Electronics Workshop

The Electronics Workshop provides support to the University of Cambridge community with the electrical and electronic aspects of their projects. Whether you need a simple device or a complex system with full installation, feel free to contact us or visit the Electronics Workshop – we’re here to help turn your concepts into functional solutions.

We offer a range of services including:

  • Equipment Assembly, Wiring, and Testing
  • Rapid Prototyping and PCB Fabrication
  • PCB Assembly
  • Troubleshooting
  • Student Support

Equipment Assembly, Wiring and Testing

Custom electrical control system
Piece of customised electronics equipment

Our workshop offers complete turnkey installations, including power and control systems.

We provide custom-made  equipment and can assemble and wire electrical and electronics systems to meet your specifications.

If required, we can provide a technician to build the equipment at your location.

Rapid Prototyping and PCB Fabrication

Rapid Prototype PCB Service

We offer in-house rapid prototyping for simple designs and can assist with outsourcing to university-approved suppliers for more complex designs.

Technical Information:

  • We use the LPKF S63 Protomat CNC. Our capabilities include milling tracks as narrow as 200um and drilling hole diameters down to 0.3mm.
  • The standard PCB material is the FR4 (epoxy laminate with 35um copper). Our in-stock thickness is 1.6mm, with 1mm or 0.5mm options available upon request.
  • In-house prototype PCBs feature a copper finish, with no resist mask.
  • For double-sided PCBs, vias must be added. The vias are hand-soldered to establish connections between layers where necessary.
  • We work with Gerber X2 files. Please make sure that your drill files are also in this format.
  • We support Alitum and KiCad files, as an alternative.

PCB Assembly

Circuit boards fully assembled

We offer PCB populating services for partial or complete assemblies.

Our soldering capabilities cover most through-hole and surface-mount components. Supported footprints include:

  • Rectangular footprints from 0402 to 1206
  • SOD, SOT, SOIC
  • TSSOP, QFP
  • DPAK, D2PAK
  • Most QFN packages

For components smaller than 0402 or those with BGA (Ball Grid Array) footprints, additional assessment is required before providing a quote.

Troubleshooting

 

Custom student project

Our troubleshooting services aim to diagnose and resolve issues in electrical and electronic systems efficiently, to reduce downtime to a minimum.

This service is available for prototypes, finished products, or installed systems, either at our workshop or on-site at your location.