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pls who knows where I can get electronic components like ICs, arduino board, resistors, capacitors etc for practice in lagos?

Even if they say pay additional #1000 to improve FUTO to HAVARD standard, students must surely complain. This is now a habit in most Nigerian students they just want the best of everything for free not knowing that money is used to develop any institution
If only we can realise that the school management wants to provide very efficient and fast internet connection for the students who have clamoured for it for a long time now and also to reduce the burden of transportation for the students. I think we need finance to achieve all these and the since the government is poorly funding institutions in Nigeria, one way to improve the standard of education is to task the students who happens to be the beneficiaries.
I dont think this increment is a bad thing. We should only complain if they fail to deliver what was promised

pls pals where can I get electronic components like multimeter, Arduino kits, ICs, resistors, capacitors etc in computer village ikeja or anywhere around there.
Reply pls its urgent

pls pals where can I get electronic components like multimeter, Arduino kits, ICs, resistors, capacitors etc in computer village ikeja or anywhere around there.
Reply pls its urgent

what about those undergraduates that were awarded for the 2016/2017 session? they have not been paid

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All hopes in securing admission this year have been reignited.
Anyone seeking admission into any university or polytechnic can now secure admission in FUTO regardless of his/her choice institution as FUTO on wednesday 26th of october extended the supplementary application for non FUTO candidates who wish to study at FUTO to 2nd November.
Interested candidates should visit FUTO site for more information or click the link
http://futo.edu.ng/?p=465

UPDATED 2016/2017 SUPPLEMENTARY ADMISSION EXERCISE
October 26, 2016 / FUTO / News
In continuation of the 2016/2017 supplementary admission exercise, the Federal University of Technology, Owerri hereby invites the underlisted group of candidates to apply online
Interested candidates who did not make FUTO their choice of University in the 2016/2017 UTME but desire admission into FUTO. Candidates who chose FUTO but are yet to register for screening.The following guideline applies: i) Visit the University Website ‘www.futo.edu.ng’ ii) Click on ‘Prospective Students’ iii) Click on ‘Supplementary Application’ iv) Click on the link ‘Candidates that did not chose FUTO as their first choice but wish to apply can click on this link’ v) Enter your JAMB registration number to generate payment invoice. vi) Print your invoice and proceed to any bank to pay a non-refundable fee of N12,500.00 using your Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Code on the invoice vii) After successful payment return to the portal viii) Enter your JAMB registration number to complete the supplementary application form Online. ix) Print out your “Acknowledgement Slip”. Registration commences on Wednesday 26th October, 2016 and closes on Wednesday 2nd November, 2016. Note: Registration for Supplementary Admission ends on Wednesday 2nd November, 2016. Please be guided as stated above. Signed J. U. Nnabuihe Registrar
http://futo.edu.ng/?p=465

Please I was also shortlisted, my centre is PH I need the past question, can someone pls add me on watsapp 08164177129

for me, FUTO is number one.

I think dis untold hardship is really an opportunity for nigerians to come up with useful ideas that can better our society and improve our economy. Its only when one is uncomfortable that he finds ways or means of countering his challenge, else one is not managing his time

@christnze i'm just a 200 level student of FUTO frm imo state

i think FUTO IS better, I'm a student of elect.elect.eng and i can vouch for its integrity in terms of practical learning, infrastructure, quality of lecturers and i must say no flexing only work and jacking. Also u've got to be very intelligent cos this institution us a convergence of best brains especially in dept of EEE.

i think FUTO IS better, I'm a student of elect.elect.eng and i can vouch for its integrity in terms of practical learning, infrastructure, quality of lecturers and i must say no flexing only work and jacking. Also u've got to be very intelligent cos this institution is a convergence of best brains especially in dept of EEE.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 : FRIDAY OLOKOR FUTO Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Chigozie Asiabaka The Tertiary Education Trust Fund says it will spend over N10bn on the Research and Technology Park project at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. The FUTO Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Chigozie Asiabaka, who stated this in an interview with journalists, said TETFund had released the initial N1bn for the park project. He said, “We are working on a research and technology park; and TETFund has committed the initial N1bn into the project which will cost more than N10bn. A research and technology park basically is where we partner industry, the private sector and then do research for development. “In a fully developed technology park, you see industry, theory and practice. We do the triple part of it-get research; get it patented; get it commercialised and when we complete the project, it will be an industrial hub because no country can develop without technology and technology park is the key.’’ Asiabaka noted that when completed, the park would have a research and incubator laboratory. The VC said that the park would also have a researchers’ residence, banks and a helipad. The 20 TETFund projects in the institution include faculty buildings, lecture theatres, classrooms, hostels and six coaster buses. Others are the Centre of Entrepreneurship Studies, School of Management Technology complex and School of Engineering complex.

pls when trying to use the "greater than" key on my laptop, it refused to work. whats wrong?

pls i just want to know where i could do a programming course at a lesser price because i cannot afford the amount NIIT demanded, i want to learn JAVA. Please i need a prompt response.

pls i just want to know if there is anywhere in Nigeria where i will pay less to learn programming because I initially opted for NIIT but they demanded 157000 for a four month course on JAVA. pls i need an urgent response.

