DIY Electronic Lab Tools
Below are listed various electronic projects that I have worked on over time. Each project has been tested to at least the breadboard stage, whereas, many have been fabricated on either PCB or veroboard. In all cases, full details of the working circuit (including schematic diagrams, circuit descriptions, component selection) and any difficulties encountered during construction (and fixes, alternatives or work-arounds discovered) are given in detail.
Details of the various projects are available by clicking the links in the following tables which list projects by either category, project title or ID number.
Where I encountered new components, circuit ideas and or concepts I have not previously used, often I produced small test circuits to focus on learning the new item. Details of such experiments and learnings can be found on the Component Testing pages.
Sometimes I developed software (using either Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, CSS C++, or Excel spreadsheets) to help with various projects. Such programs, modules and or source code can be found on the Downloads pages.
| Project Title | Description | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| UV Light Box | Ultraviolet light box for exposing PCBs | Medium |
| LED Strip Lighting | LED strip lighting for the workbench | Easy |
| Digital Counter | A digital counter for voltage pulses (or manual button press) | Easy |
| PCB Drillpress | Drillpress for drilling PCBs; includes auto on/off, laser sight and LED spot light | Medium |
| Gaussmeter | Interface/add-on for a digital multimeter to enable reading of magnetic field strength (gauss displayed as volts) | Easy |
| ATX PSU Conversion | Conversion of disused ATX PSU (desktop computer) power supply into a lab power supply (± 12V, ± 5V, 3.3V) | Easy |
| DIY PIC Development Board | A DIY PIC microprocessor development/experimenting prototyping board is constructed. | Medium |
| Electronic Dummy Load | An electronic dummy load is constructed from "junk box" parts (tested up to 12V 5A) | Medium |
Only Logged-In Members can add comments