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==== General ==== | ==== General ==== | ||
- | * **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area | + | - **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area |
- | * **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe | + | - **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe |
- | * **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around. | + | - **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around. |
==== Safety ==== | ==== Safety ==== | ||
- | * **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight | + | - **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight |
- | * **Face mask** - Protect your lungs | + | - **Face mask** - Protect your lungs |
- | * **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out | + | - **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out |
- | * Fire Blanket - As above | + | - Fire Blanket - As above |
- | * Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not. | + | - Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not. |
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=====Electrical Instruments===== | =====Electrical Instruments===== | ||
- | * **Multimeter** - For testing circuitry Voltages, Resistors and Transistors | + | - **Multimeter** - For testing circuitry Voltages, Resistors and Transistors |
- | * **Oscilloscope** - For testing signals. Dual trace is better , allow signals comparison | + | - **Oscilloscope** - For testing signals. Dual trace is better , allow signals comparison |
- | * Power Supply - Regulated lab power supply . Help in getting the right Voltages inputs | + | - Power Supply - Regulated lab power supply . Help in getting the right Voltages inputs |
- | ===== Video Tutorials ===== | + | ==== Video Tutorials ==== |
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+ | =====Soldering ===== | ||
- | =====Soldering Stuff===== | + | - **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled |
+ | - **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic | ||
+ | - **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips | ||
- | * Soldering Iron or Station with Stand- Temperature controlled | ||
* Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools | * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools | ||
- | * Solder - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic | ||
* Tinning Block - for taking care of soldering iron tips | * Tinning Block - for taking care of soldering iron tips | ||
* PCB Holders - Make soldering easier and cleaner | * PCB Holders - Make soldering easier and cleaner | ||
- | * Desoldering Braid - For removing chips from inferior boards, to insert in you MBHP ;) | ||
- | * Desoldering Pump - As above | ||
=====Trimming and Fastening===== | =====Trimming and Fastening===== | ||
+ | * **Cutters** - For trimming componenet leads | ||
+ | * **Screwdriver Set** - Various sizes | ||
+ | * IC Puller / Placer | ||
* Wire Strippers - For stripping insulation from cabling | * Wire Strippers - For stripping insulation from cabling | ||
* Pliers Set - Various Sizes and types | * Pliers Set - Various Sizes and types | ||
- | * Side Cutters - For trimming componenet leads | ||
- | * Screwdriver Set - Various sizes | ||
- | * Spanner Set - Various sizes, including shifter spanners | ||
- | * Socket Set - Various sizes | ||
- | * IC Puller - Little tool for pulling IC's from sockets | ||
- | * IC Placer - Little tool for putting IC's in sockets, spreads even pressure over all the pins | ||
* Claw - One of those little pens with a three-fingered claw for grabbing loose bits from where fingers can't reach | * Claw - One of those little pens with a three-fingered claw for grabbing loose bits from where fingers can't reach | ||
* IDC Crimping Tool - Because doing it with pliers sucks | * IDC Crimping Tool - Because doing it with pliers sucks | ||
- | * Electrical Tape - Too many uses to list | + | * Electrical Tape |
=====Misc===== | =====Misc===== | ||
* Mirror - Little mirror on a telescopic shaft for peeking where your eyes can't reach | * Mirror - Little mirror on a telescopic shaft for peeking where your eyes can't reach | ||
* Compressed Air Can - For cleaning stuff by blasting off dust | * Compressed Air Can - For cleaning stuff by blasting off dust |