Equipment/Electronics Workbenches

Equipment / Electronics Workbenches

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  Dual 32V, 5A Bench Power Supply

Wishlist and Requirements

Bench Requirements

• Height: Standard workstation/stool height (~840mm) rather than desk/chair height - allows working standing or sitting on stools
• Depth: Standard electronics workstation depth of ~900mm to allow for equipment at the back whilst still giving decent workspace
• ESD - whilst some people don't care, other seem to care a lot, so assume antistatic worksurface
• Structure - A long workbench surface along the wall of the main workshop, approximately 4m; Options:
  • Standard electronics workbenches (metal structure bench with drawers below left/right, back power strip at back, raised shelf)
  • Basic electronics workbences without storage below, cantilever or 4-post design
  • Worksurface (e.g. kitchen) fixed to wall with some drawer units as stands (e.g. ikea)
• Other considerations:
  • Allow for a variable number of people to sit at it (i.e. bucnh up, couple of people around same project)
  • Decent storage for all the basic tools, components
  • Some form of raised area for scopes/test equipment
  • Very sturdy - i.e. wont move if lent on, pushed against etc

Equipment Wishlist

• Bench power supplies (e.g. a mix of 5V, 12V, variable, and multi-rail PSUs)
• PCB holders or "helping hands"
• Magnifying lamps (for us old-uns!)
• Side cutters
• Abrasive pen
• Heatsink tweezers
• Multimeter(s)
• Oscilloscope (digital and/or analog)
• Logic Analyser
• Signal generator
• Wire
• Selection of basic components (res, caps, v-reg, basic digital logic, basic IC's - 555,358, connectors, cable)
• Some way to order parts (group order to Farnell/RS/Maplin)
• spectrum analyser
• ESD handling equipment, eg. anti-static mats, wrist-strap, earth points, tester
• Small CNC milling machine, desktop size for cutting PCBs.
• USB microscope with monitor?