Equipment/Electronics Workbenches

Class Green equipment: Negligible risk. No formal training is required or offered. If you need help just grab the nearest member and ask.
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Class Orange equipment: Only use if you are confident doing so. Training is available if not.
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Equipment / Electronics Workbenches

Workbenches for electronics and precision work.

Enthusiast Bench

A 1800mm x 900mm ESD cantilever bench from here

Equipment

• Hameg HM-203-5 20MHz analogue oscilloscope
  • File:HM203-6 Manual.pdf
• Black*Star Jupiter 500 0.1Hz-500kHz function generator (sine, square, sawtooth)
• Philips PM6622 80MHz counter
  • File:PM6622 PM6624 PM6625 Manual.pdf

Expert Bench

A 1800mm x 900mm ESD cantilever bench from here

Equipment

• BlackJack BK6000 Rework station (Class: Orange)
  • File:BlackJack BK6000 Rework Station manual.pdf
• Rigol DS1104Z 100MHZ Digital Oscilloscope
  • Info here.
• Philips PM 3217 50MHz analogue Oscilloscope (Class: Green)
  • File:Philips PM3217 50MHz Oscilloscope Manual.pdf
• Thurlby Thandar TG212 0.1Hz-2MHz function generator (sine, square, sawtooth) (Class: Orange)
  • File:TG200 Series Manual.pdf
• Thurlby Thandar TF830 1.3GHz high resolution reciprocal measurement

Shared equipment

• Soldering irons:
  • 2x Tenma AT60D soldering stations (up to 400C) (Class: Orange)
• Bench power supplies (e.g. a mix of 5V, 12V, variable, and multi-rail PSUs) (Class: Orange)
  • Farnell AP20-80: up to 20V at up to 80A
  • Hameg HM7042-3 dual: each channel up to 32V at up to 2A
  • Tenma 72-8695 two channels each up to 32V at up to 3A, plus a single fixed 5V/2A channel
• Logic analyser:
  • HP 16500A (status unknown: may not be operational but has probes pack)
  • Currently assumed dead.
• Components and small tools
  • PCB holders or "helping hands"
  • Magnifying lamps
  • Side cutters
  • Multimeters
  • Wire
  • Selection of basic components (res, caps, v-reg, basic digital logic, basic IC's - 555,358, connectors, cable)
  • Inspection microscope (fixed 20x monocular, with 80mm clearance under the lens)

Supplies

Supplies

Wishlist

Need

• Soldering microscope with inbuilt illumination
• Abrasive pen
• Heatsink tweezers
• Tweezers
• ESD handling equipment, eg. anti-static mats, wrist-strap, earth points, tester
• URLs or PDF manuals for the equipment

Want

• Logic Analyser
  • Possibly a Saleae Logic16
• A Reflow Oven
  • Probably a EuroCircuits EC-Reflow Mate

Would Be Nice

• USB microscope with monitor (not to be confused with a soldering/lab microscope!)
• Spectrum Analyser
• A PC