guassian:
Many people, students, hobbyist in the field of engineering or technology would have probably heard of the word “Embedded Systems” or “Microcontroller” and wonder what is it all about. An average Nigerian student studying computer science, computer engineering, electronics engineering, electrical engineering, telecommunications etc. rarely learn or go on net for practical research on how to build circuits and be creative in their field until when they want to do their final year project, that’s when they realize that the world of technology has gone far beyond the V=IR they are being taught in class. They want to download circuit diagrams and implement it but discover that more than 70% of construction projects approvable by their supervisor are one way or the other related to the use of Embedded system and thereby would need the knowledge of Microcontroller and Embedded systems development to achieve it.
I stand to be corrected, most universities, polytechnics and technical schools don’t teach Microcontrollers and Embedded systems well enough for the student to grab useful information they will need to implement their final year project. They teach the introduction and use obsolete microcontroller or microprocessors and use obsolete programming language, and at the end of the course, students are examined by designing a kindergarten circuit and writing programs on book that will never Run if it were to be compiled and simulated. These lecturers that don’t teach embedded systems well enough will later be giving very hard project topics to students as final year project. The student who probably complains of not having the technical know-how to achieve the project would probably be told by their supervisor to go and make research or some would encourage them to contract it out and tell them to learn how to defend the project. Can You Imagine!... An higher institution that is supposed to be a research institution offering solutions to companies and inventing new things, students are going outside to contract projects to some uneducated technician at Alaba, Oshodi and the likes. The student ends up writing a shabby report because he is writing a book about what he or she doesn’t know and thereby do a lot of plagiarism by copying and pasting someone else’s work and having up to 50 references which some are fake, they virtually write nothing from their brain because they don’t have anything technical up there. Infact, so many students that has graduated ought to do their NYSC in jail for plagiarism, and also some lecturer that are not interested in the research but using students to write journals for promotion.
Come to think of it, those people that are gurus in embedded systems and microcontroller programming that you contract projects to are not super human, they figured it out too. Some went to learn it from existing gurus, and some were patient enough to learn from books, tutorials, internet and also by try-an-error. Which ever case, the endpoint is having knowledge, and the earlier you start learning the better for you because the world is now going digital.
You that knows how to design and construct any type of discrete circuits, analog circuits, digital circuits, it time for you to go flexible and dynamic by learning embedded systems because that’s where the world is moving now. Finite state machine (FSM) or discrete analog and digital circuit has limited functionality and you use so many circuit components to achieve a very small task or application but using a stored program machine (SPM) or embedded system can achieve a whole lot with a finger size circuit.
You a fresh student in school or even in your final year studying electronics engineering or computer engineering or electrical etc, I urge you to start learning how to design and construct and develop embedded systems as this will help you achieve your final year project easily and also make money from the lazy ones who cannot go extra mile than reading and passing exams.
You a graduate of engineering that is looking for Job, its high time job look for you and its high time you be an entrepreneur. If you are not in electronics/computer/electrical line, get skills related to your field. But believe you me, computer engineering, computer science, and embedded systems is one of the most lucrative job in engineering you can practice on your own and use your one room apartment as a workshop and none of your neighbor will be disturbed.
You electronics engineer and electrical engineer working and earning salary, its time to invest your spare time and money in embedded systems. Your employer will only pay you a peanut of what they actually earn, no employer can overpay you. Even if you work in a multinational company, they wont pay you to get richer than them, and they can sack you at any time except you are indispensable, and the only way to be indispensable is to have a broad and updated knowledge of your field and be exceptional. Also have another source of income, something you can fall back on if anything happens to your Job.
You practicing electrical technician or technologist, its time to get flexible also. Apart from running electrical fittings and installing electronics appliances, you can start designing and constructing fire alarm systems, security systems, home automation systems, tracking systems for valuable equipments etc. You can build these gadgets yourself and make more money.
Gadgets that involves embedded systems imported from abroad is very difficult to repair especially when the progrmmed chip is damaged. This is because no manufacturer will give out their software to enable technician change the chip and reprogram it. This lead to changing of a whole board instead of changing of a single chip. So we need to start developing our own gadget here in Nigeria that the manufacturer will be nearby and gadgets will be easily repaired.

To this effect I take it upon myself to teach people, students, hobbyist, and engineers in the area of embedded systems especially using microcontrollers. I will be giving tutorials out for free circuit, code and methodology just to encourage someone out there, I am committed to blessing someone’s life practically. I will be giving links to where you can download useful softwares and tutorials on net.
There is also solution to the major problem or challenges electronics hobbyist in Nigeria is facing which is getting electronics componets, tools, equipment and modules related to microcontroller and embedded systems. Some components like resistors and capacitors are easy to get around but components like 7 segment displays, LCD display, GSM module, Ultrasonic module, Fire sensor module, Arduino, oscilloscope, quality multimeters, etc are very hard to get and this problem discourages students and hobbyist and scare them away from practicing and doing some experiments.
Universities and polytechnics too are not helping matters because most don’t have these components in the so called modern laboratory and few that has them don’t allow students to touch them let alone giving them for experiment. You can order components online at sparkfun, alibaba, aliexpress, adafruits, hub360 etc. these companies are located abroad except hub360 which is here in Nigeria and supplies any hard-to-get component anywhere in Nigeria. They are reliable, they supply quality components for secondary schools, universities, polytechnics, technical schools, organizations, students, hobbyist etc and have good customer relation. They have embedded system engineers that are ready to help you if you have any problem or challenge concerning any component you buy from them. You can check out this site and see for yourself. www.hub360.com.ng
I use them always and get components at my doorstep, most times, I am always busy reading, performing one experiment or the other so no time to go to market to get component and when I go sometimes, I end up not getting all the exact components I read about online and need to perform my next experiment so what’s the essence of going. But hub360 will get you all the components at cheap price and you pay on delivery. They have hub360 starter kits which are groups components carefully selected by their engineers for beginners who don’t know which components to start with.

I will be doing tutorials in modules and providing links to sites and books you can download useful materials for more information.

Watch out for my next post which will be an introduction to Embedded systems. You will be learning what it is, what it entails, where they are used etc.

nice, we really
need people like u in this forum