Laboratory instruments for electronics |
Some instruments and devices of interest to experiment in the laboratory.
Basic instruments | Tools and comsumables | Instrumentation probes |
Available at the EETAC L129B. This instrument has been rebranded and now is sold by Digilent. The model APD5250 belonging to the Analog Discovery Pro 5000 Series is the same VB-8012. It works and is concontrolled by both: NI-VirtualBench and Waveforms software.
Fig. 1. National Instruments VirtualBench compact instument. |
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Software: Waveforms. (it can be also used without drivers or applications using the internal embedded NI VirtualBench version). |
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Fig. 2. Digilent Analog Discovery 2. Software: Waveforms. |
Fig. 3. Digilent Digital Discovery. Software: Waveforms. |
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Fig. 4. Keysight Smart Bench Essentials Test Instruments. Available at L230B and L226B. |
Fig. 5. Power supply, function generator, multimeter, oscilloscope, frequency counter, and personal computer, were the standard configuration of our laboratory bench. In CSD, you can replace the desktop computer by your own portable PC running Microsoft Windows 11 and all the standard instruments by the compact VB-8012. |
Basic instruments | Tools and comsumables | Instrumentation probes |
In preparation. Safety equipment from our lab: mask, goggles, gloves, small fire extinguisher and first-aid kit.
Plastic storage drawer or box
Screwdrivers
Tweezer
Flush cutters for electronic components
Wire stripper and cutter
Precision hobby knife
Soldering iron, tips and soldering wire
Soldering iron holder with brass curls wool for cleaning excess solder and dirty flux residues from soldering iron tips
Solderless prototyping breadboard
General purpose solderable PCB
Solid core hookup coloured wires
Hobbyist resistor and capacitors assortment kits or consumable components available in our labs.
Basic instruments | Tools and consumables | Instrumentation probes |
Connecting instruments to circuits under test using probes. The probe recommended for the VB8012 oscilloscope is the (1:1, 10:1) PS2150. Example reference materials:
- In this unit the probe's equivalent circuit is modelled.
- "Select the right oscilloscope probe for your application", NI.
- "ABCs of probes", Tektronik.
Fig. 1. Oscilloscope connected to the test point using probes. |