Home labs of electronics engineers?

Oh so funny. I never saw this in the USA.

C

Well I'll be bug3%%d

These are only some of the adverts.

They were very clever.

The previous series was when a well known backcountry type used to take the salesman (scotty) up country in one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyHBKX29_Q8&list=PLml0Ebe3sC5n3lRqx1m8zBeu4IWOmYGFU

Scottys revenge is a good one where he comes into town.

There is quite good and was shot down Skippers Canyon by Queenstown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An765S6-VHg

Those adverts were actually a pleasure to watch.

Mark

Hi Peter!

I love the lab layout and great workspace. How are you finding those LED lights whilst working, do you use all of them lit to maximum, or do they need to be dimmed?

I'm presuming you don't get much reflected glare since they are so large and no single point source?

I'm using quite a few small lamps and do suffer from reflected glare at times, but don't have the suspended ceiling capability : (

I love them thar commercials with Crumpy and Scotty...

C

They have literally only been up for just over 24Hrs so the jury is still out but so far, excelent

They have hangers on he back so they can be suspended on their own if needed, I did not get the dimmers as it was cheaper, probably not needed and i can add my own design in the future if I want to have the feature (Constant Current so easy to PWM)

Sound like a very conventional light setup in terms of fixings at least if you have a suspended ceiling ...

very much so, just need to be aware that there slightly smaller than 24*24  by 1/2inch so need additional care to ensure they will not fall out

They have hangers on he back so they can be suspended on their own if needed

The hangers also stop them falling out and smacking you on the head if you have earthquakes .....

There were lots of them that got the appropriate restraint after the Chch earthquakes.

Mark

Since thread going into DIY homebenches topic, back in Ukraine I had own 3-level benchtable as well As apartment I rented was really small, I had to make use of vertical space effectively.

CAD concept:

Some dimensions:

Notice belly cutout on big side sections. Little touch on erogonomics, come nice support! Custom made sheets, made to my drawings by usual furniture shop.

Aluminum extrusion

Sections are fixed to extrusion shafts with bolts and angle-shaped extrusion. This brings flexibility as well, such as level of shelf can be changed any time, just unfasten bolts and shift it to new position.

It does not look advanced, but does it's job and sturdy enough after all is assembled.

Middle sections are short and support heavier loads, like rackmount servers, etc, while outside sections cannot support too much weight, but provide lots of working space.

Side sections also designed big enough to fit triple monitor setup I had back then, pair of DELL 2007FP's and 3008WFP in center.

Above me was storage area for parts, and Tek 2246 scope, I had back then. Computers and hardware reside in middle level in center (no chassis, bare PCB only :))

Electrics come from lower level controls:

There was also socket area to connect appliances, behind switches.