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Welcome to the Tips and Techniques Homepage. Within this section of the Digital Design & Technology Wiki you will find countless useful tips and techniques for the manufacture of electronic projects within schools. The aim of the this section is to provide information and resources in text, picture and video format that can be used for developing electronic projects or can be shown in the classroom to aid students in creating quality end electronic products.


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1.1 Overview 1.2 Also see 1.3 References 1.4 External Links 2.0 Housing Design 3.0 PCB Mounting 4.0 Battery Access/Mounting 5.0 Project enhancements 

**Overview**  Historically electronics has been a difficult subject to get right in schools and few schools do it well, however, if taught well electronics can provide an exceptionally valued learning experience for students.  Although electronics is based on simple theory, many student shy away from the subject due to its apparent complexity to the untrained eye. I think it is fair to say that electronic projects in schools tend to be dictacted by a circuit that the teacher either understands or circuits that are the cheapest or can be recycled, over and above circuits that can form the basis for relevant, interesting and exciting electronic 'Products'. The results of this are usually uninteresting and unfinished PCB's often 'dangling' from a piece of generic formed plastic that represents no useable product. One of the most common problecms facing teachers of electronics within schools is the balance of creating a cost effective project with a quality end product. It is therefore the aim of this Tips and Techniques section to provide you with information and resources to design and develop electronic projects that results in quality end products.

**Also See** Exemplar Projects Project Gallery

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