Essential Tools For An Electronics Lab
Essential Tools For An Electronics Lab
Let’s set up the new electronics lab and see where you should be allocating your tool budget and where you can skimp a bit.
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🛠🛠 Multimeter 🛠🛠
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🛠🛠 Soldering 🛠🛠
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• Desoldering pump https://amzn.to/3RzgQUE
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• United Static Control ESD mat https://www.ultrastatinc.com/Bench_options_electratherm.html
🛠🛠 Oscilloscope 🛠🛠
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🛠🛠 Power supply 🛠🛠
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Work surface
02:14 Hand tools
05:14 #notsponsored
05:26 Multimeters
09:50 Solder station
13:22 ESD mat
16:49 Oscilloscopes
20:19 Desoldering
21:51 Bench power supply
23:05 Magnifying tools
25:16 Monitor and computer
26:19 Conclusion
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ESR meter for capacitors
I don’t have any nor have money to buy please let go 🙏😭
I can recommend aliexpress. Very cheap but real good stuff outta there
I absolutely hate the Kaiweets multimeter because of its stupid interface, such a pain to use.
DO NOT BUY CHEAP SOLDERING IRONS EVEN IF THEY HAVE TEMP CONTROL, NOT ALL TEMP CONTROL IS GOOD
Why not wire your entire station with an isolation transformer? That is the smarter and safer solution. Then you can use an OLFA cutting mat. This is what professionals do. An isolation transformer will save your life in many circumstances, so why not just completely remove ground?
excellent. what about exhaust system to suck all that solder smoke ?
Signal generator?
3d printer
btw for the iron, i reccomend getting a 15~ one with an lcd and buttons to control the temp, has served me well for years even after dropping (not reccomended tho)
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you forgot sledge hammer, https://youtu.be/R_FoFbAyVQk?si=q2qySI5XoRfF9g1i
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14:47 This music is actually made by Quazar of Sanxion, not McKlain. It’s pretty famous demoscene music.
component tester, temperature meter, signal generator & so on ….
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@Noel’s Retro Lab Thank you so very much for this video on the things you need for electronic repair.
Ive asked electronic repair people here on youtube and they want to keep these electronic repair tools a secret.
Thanx to you, I now know what all other tools I need to fully start my electronic repair business.
God Bless You
Nice presentation. Looks like you mainly use your Lab to study and repair computer products. If you want to get into other electronic products like Radios, Televisions, and Stereos, then you need a couple other pieces of equipment for your Lab. The only items you left out were a Signal Generator and an Isolation Transform. Hope this is helpful.
I’d say one *very* important thing in this video/lab is missing!! Isolation transformer of some kind! I don’t know the electrical code in Your country, but in my country it must be used if one will handle mains powered products with open covers.. Also it’s not very good for one’s oscilloscope or the appliance (rectifier most often if one present) under inspection if one tries to measure something in the mains side with oscilloscope (they are typically equipped with protective earth) 💥 😅 However, if the lab is only for mains isolated work (powered from power supplies/batteries/etc.) then of course there is no reason to get isolation transformer..!
soLdering
WHAT DO YOU TOOLS NEED? DON’T DEAD OPEN INSIDE!
Actually……good wire strippers make a world of difference compared to the cheapos.
12-bit oscilloscopes are now available for the same price …
I love electronic vacuum desolders; they just make life easier if you desolder a lot of stuff.
Excellent video Noel. Thank you
Awesome video! Do you also use like a hotplate and an infra red camera?
Great video sub’d. You know you are on the right video when you see 2:00 and get excited about just looking at it.
Magnification is first and foremost a matter of inspection, and only then rework. You cannot be sure of the condition of the electronics without a close up view that’s just not possible with the naked eye.
Your expertise really shine through—great work! 👏⚡
my father worked on tvs, amps en power supply¨s for 40 years with a multimeter and soldering iron
And i folowed him now for 20 years only with a multimeter and soldering iron and last added a hot air station.
you need knowlidge not hightec tools
In the Army, they went cheap and gave us the de-soldering wick, suctioning cups, and a lot of sweat. Thanks for the video, starting my computer engineering courses soon.
perfect video thanks. In addition Network analyzer, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer aaaand a siemens coffee machine!…
A good stick. A simple one, wood or plastic, with one pointy end and one flat. Not too long, just about 4-5", and not too thick. It has too many uses to list, from holding down stubborn components to pry loose DIPs from sockets to chew on when pondering. A good stick is essential IMO.
These days I would add a USB, Ethernet, and HDMI cable tester.
lol what tools do you need? yes, all of them!!
function genrater will be great thing to have
I listened to 7 minutes and disagreed with virtually everything you said , How could my experiences (19 years and counting) be so different than yours ? For example I am constantly encountering screws that are both stuck and made from a very soft material my expensive PB Smith screwdrivers have features like parallel flanks on slotted drivers that make the difference between removing the screw and destroying the screw . My BK multimeter gives me reliable measurements that don’t drive me crazy by randomly changing or vanishing , I could go on , crappy tools waste time and energy . The only thing I do agree with you on is the importance of hand tools.
There’s some great suggestions in some of these other comments. I would add a good search presser for all the outlets, good
One thing to remember about oscilloscope sampling rates is that you aren’t always going to be looking for signals when repairing equipment – sometimes you will want to see transient bugs that can be several/many times the rate of the signal. Especially if you are dealing with devices that have a lot of power supplies on the board. I would argue something like 5x the signal rate is a better rule of thumb than the Nyquist rate.
This will depend a lot on what exactly you work on and what you use your scope for, so definitely take your own use case into consideration.
Cheers!
Nice!
I prefer my optical stereo microscope over the digital, by far. Soldering in 3D is much easier and the eye has a much better dynamic range, than the best camera in the world. I haven’t used my digital microscope a lot, the optical all the time.
The most important tool is my head band magnifier. After about 45, my eyes got old.
For SMD soldering, I really like hot plates. I have a 20cm x 20cm one for board assembly and a 3cm x 3cm one for repairs. It is much easier than hot air.
I’m not sure if there’s a name for them but I recently added a set of needle finger probes for precise probing on high density boards. if you find yourself working on high density boards a lot I highly recommend them.
Thanks for the teaching.
In amplifier building, the board needs a +/- rails, say 30DCV.
I am looking for a bench adjustable/variable switching PSU to be used for various amplifier boards (that needs different +/- DCV).
Question: What kind of description/specification do I look for in a commercial product? Thanks.
Just about anything Germany is going to be high quality. Flush cutting tools are a big plus.
Just use a piece of aluminum foil hooked up to ground with a resistor if you’re working with lasers or sm
Appreciate the well thought out video very informative
What attenuators would i need to service cb radios like alignment and wave
Forms on a oscilloscope i was told that i would need to use them
Most lovable video i was waiting since childhood. I m made for electronic 😊