Building its education-based portfolio, Erica Synths has launched its MKI x ES Labor – ‘an inspirational and flexible tool that encourages budding electronics engineers to take the next step into the world of circuit design’.
Developed in collaboration with Dr Shalom D Ruben, Teaching Professor for Engineering at the University of Colorado, Labor is a fully-featured circuit design playground and a powerful electronics learning tool cmbined. Created with the aim of serving as a universal learning tool for electronics engineering, Labor enables users to delve into various aspects of electronics design from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques.
Suitable for both beginners exploring the basics of circuit design and experienced engineers further honing their skills, Labor provides a platform for experimentation and learning. Filters, oscillators, envelopes and sequencers can be created, and Labor can also be used to learn circuit basics by following along Erica Synths' series of educational DIY kits.
EDU DIY Labor is available as two options – the Basic Kit includes the Labour, PSU, jumper cables and an array of interfacing elements including potentiometers, jack sockets, switches. The Full Kit includes adds an array of interfacing elements (potentiometers, jack sockets, switches) and commonly used components (resistors, capacitors, chips, transistors) so users can start building circuits straight away.
Key features:
- Dual power supply producing Eurorack compatible voltages.
- Built-in over current protection.
- Modular interfacing section with 16 slots for pots, jacks and switches.
- Pulse/triangle/sine oscillator (audio and LFO range).
- Multi mode envelope generator controlled by a push-button.
- Buffered variable control voltage source.
- Dedicated output amplifier with variable gain.
- Dedicated headphone and line-level outputs.
- Expansion slot for specialised prototyping tools.
- Protective lid to cover breadboard patchbay.
Erica Synths and Moritz Klein have developed a series of educational DIY kits with the aim of teaching people with little-to-no prior experience how to design analogue synthesiser circuits from scratch. What is in the box is not meant to be soldered together and then parked in a rack, instead, the goal is to take users through the circuit design process step by step, explaining every choice we’ve made and how it impacts the finished module.
