NOTE: This class is temporarily on hold, until at least mid-January 2010.

2 PM (almost) every Saturday at Freeside Atlanta.
Ruled tyrannically by Tripp Lilley. Who is habitually late.

An ongoing introduction to basic electricity and electronics, with cartoons, experiments, and crazy role-playing (sometimes.)

Below are listed the basic class supplies and tools, as copied from an earlier email to the Freeside Atlanta mailing list. Note that you do not have to bring any of these things, but I highly recommend them. Especially, and at least, the notebook and pen:

- A laptop with WiFi to run the Falstad circuit simulator, [1] which
you can also download [2] and run locally.

- A quad-ruled (graph paper) notebook. I recommend 5 sq. to the inch,
but, whatever floats your dingo. I recommend the Rediform (National
Brand) 43-591 Laboratory Notebook [3] for its generous page size and
stiff covers. I'm always a fan of the Moleskine [4-7], though, and I
found a decent Moleskine clone (Piccadilly [8]) at Borders, yesterday,
for $6. I've found Artlite Pens [9], at Lindbergh Plaza, to be a
really good source for all kinds of notebooks like these.[10]

- A pen (PEN!) for use with the notebook :-) I recommend the "Sharpie
Pen."[11] line. Note that these are pens, not traditional Sharpies
*markers*. They're a non-bleedthrough, fine-point, fiber-tipped,
waterproof (when dry) pen for regular use on plain old paper.[12-14]

NO PENCILS!!

- A 6-9" ruler (12" is okay, but 6-9" is easier to manage.[15])

The following are optional, but if you have them, it'd be handy. If
you don't know what these are, you probably don't have them, so don't
worry.

- Multimeter (digital is best, but analog will suffice.) Needs to
handle AC, DC, and resistance, minimum. Amperage (current) is a bonus.
- Wire strippers
- Diagonal cutters ("dikes")
- Flush-cut snips
- Needle-nose pliers