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EEVblog #51 – A tour of the EEVblog Electronics Lab

by NerdWorldCountry

After countless requests, Dave finally takes you on a guided behind the scenes tour of the EEVblog electronics lab.

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25 comments

1 Forssa1 { 12.28.09 at 1:03 PM }

Do you harvest/savage components? I can see why you wouldn’t but I love it!

2 rasz { 12.28.09 at 4:33 PM }

Im guessing the gray box on the left of soldering irons is a Soldering Smoke Absorber. Very important part of the lab .. unless you like to poison yourself :)

3 brail207 { 12.28.09 at 6:58 PM }

Thanks for the tour Dave very nice setup

4 frhotek { 12.28.09 at 7:00 PM }

well…the PC scope is probably good enough for most things; nice analog scopes are very expensive; however there are a few nice instruments on eBay once-in-awhile. you can also use data collection boxes instead of real instruments: from dataq and mcc.
if you’re an engineer, don’t worry about soldering as there are tons of students who will do that for you! everyone else:
I recommend visiting the NASA workmanship sites to look at quality electronics work and how it’s done.

5 EEVblog { 12.29.09 at 12:39 AM }

How cheap is “cheap”?
Analog or digital?
The Rigol DS1052E is the best value digital scope on the market for just under $400.
Good used analog scopes (Tek, HP, or Philips for example) can be had for very cheap prices on ebay, but it’s buyer-beware.
Forget PC based scopes as someone else mentioned, get yourself a real bench scope.

6 enliteneer { 12.29.09 at 1:06 AM }

I like those smd kits that have the prototyping parts!

Where can I find those online? What’s typically included, and how much do they usually run?

7 jaspers22 { 12.29.09 at 2:51 AM }

How many years have you been into electronics Dave?

8 EEVblog { 12.29.09 at 4:27 AM }

Around 30 years or so.

9 frank26080115 { 12.29.09 at 11:35 PM }

got a fire extinguisher in there?

10 Albinorama { 12.30.09 at 6:51 AM }

Thanks Dave for the tour =D. Nice setup and good for taking ideas.

11 davidbball13 { 12.30.09 at 5:13 PM }

Yet another excellent video. Keep ‘em coming.
I just got a Digital Soldering Station for Christmas. A XYTRONIC station. Ever heard of it? I love it so far.

12 japroach { 12.31.09 at 10:37 PM }

Go to digikey, click GO to search, and scroll down to “Kits”. They can be cheaper than buying individual parts.

Ebay has lots too.

13 jacobbiljo { 01.02.10 at 1:38 AM }

Thanks for the tour. Id really recommend the Greenlee voltage detector rather than the fluke because the fluke is not sensitive enough so if you are not extremely close to the wire it wont go off sometimes, can be dangerous!

14 legion2 { 01.04.10 at 3:09 AM }

are all your shirts some sort of engineering figure? hahahaha

15 dragonblood99 { 01.09.10 at 3:27 PM }

Does anyone know how to do a factory reset on a fluke 789

16 Wizard4592 { 01.21.10 at 10:32 AM }

Thanks for the tour. It’s very interesting to look at other people’s benches. They are all so similar.

17 stormbytes { 01.30.10 at 1:31 PM }

Hey Dave! Love the tour! Yeah the red little trays look like dissection heaven!

18 ishman1 { 02.17.10 at 12:39 AM }

You bought a multimeter when you were 8? Wow. Great tour.

19 EEVblog { 02.17.10 at 12:45 AM }

Yep, I think it cost me about $20 at the time, all the money I’d ever saved!

20 kooookky { 02.18.10 at 12:39 AM }

Cool!!!

You have a lot of multimeters. Ha ha!!
:D

21 Kankki1 { 04.09.10 at 1:02 PM }

Great setup! Did you build that 40A PSU yourself, too? It looks really good!

22 Zed1967 { 06.13.10 at 10:11 AM }

I was expecting to see a old AVO Mk7 or Mk8 tucked away, that’s all I used in the Royal Navy during the mid 80’s, they’re a chunky bit of kit but full of character and they have that Frankenstein’s laboratory look about them which I love.

23 shodanxx { 07.03.10 at 10:53 PM }

I’m sure you got more to say about your lab !
little things like cotton swabs and acetone, kelvin smd clips and maybe a heat gun or reflow oven/bagels oven !

24 outatime1955 { 07.21.10 at 3:18 PM }

hey dave, mynew meter is a craftsman 82141 digital multimeter. my first that i could remember was a 1960’s SIMPSON brand multimeter from Amtrak (railroad my dad works for) when a building was demolished. i got it when i was 9 and still use it some today ( im currently near 14 yr,s old). what wanted to ask is was the meter i just got a good purchase? it was cheap but it is in a very solid case and has the rubber boot on it and it survived a 15 mph bike crash with no scratches! was it a good deal

25 ttk1opc { 07.25.10 at 10:05 AM }

You built that resistor at age 11?

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