The strait tips for
your lab
By disassembling the disabled devices, and examining and sorting the loose parts, you
will quickly learn about parts, manufacturing technology, and particular designer schools.
- You can't see through the wires, so without measuring you are blind in the jungle.
Therefore, measure everything that can be measured. Provide yourself with measuring
instruments, even older ones but mainly with those you can rely on. And cherish them like
the apple of your eye.
- Without tools, you are lame. Provide yourself with quality tools and equipment. Make
your jigs and fixtures.
- You will find everywhere where you seek: Ohm's law.
- Your designs should be solid and proof against unqualified use.
- Think of the cross-connection and compatibility of your apparatuses.
- Pay reasonable attention to the image of your designs.
- Arrange your work place so that it is safe for you as well as for your visitors.
- Order is not made, it is kept. It is easy: things are placed where they belong.
- Keep notes of your progress and
results as well as your cogitation, ideas and your notions. You will be surprised how
useful you will find them in the future.
- Are you at a deadlock?
- make a list of your
problems,
- sort them according their importance,
- look for a solution in the same order,
- clear them in this order as well.
If you start with insignificant problems, you will have no time for the
important ones.
- You will get through your problem more quickly if you divide it into a few particular
ones.
- Don't you know how to get ahead? Look for more information!
- Looking for a solution?
- combine all
possibilities,
- from those found use the simplest and viable.
- Looking for faults? Start with
yourself!
- Have a new idea? You should be its strongest opponent.
- Never change more than one parameter at a time during your experiments.
- Even if the experiment fails, it has its importance. It shows you which way not to go to
reach your goal.
- The bigger the mystery, the simpler the explanation.
- Whatever you do, do it in a way in which you do not harm yourself, others or nature.