Vivid video. And your _basic_ workshop is so.... enormous for me. It's a half of my living room. I just have to fit everything related to electronics in a bookcase.
Awesome, Dave! I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for the tips about the lab bench height, instrument shelves, tub storage, and component organization. My humble lab has struggled with those things. Appreciate you sharing!
I love the backstage tour of how simple the lab really is! Not much of the microprocessor type stuff though. And I know he does it with the blogs about Microchip gear....
Watching this stuff again due to your new 60cm bench build in your current office. Very nice video, you're very inspirational! Also thank you for the advice for the bench hight, I'm planning on building a bench in my garage and wasn't sure about the best hight and depth :)
Dave. Fantastic blog. I just discovered you on youtube as I was looking for a tutorial on Soft Latch switching and I spent the last 3 hours several of your video, including this latest one about your lab. Funny how your setup is very similar to mine but watching your video gave me a few more ideas. Thanks so much for sharing!
Awesome lab. I love to see collection of parts and test gear. I've been collecting since about 10 years old. I still have a lot of parts from tvs and radios from the 50s.
Ahhh, the storage cabinets with parts from eons ago. I have those, too. The times when everything with 3 legs was a transistor and the inner workings of most parts a mystery. I envy the lab equipment and the lab itself. I have to do stuff on my all-purpose desk. Fortunately I'm on the way to a real workshop. We are switching from oil to gas heating, so there's a tank room to be put to good use! Can't wait for it!
Hi Dave, thank you very much for a look behind the scenes! I get my first solder iron with the age of six from my parents and my todays workplace looks very similar to yours :o) Best wishes from a "natural born solder" from germany, Martin
Great video, thanks for letting us have a look! I hope to one day have a lab just like yours, and have the knowledge and experience you have. I'm an electrical engineering student, I love electronics, but compared to you, it seems im waaaay behind!
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.
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!
I would love to have that setup. In my previous career I had access to a full-blown lab. Now that I'm in my second career, I miss it. I'd like very much to build a workspace for myself in the basement. I just need a little time and disposable income. This layout is quite inspirational and I'm sure I'll copy many aspects of it.
Great stuff Dave. You mention you started studying seriously when you were 15. More info on your education would be great for a future blog. Or if you have already covered it maybe you could point me to the video? I just discovered you with Kindle teardown :) Cheers
My lab is about the same size, but I must say mine's better organised. And I don't keep so much stuff in stock, I buy it when I need it. Let the shops take care of stock management, I don't need to do that. In another hobby of mine, photography, this hoarding behaviour is called GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Haven't really seen that term used in EE though. But you need to get rid of it, you'll actually get more work done with less money. I also like the different paths we took. You bought your first MM when you were 8, I was programming a C64 when I was 7. So I came from the software side and gradually expanded it to hardware through microcontrollers. You seem to have started on the hardware side and gradually expanded it to software through microcontrollers. Nowadays I like the hardware stuff more than the software stuff. EE still has many secrets for me to uncover, which makes it more exciting. After 35 years of progamming the challenge is gone.
another great video. lol, I wish I had a space that nice, I've only got a cheap radioshack multimeter, an ok soldering iron, and a small parts bin(which was full the day after I got it, now I've got parts all over the floor in my room, in small bags). Though I'm only 16, so I've got some time to expand it.(I'm hoping to get an oscilloscope soon.)
Man, that's a good lab, even if it's tiny. I wish I had all the stuff you have. With all those spare multimeters you should make a contest or something like that and give me out for free, hehe nice video :D
My business partner goes in to a government lab to repair quarter million dollar electronic equipment. He carries a pocket full of small screwdrivers and a $10 multimeter. The people at the lab who don't know him ask him where all of his tools are. He just points at his head. He has a Masters degree in EE and a Doctorate in Physics. He has been working with electronics every day since he was a small child, and he's 77 years old now. He has a few pieces of decent equipment in his lab, but I have a lot more equipment than he does because I don't know nearly as much. So I like to go over to his place, sip a beer, and watch him turn on a 50 GHz network analyzer, punch a few buttons, and say, "The YIG is bad." Then he explains the resonance on the surface of the tiny YIG ball and how it varies in the magnetic field. Fun stuff. But I'm no longer in awe of guys with a lot of fancy gear. I just assume they don't know enough to get by without it.
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.
If you ever had an earthquake, all your instruments would be in pieces and your bins would spill all over the place. You might strap things down if you don't need to move them often.
