Hi Guys,
I'm Peter, from Wollongong, Australia (about an hour south of Sydney). I'm an apprentice instrument fitter/calibration and electronics tech for an electricity company. I've always had an interest in Electronics, but I didn't get serious until the last two years of high school.
My main work tends to be in calibration checking instruments- usually small things like multimeters and high voltage detectors, but we also fault-find and repair these devices, plus some more complex ones, down to component level where possible.
I'm trying to get myself reasonably competent with microcontrollers so I can start applying them to our designs- We're sometimes asked design instruments for other staff in our company, and I'd like to increase the level of sophistication we build into these. I'm also pretty keen to work with SMD components, they're clearly where design is at.
I'm hardly an expert in any of this though, so if I say something strange or downright wrong, please set me straight.
Thanks all, I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you folk!
Peter