology and Trades Center, 5015 W. 20th St. It is open ...

these electronic components were discrete devices soldered to each other on a printed circuit board. To learn how a digital circuit works, go to half adder and travel through a circuit found in ...

You hold in your hand a circuit board from a product you didn’t make. How does the thing work? What a daunting question, but it’s both solvable and approachable if you know what you’re doing.