UPC EETAC Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Systems and in Network Engineering EEL
 

Laboratory instruments for electronics

 

Available at the EETAC L129B. This instrument has been rebranded and now is sold by Digilent. The model APD5250 is the VB-8012. It works with both NI-VirtualBench and Waveforms software.

Virtual bench

Fig. 1. National Instruments VirtualBench compact instument.

Fundamentals.

Digilent resource center and reference manual.

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

 

Analog

Fig. 2. Digilent Analog Discovery 2.

Software: Waveforms.

 

digital

Fig. 3. Digilent Digital Discovery.

Software: Waveforms.

 

Bench

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

 

workbench

Fig. 5. Power supply, function generator, multimeter, oscilloscope, frequency counter, and personal computer.

 

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

Plastic storage drawer or box

Screwdrivers

Tweezer

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

Solderless prototyping breadboard

General purpose solderable PCB

Solid core hookup coloured wires

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

 

Connecting instruments to circuits under test using probes. Select the Right Oscilloscope Probe for Your Application (NI). VB8012 oscilloscope probe is the switchable (1:1, 10:1) PS2150.

Probes

Fig. 6. Oscilloscope probes. Tektronik reference document on ABCs of probes.