Electronics Lab

The ME Electronics Lab provides electrical circuit design and minor repair services for Woodruff School faculty, staff and students. We also provide assistance or consulting for projects as well as help with troubleshooting circuit issues on projects. We have two circuit board milling machines that are capable of producing two layer circuit boards. Please upload the Eagle board file (.brd) and the Eagle schematic file in the electronics lab technical request form below. The schematic file is needed to verify connections as well as make appropriate changes as needed so the machine can successfully produce your circuit board. We will produce the gerber files from the board file. Two work benches with electronics test equipment are provided in the lab for students to use on a first come first serve basis during our lab work hours. Help with soldering is provided by electronics lab personnel if requested.

The electronics lab also has test equipment students can check out for a limited amount of time. We also offer training on how to use the LPKF S63 circuit board milling machine which is in the invention studio. Finally, we have some components available to students such as resistors, capacitors and circuit board headers; although we are not a component store.

Before any work is done by the electronics lab, a technical request form must be filled out.

Electronics Lab Technical Request Form

Beginning in the Spring 2024 semester, the ME Electronics Lab will offer mini-help sessions, titled Dealing with Noise in PCB Design. Each session is limited to five attendees. Sessions will be offered on the following dates and times in MRDC 2104:

February 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.
March 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.

Sign up for a session

Contact Us

MRDC 2104
801 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30313

Hours of Operation: 7am - 4pm, Monday - Friday

Email Electronics Lab

Staff

Kyle French
Senior Engineer
kyle.french@me.gatech.edu

Amy Wang
Electrical Engineer III
biye.wang@me.gatech.edu

Yu Chang
Electrical Engineer II
Yu.Chang@me.gatech.edu

Policies

No Students are allowed in the lab without an Electronics Lab Staff member present.
The Electronics Lab is not a supply store.The inventory we have is made up of common parts we see used from semester to semester and low cost items are sometimes given to students in small quantities.
Bench equipment such as hand tools and test equipment must stay in the electronics lab.
Clean up after you are done working at a bench for the next student.
For an involved project, request a meeting with any of the electronics lab staff.

Services

Here is a partial list of the services we provide for the faculty, staff, and students of the Woodruff School. Parts for projects will require an appropriate account number for purchasing.

Transducer Amplifiers - We can create custom amplifiers for your specialized sensors and gauges.
Motor Driver - We can help spec out and assemble your motor control system. Standard motor drives can be designed and built in house.
Printed Circuit Board Design - We are able to create professional quality SMT, through-hole, and mixed technology PCB's. We can help if you need assistance anywhere in the process - from the conception stage to physical implementation of your design.
Printed Circuit Board Fabrication - We have the capability to produce 2 layer circuit boards in house.
Research Prototypes - Projects requiring specialized circuits for research applications will be reviewed by our electrical engineers for a development timeline.
Repairs - Funded-project research equipment may also be repaired.

Work is performed on a first-come, first-served basis, however, research projects with an appropriate account number have a higher priority.