Home labs of electronics engineers?

I'd like to see this at the Smithsonian (among a lot of other things, natch). They've recreated Ralph Baer's home workshop as an exhibition, and his original Brown Box console prototypes are there too. I spoke with Baer on multiple occasions, and he was a really nice guy; sharp as a flint right up to the end, and still hacking and inventing.

I'd like to see this at the Smithsonian (among a lot of other things, natch). They've recreated Ralph Baer's home workshop as an exhibition, and his original Brown Box console prototypes are there too. I spoke with Baer on multiple occasions, and he was a really nice guy; sharp as a flint right up to the end, and still hacking and inventing.

I didn't know anything about Ralph Baer, but I just now read the Wikipedia entry. I was playing with a 'Simon' game in a toy store with the nephew just last week. I didn't realize he had created it.

And finally I now realise why the Magnavox Odyssey had the distinctive wood trim - presumably because Ralph Baer's prototypes too had a similar finish!

It must have been fun discussing things with him!

Also I recognize the familiar yellow-with-blue-stripe Texas Instruments TTL databooks on the bookshelf ; ) They were great.

Everyone's workbench says something about them. Loved both Jan Sir's and John Sir's bench.

Would love a glimse of the man cave of fvan , Workshopshed, mark bekett and Robert Peter Oakes

I would ask shabaz but that would just be too much IMHO(IoT Berlin?)

Hi Inderpreet,

IoT in Berlin is underway, it will feature a lab with a very unique window view - that's all I can say ; ) Photos to come later. It will really encourage productivity. Officially opening soon.

My home lab is small and dispersed across three places - a small garage for power tools, a storage room (which I am losing and need to completely vacate because others wish to use it) and a room for actual work which contains the majority of the equipment I use on a regular basis. I'll try to take some photos soon. The garage is a mess, but at least it looks "busy".

My home lab is small and dispersed across three places

That is mainly because he doesn't really sleep and has so much on the go.

It was tidier than mine is .....

Mark

Hi Mark, it was great to meet up! I hope you're enjoying your work this week. Regarding sleep (lack of) well, these are exciting times! The problem is tea/coffee only works for a few days at a time...

Why does Illya have soooo very many Multimeters? It's not fair he has more than me ...he's very scarey ..Shabaz make him go away !!

Not only does he have them but he really knows how to make them stand up and do tricks. He is a master of the Keithley DMM.

Yeah Keithley are good. Bagged myself a Keithley THD2015 recently..recommended it to Shabaz only to find he already got one

There can be never enough precision instruments. Man with one multimeter knows exactly what is the voltage measurement. Man with two multimeters - have no idea what is actual voltage. So I asked myself how many multimeters can tell you true voltage quest :). Still have two units to repair. I like messing with test instruments, and learning how big boys design them. And what can be better than getting broken one and trying to fix it in way of learning? Have still Model 2000 to repair to complete current Keithley DMMs collection.

Yeah agreed, I must have 3 precision ones and the same again basic ones so I really don't know what any voltage is

Nice to see you are spending time to repair them..I bet you are learning loads... Have you checked out Dave Jones' EEVBlog he does a lot of equipment videos  or Signal Path as an alternative