CONTENTS:

Opening Hours

Project and Undergraduate Student Enquiries:
The workshop is presently open from 1:30pm to 2:30pm on weekdays (subject to change, please check for notices on workshop door). For the pickup of parts, ordering, equipment request, data and advice. Student enquiries will only be handled after 1:30pm on weekdays.

Staff and Postgraduate Enquiries:
To save your time please make your requests by Email or by leaving a Voice-mail message on our respective phone numbers. To help us respond to your requests efficiently, please provide any additional details you can with your message.

Emergencies:
Anytime or After Hours contact security on Ext2222, for Fire, Electrical Faults and Injury.

Equipment Faults:
Please phone ext. 1986 or 1121 and leave a meaningful message. (ie. Printer jams, Paper required or dead equipment.

Forgotten Passwords:
To obtain a forgotten password Please complete a "Password Change Request Form" available from the workshop Rm 3.15 or Main Office Rm 4.32.

Sale Representatives:
Sales representives should be by appointment, so that we can notify Security to allow you to access the visitors carpark.
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Data Library

Data books are available for overnight loan from the data library. More and more data is becoming available on the Web and you will find links to useful sites on the School's Home page. The Workshop is introducing a barcode system for loans and you will need your student card to borrow items. If you have trouble locating data on a particular device or for a particular application, and the Workshop staff on the desk are not able to point you to the right Data Book you can submit a Request for Data form.
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Lockers and Tools

Lockers are available in (PS2) Rm109 for storage of project hardware and personal items. Keys can be obtained for a $15 deposit. Money should be paid to the cashier in the Student Centre into the following Electronic Engineering account numbers;

401310/118/103725/1156 + G1 - Sales to Students: eg. Pliers, sidecutters, wire-wrap tools, DMMs.
260020/118/103725 + GO - Key Deposits: eg. Locker Key / Room Key.

The receipt will be retained by the Workshop until the key is returned.

Some tools are available for purchase from the workshop:

  • Breadboards
    $20.00 (each)
  • Pliers
    $3.00 (each)
  • Sidecutters
    $3.00 (each)
  • Wire-wrap tool
    $12.00 (each)
  • Multimeter - DMM
    $7.00 (each)

All prices include GST.

Please note that these items are only available for purchase and will NOT be available for loan from the Workshop.

Items which are available for long term loan on payment of a deposit are:

  • Locker Key
    $15 (each)

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Ordering Components

Components are available for issue from the store. You must complete a Store Requisition Form and obtain the written approval of your supervisor on the form before submitting it to the Workshop. You are strongly advised to discuss your options for component choices with the Workshop staff before submitting your Requisition. Where possible you should use components that are kept in stock in our store - please consult the stock list which is kept in the Workshop or on the Web.

Orders for standard components from our regular suppliers (Farnell, RS, Radio Parts) are usually placed once a week and there will typically be a delay of 2 weeks on these items (assuming that the supplier has them in stock). Orders from other suppliers are placed less frequently.

Please consider the availability of the component you request before you submit a requisition. Many unusual components have a delivery time of 8 - 12 weeks. Some specialist ICs are also only available in quantities of 25 or more. Please make sure that the component you are ordering is suitable for your application before you order it. On more than one occasion students have asked for a difficult-to-obtain IC, waited 2 or 3 months for it to arrive and then ask the Workshop to obtain a data sheet on it!
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Project Theses

Copies of project theses from previous years are filed in the workshop area and are available for borrowing on the same terms as are data books. You should consult with your supervisor to identify the work of past students which might serve as an example for you as you prepare your own thesis.
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Computer Accounts

Your Ampere account will still be active from last year. If you have forgotten your password please complete a Password Change Request Form available from the workshop Rm 3.15 or Main Office Rm 4.32.

Should you require EMAIL facilities these can be obtained through the student Study Hall. Should you need access to the UNIX network you will need to apply for them. Application forms for computer accounts are available from the workshop during opening hours.
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Programming PALs and EPROMS

PALs and EPROMs can be programmed during workshop open hours. But the workshop hours may be expanded as the year progresses and the demand increases. We also have a PIC-programmmer which students are allowed to use. All software for the above (ie. emulators and compilers) can be found under j:\ drive on Ampere. Here is an example of what you will get for the Pic development tools.
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