Checksheet for Mentees Working On A Project

Below is a high-level checksheet for your project, from start to finish. This is not meant to replace the steps in "Getting Started". It is to help answer questions over the overall project progression, which students seem to often run into.

Fork the Sample Project, and have your mentor link it to the amp-lab.org website

First Meeting with Mentor

Research your project, and reach out to mentor with any questions you may have

Submit your BOM (If you need parts) to the Discord channel purchase-requests so that we can order your parts. Note: Mentors will verify that the parts you are requesting are reasonable. You may be asked to revise your project's BOM

Await parts, and go pick them up when instructed

Build your first draft. If you need more parts, feel free to submit another BOM

Complete your first draft. This is called "MVP", or "Minimal Viable Product" it should be a good first-attempt with base-bones functionality. This is the version the Amp Lab will complete. Note: With the lab, you will always make two versions of your project: a basic one for the lab to keep, and a better draft that you can keep

Make the second draft, or the one you will be keeping

Update documentation

Project Complete. Well done! Have a cookie :)