Arcade PCB Repair Training?

[joeybagadonuts]

Are there any classes specifically for PCB repair? I know its a small community of people but I would love to learn how to repair these boards in detail. Now I can do the basic soldering, burning new chips, and repairing traces, but I would love to get into repairs further and diagnose electronic problems with logic probes and other equipment. One of you smart repair guys should start a basics repair class, I would pay and attend.

 

[koolmoecraig]

http://randyfromm.com/

 

[brzezicki]

Are there any classes specifically for PCB repair? I know its a small community of people but I would love to learn how to repair these boards in detail. Now I can do the basic soldering, burning new chips, and repairing traces, but I would love to get into repairs further and diagnose electronic problems with logic probes and other equipment. One of you smart repair guys should start a basics repair class, I would pay and attend.

not a official pay for class like randyfromms but I have a 7 part set of lessons on my website. http://www.arcade-cabinets.com/resources.shtml

I used to (and still sometimes do) teach IT type 5 day classes so I tried to design these lessons much like I would design a real class as hands on as possible to help people learn the actual skills needed.

-brian

 

[amplibax]

How useful is Randy Fromm's stuff for your average collector?

 

[joeybagadonuts]

http://randyfromm.com/

Thanks I will look into Randy's Class. Anybody on here ever take it? Does he or his instructors every come to the North East?

 

[joeybagadonuts]

not a official pay for class like randyfromms but I have a 7 part set of lessons on my website. http://www.arcade-cabinets.com/resources.shtml

I used to (and still sometimes do) teach IT type 5 day classes so I tried to design these lessons much like I would design a real class as hands on as possible to help people learn the actual skills needed.

-brian

Thanks Brian, I will check out your videos.

 

[ajcrm125]

I've been recording my repairs for years and have a few dedicated classes on logic debug and arcade game architecture. Should be a good starting point...

https://www.youtube.com/user/OneCircuit/playlists

 

[Compute]

I took a Randy class courtesy of my work (route operator). He does a great job of breaking things down, but he only briefly touches on logic. Randy teaches troubleshooting as a field tech, essentially how to fix things without documentation. I enjoyed the class, but the information is all out there. He doesn't teach CRT's anymore, either.

 

[Bax]

not a official pay for class like randyfromms but I have a 7 part set of lessons on my website. http://www.arcade-cabinets.com/resources.shtml

I used to (and still sometimes do) teach IT type 5 day classes so I tried to design these lessons much like I would design a real class as hands on as possible to help people learn the actual skills needed.

-brian

This is very impressive. thank you for posting the link!!!!

 

[brzezicki]

No problem, enjoy!

 

[Commander Dave]

There are some really good repair videos on YouTube in which they walk through an actual repair. I really enjoy the videos and learn by virtual "hands on". Just do some YouTube searches and you should run across them.