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Portland State University Electronics Prototyping Laboratory

What: The EPL is a lab for rapidly prototyping electronics projects. It is meant for students (and eventually community members) to be able to walk in with an idea and CAD files and walk out with a fully functioning piece of electronics in an enclosure.

Where: We're located in room 60-10 in the basement of PSU's Fourth Avenue Building ("FAB", 1900 SW 4th Avenue).

Who: We're only open to PSU MCECS students and professors right now, but we're actively looking for community mentors as well. We're trying to open to community members by this summer.

Equipment

• Full Spectrum Engineering Laser Pro24x12
• Stratasys Mojo 3D printer (FDM)
• LPKF S63 Printed Circuit Board Router
• Soldering Equipment
• ?? solder paste stencil frame
• Torch T200N+ reflow oven
• Misc Hand tools
• Things to get
• 3D Scanning

Materials / Consumables

• Material Costs
• Material Properties
• Material / Consumable Sources

Detailed EPL Information

• The administrative roles of the lab.
• Lab policies
• EPL Safety Protocols
• Some example projects made in the EPL!
• Info for our illustrious faculty and Staff

Lab Timeline

1. Phase I - Invitation only (DONE)
2. Phase II - MCECS students only (DONE)
3. Phase III - All PSU students on 2013/04/01 (CURRENT)
4. Phase IV - Open to public sometime summer 2013
5. Phase V - World domination sometime fall 2013

Use of the Lab

Normal everyday lab users

1. Check out our schedule and come in during any office hour for training.
2. Sign the waiver form.
3. Get yourself trained on a piece of equipment.
4. Come in and use the equipment whenever an EPL Manager has office hours.
5. Go to (3).

Becoming a lab manager

1. Get trained on all the equipment.
2. Get three current managers to sponsor you.
3. Ask the EPL Administrators to become a manager. We'll verify with your sponsors, and make sure you have no vetos. Sorry, we can't guarantee that you will definitely become a manager, but we'll try to make it work!
4. Once you're stamped with approval: Get a Github account, get on the mailing list, get on the shared google calendar, swear to the oath of fealty (Kidding!) and get trained on manager SOPs.
5. Put in weekly office hours (we're serious about this: if you're an EPL manager, part of the deal is that you put in office hours).
6. Take on a EPL manager project... something to improve the lab.

Meeting notes

• Managers Meeting 2012-08-20