Electronics Office Hours?

[coloneldan]

Here’s a suggestion: A Michigan Mighty Mite class.

One of my favorite DMS people, who has since passed, was Walter Anderson. A somewhat controversial figure who was a genius at many things and whom I called a friend. He taught a successful Michigan Mighty Mite class documented here:

Build a radio transmitter class

Build a Michigan Mighty Mite Radio Transmitter [image] In this class you will receive a sandwich bag of nine parts and use them to assemble your own half watt radio transmitter. Since this transmitter will be connected to a ‘dummy load’ (two of the parts), you do not need to be a licensed Amateur Radio operator to build and operate this transmitter. But it can transmit to a nearby (few feet) radio receiver to allow you to hear the morse code! If you are a licensed operator we will be discu…

6+ years ago and it was very well received. I had fun in the class and learned a lot, too.

You can find plans for the Michigan Mighty Mite online, too. Here’s an example:

https://www.qsl.net/wb5ude/kc6wdk/transmitter.html

Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Arduino, Home Automation and Basic General Electronics all have interest.

I’ve also thought from time to time an electrician’s basic class would be interesting, too. How to wire your porch light with a three way switch for instance. Another big topic is off the grid systems or power backup systems. I’d take a solar energy class, too.

Just some ideas.