The ECE EPIC lab provides students the resources to see your ideas come to life. With Printed Circuit Board prototyping equipment, component placement and soldering stations, analog and digital benchtop test equipment, 3D printers, and a huge inventory of components and tools, EPIC is designed to support laboratory work, course projects, research activities, entrepreneurial and startup efforts, or any kind of prototyping needs.
EPIC provides student staff support and assistance for all these activities, including equipment and process training for people of all backgrounds and skill levels.
Location: 5th. Floor of F. Paul Anderson Tower
Hours of OperationMonday through Friday: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (extended hours are available on request)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Facility Manager
Prusa i3 MK3
MakerGear 2
MakerGear M2 Dual head
Bantam Basic PCB MillUser operable SoftwareLPKF Advanced PCB Mill, Operation by EPIC Staff only LPKF USA S63
Tektronix MCO3000
3D Printing Software: EPIC supports the use of many different 3D design packages. We recommend Inventor 360, a free tool that is easy to use and works well with our printers.
PCB Layout Software: We recommend Eagle PCB design software
Developing Code from Model to Run the Printer
Many electronics vendors and websites have awesome educational tutorials that range from component identification to full design assistance.
Educational tutorials from Digi-Key Inside the "Digi-Key Educational" web page you can navigate to resources and find an incredible number of helpful circuit designs, calculators and videos. One important resource is the Digi-Key Tutorial on Soldering
Adafruit is another great place to find projects and information. Adafruit has many project that are easy to put together as well as understand. They have great libraries that even electrical design software packages refer to.
Arduino is a must visit website. If you are into programming or, robotics or just like to make things happen this is a must see.
Sparkfun also has a great variety of learning material, including both Tutorials and Concepts.
You must make this coin to demonstrate your ability to use the 3D printers.
