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Erica Synths' description of the Erica Synths EDU DIY Labor Full Kit.

 

LEARN HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN SYNTHS.

Get started in circuit design with MKI x ES Labor. 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 all in one. 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. Whether you're a beginner exploring the basics or an experienced engineer honing your skills Labor provides a versatile platform for experimentation and learning. Create your own filters oscillators envelopes sequencers – and whatever else you can come up with. Or use it to learn the basics by following along with our series of educational DIY kits.

FEATURES.

  • a built in dual power supply producing eurorack-compatible voltages, with built-in over current protection for safe experimenting
  • a modular interfacing section with 16 slots for potentiometers, jacks & switches
  • a pulse/triangle/sine oscillator (audio & LFO range)
  • a multi mode envelope generator controlled by a premium push button
  • a buffered variable control voltage source
  • an output amplifier with variable gain
  • a dedicated headphone output and a line-level output for recording, processing and analyzing the signal
  • an expansion slot for installing specialized prototyping tools
  • a protective lid to cover a breadboard.

EDU DIY Labor Full Kit includes:

  • LABOR
  • Power Supply Unit
  • jumper cables
  • array of interfacing elements like potentiometers, jack sockets, switches
  • commonly used components (resistors, capacitors, chips, transistors) to start building circuits straight away

Please note: LABOR is a testing ground for experiments with electronic circuits and Erica Synths cannot by any means diagnose any issues with circuits designed on the LABOR board. They will only respond to support tickets regarding obvious malfunctions of the factory-soldered circuits on the main LABOR board. For other cases of malfunction – please consult other LABOR users/ experienced DIY kit builders on online forums, such as this one. Keep experimenting – keep trying! 

We ship Labor as a partial DIY kit. This means that while some parts of the device come pre-assembled, you’ll have to put others together yourself.