Electronics Area

Electronics Area
Intended Use	Workshop area for working on Electronics Projects
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The Electronics Area has three/four bays for working on electronics. It is equipped with soldering irons, power supplies, oscilloscopes etc. It in located in the same room, opposed to the CNC Area.

Benches

The electronics area benches are each intended for a different purposes. While you are free to move things around, please try to put things back roughly where you found them so that the benches are always ready for their intended purpose. From the window to corridor, these benches are the test bench, rework bench and soldering bench. There is also a large bench next to the corridor which can be used for assembly and larger projects.

Test Bench

Should be equipped with the Rigol Oscilloscope, power supplies, signal generator, bench multimeter, etc.

Rework Bench

Hot air rework station and soldering iron

Soldering Bench

Soldering iron, solder sucker, side snips, board assembly equipment

Tools

See also: Signal Generators and Tools/We Have

Tool	Quantity	Consumables?	More required?	Location	Comments	Looks Like
MULTICOMP MP740888 Soldering Station	2	10 x MP740872 Replacement Tips	No	Benches	Purchased 2024-01-30	See links
PCB Drill	1	N/A	N		Loan from James Fowkes / David Clarke
Bubble Etch Tank	1	N/A	N		Loan from James Fowkes
UV Exposuure Box	1	N/A	N		Loan from James Fowkes
PCB Lightbox	1	N/A	N
Multimeters	3	N/A	N
Oscilloscopes	2	N/A
Bench PSU	2	N/A	N
Wire strippers	3	N/A	Y
Side cutters	3	N/A	Y
Locking Wire Pliers	1	wire	N
Crimp Tool	1	N/A	Y		For Molex KK crimps
Crimp Tool	1	N/A	Y		Basic R/B/Y
Cat5	3@30cm, 2@1m, 3@3m	N/A	Y
Desolder tool	3	N/A	N
Electric Wire Wrap Tool	1		N	?
Variac (Carroll and Meynell 5Amp)	1		N	?

See also

• Electronics components
• Electronic Components Inventory (2019/2020)
• Electronics PCB manufacture
• Suppliers - Electronics