EDL RULES

1. Components/wire pieces/ connecting probes/ loose sheets should not be left scattered around.

2. Do not keep soldering irons directly on the table. Keep them in the stands. Read the instructions for the soldering stations displayed nearby.

3. Be gentle to the instruments. Do not handle the knobs and switches roughly.

4. Only the computers provided for hardware work should be used for interfacing your circuit. Ask the sysads before you use them for HW work.

5. Most of the components for your project will be available in the lab. A list of these components will be available in the lab and on edlab web page. Procuring components from outside though not difficult, in most cases takes lot of time.

6. Buy a set of frequently used tools such as nose pliers, wire cutter/stripper, tweezer, small screw driver/tester and a Handheld DMM to be used in the lab.

7. Since the lab. will also be used off-office hours, all the EDL students will be responsible for any untoward things happening in the lab.

8. The lab should remain open only if a person with the key permission is in the lab. Once some one opens a lab he/she should lock it when he/she leaves or should hand over the charge to another person who has key permission.

9. The person locking the lab should make sure that all the ACs, Lights and fans and equipment not in use are switched off. Also check that all the doors and windows are closed. Many a times the windows were found open and the lock just hanging from the latch without the door being latched.

10. The equipment should generally not be shifted from one table to other unless VERY ESSENTIAL. The shifted equipment should be placed back on the original table. In case any equipment is found defective a note should be placed on the equipment indicating the defects.

11. Return all the material borrowed from the lab after the final demonstration as soon as possible failing which No-Dues certificate will not be given from the lab.

12. Finally the lab is OUR lab, feel for it. If you find any one doing any thing undesirable, report it. Do not talk loudly, others may be getting disturbed. Keep the lab as neat as possible. You will enjoy working here.