Dave Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog shows us what tools he recommends for a starter electronics lab. He makes a few surprisingly inexpensive recommendations for multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, bench power supplies, soldering stations, and many other tools and supplies. I, for one, am taking very careful notes on this excellent video since I’m moving from basic to more advanced electronics design.

 

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Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.

5 Responses to How-To: Set Up An Electronics Lab

  1. Dave’s videos are great. Espectialy the hack that changes a rigol 50Mhz scope into a 100Mhz. They can be long. Some aer an hour. Most are the in the 30 minute range. But he understands how to state things so a Noob like can ‘get it’.

  2. Anonymous on said:

    Hey Dave, this was very helpful. I run a small electronics repair shop and this actually gave me an idea on how to fix a Bose Sounddock 10 someone brought in. Thanks again for the great info!

  3. Anonymous on said:

    Hey Dave, this was very helpful. I run a small electronics repair shop and this actually gave me an idea on how to fix a Bose Sounddock 10 someone brought in. Thanks again for the great info!

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