getting back into electronics design/construction

Alex728

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Dec 16, 2008
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After 10-20 years away from "proper hardware" stuff (I used to design and build circuits in my teens in the 1980s) I want to get back into this.

Other than ebikes my ultimate interests are in renewable/resilient power supplies (a solar/wind powered UPS), radio communications and home automation using PC's...

I know stuff like PCB design is way easier and also circuit design now there is loads of powerful computer software. I have the space and cash for a reasonable workshop.

what sort of stuff should I be purchasing to equip it?
 

Morag

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Feb 28, 2010
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Wish I could help but I just heard a whoosh as that just shot over my head :eek: I wish you good luck in your new projects and look forward to hearing about them :)
 

rog_london

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Jan 3, 2009
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Now let me see......

I'd start with a couple of decent fire extinguishers - preferably the sort suitable for electrical fires unless you were looking for a job re-stringing harps....

Sorry, couldn't resist it. You surely didn't expect a sensible answer to such an open question, did you?

Rog.
 

Alex728

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Dec 16, 2008
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Actually it might not be such a bad idea to get at least one extinguisher if I am working with high current DC, just in case...

seriously though to clarify things I was thinking more about PCB design, software and affordable kit for dealing with surface mount devices - last time I was dealing with this it was letraset and etch resist pens, and most hobbyists used bigger discrete components...
 

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