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Laboratory instruments for electronics

  
Basic instruments Lab tools and consumables Instrumentation probes

Some instruments and devices of interest to experiment in the laboratory.

NI VB 8012  - Digilent APD5250

Available at the EETAC L129B. This instrument has been rebranded and now is sold by Digilent. The model APD5250 belonging to the Analog Discovery Pro 5000 Series is the same VB-8012. It works and is controlled by both: NI-VirtualBench and Waveforms software.

Virtual bench

Fig. 1. National Instruments VirtualBench compact instrument.

Fundamentals.

Digilent resource center and reference manual.

This is the introductory unit to get used and setup to the instrument.

Waveforms

Software: Waveforms. (it can be also used without drivers or applications using the internal embedded NI VirtualBench version).

 

Digilent Analog Discovery 2

Analog

Fig. 2. Digilent Analog Discovery 2.

Software: Waveforms.

 

Digilent Digital Discovery

digital

Fig. 3. Digilent Digital Discovery.

Software: Waveforms.

 

Keysight Smart Bench

Bench

Fig. 4. Keysight Smart Bench Essentials Test Instruments. Available at L230B and L226B.

 

Former electronics laboratory workbench

workbench

Fig. 5. Power supply, function generator, multimeter, oscilloscope, frequency counter, and personal computer, were the standard configuration of our laboratory bench. In CSD, you can replace the desktop computer by your own portable PC running Microsoft Windows 11 and all the standard instruments by the compact VB-8012.

 

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Basic tools and consumable materials

In preparation. Safety equipment from our lab: mask, goggles, gloves, small fire extinguisher and first-aid kit.

Plastic storage drawer or box

Screwdrivers

Tweezers

Flush cutters for electronic components

Wire stripper and cutter

Precision hobby knife

Soldering iron, tips and soldering wire

Soldering iron holder with brass curls wool for cleaning excess solder and dirty flux residues from soldering iron tips

Solder-less prototyping breadboard

General purpose solderable PCB

Solid core hookup coloured wires

Hobbyist resistor and capacitors assortment kits or consumable components available in our labs.

 

Basic instruments Lab tools and consumables Instrumentation probes

Instrumentation probes

Connecting instruments to circuits under test using probes. The probe recommended for the VB8012 oscilloscope is the (1:1, 10:1) PS2150. Example reference materials:

- In this unit the probe's equivalent circuit is modelled.

- "Select the right oscilloscope probe for your application", NI.

- "ABCs of probes", Tektronik.

Probes

Fig. 1. Oscilloscope connected to the test point using probes.