#1179 What Electronics Tools Do You Need?

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• BA

  @batshitaussie · 4 years ago

  A man who uses prototyping board as a bookmark. First class.

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• CA

  @cascadia3759 · 2 years ago

  I would add a laptop and maybe a printer and monitor. Handy for looking up spec sheets, accessing videos, forums, suppliers, doing Zooming and on and on.

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• TO

  @tombouie · 2 years ago

  Thks, Mr Electronics ;)

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• SK

  @SkyhawkSteve · 4 years ago

  as someone who remembers when a good scope could cost $10k or more, I'm very happy with the $500 4 channel Rigol that I bought a few years ago!  Also...  nice to see Bob Pease's great book mentioned!  Tons of wisdom in there!

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• PB

  @pbaemedan · 4 years ago

  Attended an Analog conference with Bob Pease, Jim Williams, and Howard Johnson at National Semiconductor.

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• PA

  @paulcohen1555 · 4 years ago

  Bob Please was one in a Century.

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• PA

  @paulcohen1555 · 4 years ago

  And a label printer to identify drawer contents like IMSAI did.

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• FL

  @flapjack9495 · 3 years ago

  Excellent advice here! I'm pleased to say that, despite being a hobbyist with no formal training, I either have and use most of the stuff on this list, or it's on my list of "I really should get one of those someday" (like an isolation transformer and variac).

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• RS

  @RS-ls7mm · 4 years ago

  I built and debugged my early hardware with just a logic probe and a voltmeter.  Its amazing how much you can deduce from just a couple of flashing LEDs with digital circuits.  Back then an oscilloscope was only for the rich guys.

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• RS

  @rsavela2 · 4 years ago

  The hot air rework station gets used a awful lot on my bench.   SMT parts, heat shrink, making cable harnesses, etc.

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• JS

  @jstro-hobbytech · 4 years ago

  Good video. I don't get envious of other people. I'm happy for them. I love new gear so seeing it makes me happy

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• LE

  @leandrolaporta2196 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I just came across your channel, I remember when I purchased my very first storage oscilloscope, the tek TDS 210, I still have it, I purchased it like, dunno, 25 years ago?, It was like..... Woow a DSO!! everyone read about it but almost no one can afford one by.then, I was just getting paid a design job (a radio telemetry unit I've spent the entire summer developing) and I put all the money on the scope, I remember because I was nervous as hell i had never ever spent so much money on a single item, I went to the store and say, give me the TDS 210, (how are you gonna pay? The ask) I said cash and I take out all I have, no joke, it was like all the money I had back then, 4 months of tenuous work, but I bought it, and I still have, still love it, nowadays is so cheap and you have so many options!, You can get something like a rigol 1104z which is a fantastic machine for under 1000 dollars! Unbelievable

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