Test Equipment and Other Equipment
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Test Equipment
Logic Analyzer
- Keith has made a list of "PC USB logic analyzers that cost under $1000."[1]
Multi Meter
if digital then a Digital Multi Meter or DMM
Oscilloscope
Semiconductor Analyzer and Curve tracers
Signal Generators
Stepper Motor Tester
Beginner's List
This is what you should get in approximate order. The type of electronics may vary this list a bit, here we are assuming you are starting with Microcontrollers.
- Arduino, perhaps a beginners kit, if not components similiar to a beginners kit. LadyAda has one, as does Sparkfun.
- Power Supply: you can start with a 9 v battery, when you need more current a wall transformer ( left over from some device you or a friend has thrown
out should be fine.
- Some resistors 100 ohm, 200 ohm ( for led's ) 1K and 10K (for pull up/down) is a good first start. Should be 5 cents a peice at most. 2 cents is not too hard to find, even for 1% resistors.
See Also
- The Open Bench project is developing a set of open source benchtop tools for the electronics workbench -- adjustable DC power supply; LCR meter; waveform generator; frequency counter; logic analyzer; oscilloscope.