Hi Dave, Thanks for the great video and a look at your lab. I have a 30 * 12 foot building that I insulated, heated and provided AC plus LOTS of light. You can see one of my benches at my web site w w w dot dsmlabs dot com I have 3 bench's set up and the one on my web page is for vintage analog receivers. I have another for solid state and digital. and one for RF design and analysis. It's great to have equipment and tools to play with. Best regards from the US, Glenn
Dave back in the day 😅 I remember watching this when it was new. Good on ya Dave.
Wow, that lab is like the Tardis. It seems huge on the blog for sure. Great work as always.
Vivid video. And your _basic_ workshop is so.... enormous for me. It's a half of my living room. I just have to fit everything related to electronics in a bookcase.
Oh man!! How far you have come Dave!! I dig this setup though. I like how everything is almost in arms reach! Cozy looking lab :)
Awesome, Dave! I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for the tips about the lab bench height, instrument shelves, tub storage, and component organization. My humble lab has struggled with those things. Appreciate you sharing!
Very cool! I can't wait to get into my core classes and start doing this kind of thing on my own!
Thanks for showing us around!
I like your resistor filing system, makes sense and saves space.
I love the backstage tour of how simple the lab really is!
Not much of the microprocessor type stuff though.
And I know he does it with the blogs about Microchip gear....
Watching this stuff again due to your new 60cm bench build in your current office.
Very nice video, you're very inspirational!
Also thank you for the advice for the bench hight, I'm planning on building a bench in my garage and wasn't sure about the best hight and depth :)
Dave. Fantastic blog. I just discovered you on youtube as I was looking for a tutorial on Soft Latch switching and I spent the last 3 hours several of your video, including this latest one about your lab. Funny how your setup is very similar to mine but watching your video gave me a few more ideas. Thanks so much for sharing!
@philip2go This is my hobby lab. I'm not a repairman, I'm a design engineer.
Awesome lab. I love to see collection of parts and test gear. I've been collecting since about 10 years old. I still have a lot of parts from tvs and radios from the 50s.
Dave, Excellent video, I was wondering what the lab looked like. Thanks for sharing.
That is really good to watch Dave !
Really enjoyed the tour. Thanks !
Ahhh, the storage cabinets with parts from eons ago. I have those, too. The times when everything with 3 legs was a transistor and the inner workings of most parts a mystery.
I envy the lab equipment and the lab itself. I have to do stuff on my all-purpose desk. Fortunately I'm on the way to a real workshop. We are switching from oil to gas heating, so there's a tank room to be put to good use! Can't wait for it!
You built the resistance box when you were ten? Impressive, I was still blowing up electrolytic caps with a blowtorch when I was ten, hehe.
Very nice and inspiring too!
Hi Dave,
thank you very much for a look behind the scenes! I get my first solder iron with the age of six from my parents and my todays workplace looks very similar to yours :o)
Best wishes from a "natural born solder" from germany,
Martin
Truly Impressed Sir, seeing the evolution of lab. I too wish to setup a great electronics lab by age 30.
Great video, thanks for letting us have a look! I hope to one day have a lab just like yours, and have the knowledge and experience you have. I'm an electrical engineering student, I love electronics, but compared to you, it seems im waaaay behind!
Fantastic Dave.
@BrentBXR Thanks. I'm not really the hacker type like some others when it comes to electronics. I prefer to design things from scratch.
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.
I wish i saw this sooner. ANd this guy is awesome.
plastic storage bins.....always gotta have 'em!
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!
Nice! I got some good tips and ideas from this. Thanks
I would love to have that setup. In my previous career I had access to a full-blown lab. Now that I'm in my second career, I miss it. I'd like very much to build a workspace for myself in the basement. I just need a little time and disposable income. This layout is quite inspirational and I'm sure I'll copy many aspects of it.
Great lab, damn I need to get more multimeters!
I dream about rooms like this
Great stuff Dave.
You mention you started studying seriously when you were 15. More info on your education would be great for a future blog. Or if you have already covered it maybe you could point me to the video? I just discovered you with Kindle teardown :)
Cheers
thanks Dave
My lab is about the same size, but I must say mine's better organised. And I don't keep so much stuff in stock, I buy it when I need it. Let the shops take care of stock management, I don't need to do that. In another hobby of mine, photography, this hoarding behaviour is called GAS: Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Haven't really seen that term used in EE though. But you need to get rid of it, you'll actually get more work done with less money.
