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Nope. We'll teach you. You just need curiosity and a tolerance for the smell of solder.

Good thing everyone asks! Three ways in, from a weekend to six months:

1. 2 daysAtelier UnoThe best way to find out if you'll love it. Solo, at your own pace.
2. 3 weeksEmbedded piscineThe 42 way to learn embedded programming.
3. 6 monthsElectronics moduleFrom knowing nothing to making your own electronic products.

It depends which ones.

Most machines

A short training, nothing extreme

CNC, laser cutter

A thorough training: they're the really dangerous ones

Can't use a machine yet? Ask someone who can.

Yes, as long as it's remotely electronics-related. Beyond basic consumables you'll bring your own hardware, though you can borrow some as long as it stays in the lab.

Yes. The only thing you'll spend is time, and maybe some brain cells.

Just show up at the lab and help around. We'd rather get to know you before taking you into the association, so we know you'll still be around in a month.

Sorry, no. Doing electronics isn't the same as knowing how to repair devices that complex. But if you want to fix something yourself, like a USB port, a cable or a Game Boy cartridge battery, you're welcome at the lab!

Check the prerequisites on the piscine page: they depend on your campus and your cursus. Places are limited by the number of boards, so if there are more registrations than boards we select, mostly by progress in the cursus. Piscines come back regularly.

No Norm in the piscine: you'll see, it's hard enough as it is. You still work in C.

No: it's lent for the piscine and you give it back at the end, or the pédago steps in. We know they're pretty and would make a nice souvenir, but think of the next people who want to do the piscine 🙏

42 subjects don't prepare you much for embedded, but understanding how a computer works at its simplest (memory, registers) helps a lot.