Electrical Training Lead: Aiden Lee
RoboJackets’ electrical training focuses on preparing our new members for general hardware-focused projects that they will likely come across throughout their time here. Our schedule begins with basic electricity concepts and Arduino prototyping basics, then moves into common electricity components, choosing KiCad parts and libraries. Next, we cover building schematics and laying out PCBs in KiCad. Finally we end the training with a workshop that focuses on teaching surface mount (SMD) and through-hole (THT) soldering.
Meetings Times & Important Resources
Strictly for Fall 2026, all of our training sessions will be in-person. Sessions will be held Monday and Thursday from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. Week 1 training begins Monday/Tuesday September 14/17th. You will only need to attend one training session per week because they are identical.
If you have any lingering questions left after a training ends, please feel free to ask questions to our trainers through our Slack channel, #electrical-training-helpdesk. For general questions, please feel free to ask questions in #training-helpdesk!
Training Calendar (Coming Soon!)
GitHub Repository (Coming Soon!)
Monday trainings will be held in from 5:00 – 8:00 in Skiles 270.
Thursday trainings will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 in Van Leer C340.
Weekly Content
Lecture 1: Fundamental Circuit Theory (9/14 & 9/17)
Lecture 2: Circuits in the Real World (9/21 & 9/24)
Practical Soldering Training (9/28 & 10/1)
Lecture 3: KiCAD Introduction: Planning & Part Selection (10/5 & 10/8)
Lecture 4: KiCAD Introduction: Schematic Capture (10/12 & 10/15)
Lecture 5: KiCAD Introduction: Layout & Routing (10/19 & 10/22)