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| ==== General ==== | ==== General ==== | ||
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| + | - **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area | ||
| + | - **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe | ||
| + | - **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around. | ||
| + | ==== Safety ==== | ||
| + | - **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight | ||
| + | - **Face mask** - Protect your lungs | ||
| + | - **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out | ||
| + | - Fire Blanket - As above | ||
| + | - Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not. | ||
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| - | * **Workbench** - Protect your house, have a proper work area | + | \\ |
| - | * **Storage Unit** - Put your tools and components somewhere safe | + | |
| - | * **Small Plastic Cups** - Somewhere to put things temporarily. Don't leave your kit lying around. | + | |
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| - | ==== Safety ==== | + | |
| - | * **Safety Glasses** - Protect your sense of sight | + | |
| - | * **Face mask** - Protect your lungs | + | |
| - | * **Fire Extinguisher** - Don't let your soldering iron start a fire you can't put out | + | |
| - | * Fire Blanket - As above | + | |
| - | * Soldering Smoke Absorber/Ventilator - MMmmm, Lead smoke. Mmmmm, Cancer. Mmmm, Insanity. Mmm…. I think not. | + | |
| =====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 |
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| =====Soldering ===== | =====Soldering ===== | ||
| - | * **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled | + | - **Soldering Iron or Station with Stand**- Temperature controlled |
| - | * **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic | + | - **Solder** - Good quality solder for good quality joints, 63/37 Eutectic |
| - | * **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips | + | - **Desoldering Pump** - - For removing soldered chips |
| * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools | * Soldering Iron Tip Cleaner - Take care of your tools | ||
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| =====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 | ||
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