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Holiday Gift List Giveaway - Circuit Assembly Tools for all!

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Tool Giveaway for Folks Getting Started in Electronics

element14 Presents  |  Engineers and Makers Wish List |  Workbench Wednesdays

 

 

James has entire kit of must-have tools to get circuits built.  These products are all great gift ideas for the engineer (or electronic hobbist) who's just getting started since it includes the things you need to start building circuits; from a breadboard and jumper wires to a nifty assembly turntable.  It's also a great kit for updating the tools on a veteran EE's workbench.  The pliers included are the best you can get from German manufacturer Knipex.  You'll get a set of 11 different precision pliers, nippers and cutters that feel great in the hand and are lighter and thinner than what they're currently using (unless they already own Knipex).

See James' more detailed overview of the Knipex pliers in this giveaway.

THREE chance to win! Three kits of all the parts listed below will be awarded to the element14 member that tells us (in the comments below) the WORST tool to use for an electronics-related task.  This could be based on your personal experience or something that "happened to a friend."  Pictures of disastrous results will give your submission a boost.

  • Contest Opens: 18-November-2019
  • Contest Closes: 30-December-2019
  • Winners Announced: 11-January-2020

See full Terms & Conditions

 

What we're giving away. . .

 

Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy KitBuy Kit
MCMWire Kit, Jumper, Male to Male, Solderless, 100 mm - 250 mm, 75 Piece MCM 1 Buy NowBuy Now
MCMWire Kit, Jumper, Copper, 0.6 mm Diameter, 350 Piece MCM 1 Buy NowBuy Now
DURATOOLTurntable, Technician Table, Rotating Duratool 1 Buy NowBuy Now
MULTICOMPAnti Static Wrist Strap, Adjustable, 6ft Cord, Blue, Alligator Clip Multicomp 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Precision Electronics Gripping Pliers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Pliers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic End Cutting Nippers Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronics Diagonal Cutters Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips, ESD handles Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips XL Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Electronic Super Knips XL, ESD handles Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now
KNIPEX Precision Electronics Diagonal Cutters with lead catcher Knipex 1 Buy NowBuy Now

 

 

 

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  • I once inadvertently used my arm as a voltmeter . . . . . . .

     

    Back in 1986 I was undergoing training at RAF Cosford - Radar Technicians course, we were fault finding on the Decca Doppler system and part of the procedure required me to place a shorting link - made of 2 croc clips and a piece of wire - between 2 terminals.

     

    So, working carefully I held the insulated croc clip and attached it to the live terminal - currently at a potential of 980V DC - and then was surprised to feel a large jolt in my right arm.

     

    I had forgotten that holding the other (uninsulated) croc clip was a bad idea. One sharp kick resulted in (according to my oppo), me clenching my jaw tight, peeling my lips back in a rictus grin, and jumping up quite a bit . . . .

     

    All I remember is a big jolt and a numb feeling in my right arm midway between the elbow and shoulder. I was tempted to have a line tattooed there to indicate 980V on the scale . . . .

     

    Lesson learned (for a bit at least), right up to the point I SWR matched a ground spike antenna on a Clansman Radio with AE Tuning Unit and 20W PA fitted, with my hand resting on another AE attachment point. . . . . . 20W of RF straight through my skin , one small black hole and a cooking smell.

     

    But that's another story all together . . . . at least I got close to 1:1 SWR.

  • in reply to the-dubster

    Wow! Glad there was no serious damage. I did hear about RF burns on 20W, maybe it was about you! I worked on some of the hardware, some Clansman successor equipment which was 20W too, and also some of the handheld UHF range (Cougar). That was long-deployed after I started on it, but I had some post-production design projects (like finding ways of adding extra channels in software for customers, since the initial production version only allowed selection of a few channels from the rotary control on it). The antenna tuning units were very cool.. always liked hearing the rapid relay buzz while it found the best setting! : )

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  • in reply to the-dubster

    Wow! Glad there was no serious damage. I did hear about RF burns on 20W, maybe it was about you! I worked on some of the hardware, some Clansman successor equipment which was 20W too, and also some of the handheld UHF range (Cougar). That was long-deployed after I started on it, but I had some post-production design projects (like finding ways of adding extra channels in software for customers, since the initial production version only allowed selection of a few channels from the rotary control on it). The antenna tuning units were very cool.. always liked hearing the rapid relay buzz while it found the best setting! : )

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