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What tool or technology do you reach for most often as an engineer?

Tell us what tool, technology, or instrument you reach for most often in your engineering work.

 

(And don't forget to click the Vote button at the bottom to make it count!)

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  • Being very literal about it I suppose the most commonly used tool is the bench power supply, I have at least 10 but the one I use most is Thurlby TS3021S - 0-30V, 2A, lcd digital meters for current and volts, when the output switch is in the off position the current meter shows the current limit setting.

    I don't count the notebook as  a tool but I use one all the time, I use the PC a lot as well but that's pretty much universal so not interesting.

    Between scope and DMM  - hard to say but if I had to give up one it would be the DMM because the scope can stand in better for it than it can for the scope (mind you the scope is useless as a continuity tester).

    How about changing the power supply picture for a bench supply and then I'll vote for that image

     

    MK

  • in reply to michaelkellett

    The power supply image is indeed a mockery to all more or less serious power supplies..

     

    The tools I use most often are power supply, scope, DMM. Where the DMM is most used at the start of a project, migrating smoothly to more scope usage.

    Pen and paper make up the first 20% of each project; writing down ideas, doing rough calculations, writing down intermediate results.

     

    Eyeballs are something I couldn't do without.

    Connectors are a necessary evil, and when chosen right they are the icing on the cake, but they're not tools.

    I never use breadboard, I do airwire soldering, and use copper tape to get good planes.

     

    This poll is a bit weird, actually.

  • in reply to vsluiter

    With you new engineering project, it will be interesting what is used more.....image

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