Revolutionizing PCB Design Education with V-One

About ITIZ

Information Technology & Innovation Business (ITIZ) is a leading provider of engineering training equipment, materials, and services in South Korea. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea’s hub for science and technology, ITIZ develops hands-on training workshops, lectures, and manuals as well as supplies equipment for electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics, robotics, and mechatronics. 

ITIZ is on a mission to “create new value in education through technology” and to “nurture individuals who think independently and have creative capabilities to shape our future.” They have been a Voltera authorized reseller since 2017, supplying V-One PCB printers to high schools, universities, and vocational schools in South Korea.

Transforming PCB design education with V-One

ITIZ’s efforts to introduce V-One into schools — including the development of a PCB design curriculum — have revolutionized how students learn electronics and PCB design. Before adopting V-One, schools struggled to teach PCB design due to the absence of in-house tools for validating the functionality of students’ PCB designs. Without the ability to test their circuit, students’ knowledge remained purely theoretical. V-One has transformed this learning experience by allowing students to fabricate and test their circuit designs in real time.

“Because schools didn’t have a way to perform PCB validation before, they were often hesitant to include PCB design in their curriculum. But now, thanks to the V-One, they can confidently incorporate PCB design and validation into their programs.”

— Han Joonghee, Director of ITIZ

Key applications in education 

Over 200 V-Ones are used across high schools and universities in South Korea for PCB design validation.

• High schools: 10–20 V-One units per classroom enable one-to-one prototyping during lessons.
• Universities: Research labs use 1–2 units to study conductive materials and circuit designs.
• Competitions: V-One is used to test circuits while training for the Electronics Skill category in WorldSkills competitions.

“Even if teachers couldn’t use the V-One during regular class time, some selected interested students and guided them in using the V-One after school hours. In some cases, it was also used to test circuits while training for the Electronics category in WorldSkills competitions.”

— Han Joonghee, Director of ITIZ

Student projects: From theory to reality

V-One has empowered students to tackle complex projects, such as a tri-color mood lamp, solar charger, bluetooth speaker, and hangul clock. The clock, in particular, has a 3D-printed casing housing a V-One-fabricated circuit, which is programmed to display time in Hangul, the Korean alphabet.

“With the V-One, students can build the circuits step by step and physically connect them. [...] This ability to study the relationships between circuits in such a hands-on and intuitive way is what teachers have found most exciting about using the V-One.”

— Han Joonghee, Director of ITIZ

Impact on teachers and students’ career readiness

Educators now confidently integrate PCB design into curricula, knowing students can test and iterate their own PCBs. This shift has expanded career opportunities for graduates, particularly in robotics and electronics manufacturing. By enabling students to prototype and validate their own circuit designs, ITIZ is bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical skills, preparing students for careers in engineering and innovation.

“Now that PCB design classes can be taught in high schools, teachers have started to see greater potential for their students’ career opportunities.”

— Han Joonghee, Director of ITIZ

Looking ahead

Bridging hardware and software

While AI dominates tech trends, ITIZ emphasizes the enduring importance of hardware skills. By making electronics education more accessible, they aim to inspire cross-disciplinary innovation — much like Arduino’s impact on microcontrollers.

“Right now, electrical and electronic engineering is still somewhat exclusive to those who have formally studied the field. While a high level of technical skill is certainly important, I believe it’s equally important to lower the barrier to entry.”

— Han Joonghee, Director of ITIZ

Additional resources

• YouTube playlist: Student V-One projects
• Webinar: Printing PCBs for Hands-On Learning
• Video: Beyond Hello World with the V-One and ITIZ
• White paper: Printing a Decimal Counter Circuit with Silver Conductive Ink on FR1

For a copy of ITIZ’s curriculum for teaching PCB design, email us at sales@voltera.io.