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Question of the Month: How do you Organise Your Components? (or don't you?)

cstanton

You're working on a project, maybe at work? Maybe at home. You have your workbench and that might be tidy (we asked about that before... and I'm sure we will again).

But I have all of these resistors! What do I do..

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  • I have a parts storage drawer, they're labelled!

    Nowadays I work mainly in software, so I don’t deal with hardware components on a daily basis—just a few evaluation boards and some Dupont cables. Still, everything has its own place in the office and, of course, it all has to be properly noted in the inventory Excel worksheet.

    At home, I do keep a small collection of components. Some of them remain in their original packaging thanks to a surprisingly decent presentation, while others are grouped into small boxes with dividers.

    One of my proudest achievements was standardising, organising and labelling SMD PCB components for a medium-sized electronics manufacturer during my first job as an engineer. Seeing the before and after of that place was properly brilliant, and watching everything run more efficiently afterwards made the whole effort absolutely worth it.

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  • I have a parts storage drawer, they're labelled!

    Nowadays I work mainly in software, so I don’t deal with hardware components on a daily basis—just a few evaluation boards and some Dupont cables. Still, everything has its own place in the office and, of course, it all has to be properly noted in the inventory Excel worksheet.

    At home, I do keep a small collection of components. Some of them remain in their original packaging thanks to a surprisingly decent presentation, while others are grouped into small boxes with dividers.

    One of my proudest achievements was standardising, organising and labelling SMD PCB components for a medium-sized electronics manufacturer during my first job as an engineer. Seeing the before and after of that place was properly brilliant, and watching everything run more efficiently afterwards made the whole effort absolutely worth it.

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