Category : Electronics General
For the last few years I have been renovating a house . Due to all the work going on , I currently only have a temporary electronic workbench setup in an unfinished spare room with limited space. I wanted some of my tools to be stored within reach sat at my desk . Unfortunately the IKEA desk had drawers and a cupboard but were either not suitable or full of stuff. With my 3d print taking up a large chunk of my desk I thought of adding a drawer or two under my 3d printer. [...]
Unfortunately i haven't had a lot of time for home projects recently with work and other commitments but with the current situation i had more free time and finally had to time to work on projects which i enjoy ! I have found myself sometimes using my TS100 soldering away from the bench and one day i was watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uGS11yuVyo where Adam Savage from Tested made a portable Ts100 Soldering Iron powered by a Dewalt power tool battery. This was a great project but i wanted something more compact without all the storage. [...]
A few years back i made a compact bench PSU based on a DPS-3002 module and a 24v PSU. I have since made a improved version that also includes the ability to run on my power tool batteries making it ultra-portable. [...]
Day to day life has got in the way of my projects recently but ive finally found time for a very quick and cheap Board Soldering aid with mainly things i had laying around. This is really quick and easy to build and i have personally found this very useful when soldering. [...]
I finally got a new desk and decided i didn't want to keep bending down to plug stuff into my computer nor did i want the computer on show. I wanted a few more functions than just a desk USB Hub. [...]
After seeing one of these cheep component testers on Julian's youtube Channel i decided to get one and here's my short review. Prices seem to range between £9.60 - £12 depend where you purchase it from. Available here or Ebay [...]
Finished build / pics... [...]
Ive always wanted a bench psu but a decent one seemed too expensive so like most hobbiest i been just using a old ATX pc power supply. These re-purposed ATX supplies do the job fine for fixed voltages such as 3.3v ,5v and 12v but i wanted a varible supply above 12v. [...]