I also like the different paths we took. You bought your first MM when you were 8, I was programming a C64 when I was 7. So I came from the software side and gradually expanded it to hardware through microcontrollers. You seem to have started on the hardware side and gradually expanded it to software through microcontrollers. Nowadays I like the hardware stuff more than the software stuff. EE still has many secrets for me to uncover, which makes it more exciting. After 35 years of progamming the challenge is gone.
Do you harvest/savage components? I can see why you wouldn't but I love it!
another great video.
lol, I wish I had a space that nice, I've only got a cheap radioshack multimeter, an ok soldering iron, and a small parts bin(which was full the day after I got it, now I've got parts all over the floor in my room, in small bags). Though I'm only 16, so I've got some time to expand it.(I'm hoping to get an oscilloscope soon.)
Great setup! Did you build that 40A PSU yourself, too? It looks really good!
Go to digikey, click GO to search, and scroll down to "Kits". They can be cheaper than buying individual parts.
Ebay has lots too.
Awesome!
You bought a multimeter when you were 8? Wow. Great tour.
Yep, I think it cost me about $20 at the time, all the money I'd ever saved!
Dave, what kind of containers for storing electronics do you use, are they water proof or anything?
I like your shirt collection.
Around 30 years or so.
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?
hey Dave... your room is neater than mine.. no joke :)
Man, that's a good lab, even if it's tiny. I wish I had all the stuff you have.
With all those spare multimeters you should make a contest or something like that and give me out for free, hehe
nice video :D
Half the things you say i dont even understand. but i love watching your videos :)
@wa4aos Awesome.Send your pics to The AmpHour Workbench of the Week!
@nostromo387 All lab's tend to gravitate toward a certain look!
Hey Dave, can you recommend a cheap, but efficient and reliable oscilloscope? I'm studying EE right now and I'm in need of such an instrument.
My goodness- where are you finding free soldering stations haha
love it
nice video. i dont quite meet those specs i need an oscilloscope and a decent bench etc
I don't know how you fit all that stuf in there, my room is massive and I still don't have enough room!
My business partner goes in to a government lab to repair quarter million dollar electronic equipment. He carries a pocket full of small screwdrivers and a $10 multimeter. The people at the lab who don't know him ask him where all of his tools are. He just points at his head. He has a Masters degree in EE and a Doctorate in Physics. He has been working with electronics every day since he was a small child, and he's 77 years old now. He has a few pieces of decent equipment in his lab, but I have a lot more equipment than he does because I don't know nearly as much. So I like to go over to his place, sip a beer, and watch him turn on a 50 GHz network analyzer, punch a few buttons, and say, "The YIG is bad." Then he explains the resonance on the surface of the tiny YIG ball and how it varies in the magnetic field. Fun stuff. But I'm no longer in awe of guys with a lot of fancy gear. I just assume they don't know enough to get by without it.
What
So long comment
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.
If you were to sell your lab, complete with everything, how much would it cost?
waw man cool setup
How many years have you been into electronics Dave?
you are my idol mate
got a fire extinguisher in there?
Does anyone know how to do a factory reset on a fluke 789
im just starting with electronics an im 12 years old I LOVE IT
You built that resistor at age 11?
Dave do you have any little EEVbloggers running around? (aka kids)
no valves dave
ha ha that was cool! :D
If you ever had an earthquake, all your instruments would be in pieces and your bins would spill all over the place. You might strap things down if you don't need to move them often.
is that a real old arial on that roof i see! these kangaroo's are really still in the middle ages :-S
I think you need a PC for your lab for sure...........
Y didnt you thank your wife for holding the camera? :D
better than your new lab ;)
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the great video and a look at your lab. I have a 30 * 12 foot building that I insulated, heated and provided AC plus LOTS of light. You can see one of my benches at my web site
w w w dot dsmlabs dot com
I have 3 bench's set up and the one on my web page is for vintage analog receivers. I have another for solid state and digital. and one for RF design and analysis. It's great to have equipment and tools to play with.
Best regards from the US,
Glenn
@Minifig666 I don't, it's a mess as a result. What you see here is after a wife dictated tidy-up :->
can I have some of your op-amp ??
4:41 dont you dare insult the scope i learned how to use oscilloscopes on...ok ill admit its Not straightforward at all.
Very cheezy
very interesting . thank u . i have 0.000001 of wat u have lol
Legal you lokal the Working, you are preparate equipament the ultimament generation, ok muito bom, muiyo bom mesmo ...
candyland :)
1 dislike = someone who wants a Gossen meter
@blackstar2008 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000$
Cuz every enthusiast cherish FIRST equipments they got.
Area 51.
Your wife does projects? Damn you lucky man..I want a wife like that.
Такой молодой!
So young!