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Cris Dwellingham
Setting up an electronics work area is a highly personal and situational affair, with many interesting problems to be solved, and for many of us, significant budget constraints. The requirements for electronics development vary wildly depending upon the sort of work to be undertaken, but there is core equipment that many of us would consider a bare minimum for usability. [Badar Jahangir Kayani] is at the start of his career as an electrical engineer, and has documented the kitting out of his personal work areas for others to learn from.
Soldering and typical assembly should be done with the surface at breast height, so with the notes above get a wooden chair and saw off the legs until the table height is right. Bending over the work area is a BIG NONO, and will cause back pain and over time cause your brain to associate pain with electronics, and can completely drain all love of the hobby.
Multisim was originally called Electronics Workbench and created by a company called Interactive Image Technologies. At the time it was mainly used as an educational tool to teach electronics technician and electronics engineering programs in colleges and universities. National Instruments has maintained this educational legacy, with a specific version of Multisim with features developed for teaching electronics.
I do like to use what I have from time to time and try to integrate it into my Man Cave and give it a purpose again, if possible. As you can see in the Before picture, I have a variety of items in my collection. I have many other items in storage containers outside of the camera view. What I lacked is an integration of items in my collection which are able to be put to use. I have a collection of vintage audio and video equipment, such as a record player, 8-Track, laserdisc player and a Selectavision player. Until recently, I had those items stored away, making them difficult to enjoy. I also needed an area to do some troubleshooting and repair of the items, if needed. My electronics workbench was too small for some of the items to fit easily. I needed to expand my workbench area.
My first attempt at expanding my workbench, done last summer, is off to the left of the camera view. I built a basic wooden workbench, four feet wide and 30 inches deep, across the room from the original workbench. On top of it, I mounted a set of modular shelves and immediately loaded up those shelves with vintage Commodore computer systems and various accessories. Now I had a place to work with my Commodore Amiga and SX-64.
The electronics workbench allows for students to assemble and test circuit boards. The workbench is designed to reduce static discharge and allow for students to solder and use the test equipment. The workbench has the following equipment available to students.
I took the wall down to my workbench and attached it to the wall. Then it was time to start figuring out how to attach items to the wall; this is generally some sort of shelf or box with the mounting tabs that hook onto the cleat. First up was the oscilloscope, partly because it was big and partly because it was straightforward to design.
My previous electronics workbench was an old melamine office desk. It was not high enough to work comfortably on PCB assembly. I usually hand-solder small SMT components (0603, TSSOP, etc.) and I always ended up placing my PCBs on top of a box so I could see better what I was doing.
Once I cut all the pieces, I began assembling the sides first. Then, the front and rear support beams and finally, the lower shelf. This shelf serves as additional storage space, but more importantly, it also strengthens the structure. On most workbench plans, it spans the entire depth. I made it 11 inch wide instead so it would give me enough leg room.
Modem biological research is data intensive and relies on an efficient informatics infrastructure. Research on the genetic control of embryo development involves large volume image data requiring significant computing resources for reconstruction, mapping and analysis. This poster describes a demonstrator for delivering secure and transparent access to high-performance computing to the laboratory workbench using Grid technologies, in this case for 3D reconstruction from OPT microscopy.
N2 - Modem biological research is data intensive and relies on an efficient informatics infrastructure. Research on the genetic control of embryo development involves large volume image data requiring significant computing resources for reconstruction, mapping and analysis. This poster describes a demonstrator for delivering secure and transparent access to high-performance computing to the laboratory workbench using Grid technologies, in this case for 3D reconstruction from OPT microscopy.
AB - Modem biological research is data intensive and relies on an efficient informatics infrastructure. Research on the genetic control of embryo development involves large volume image data requiring significant computing resources for reconstruction, mapping and analysis. This poster describes a demonstrator for delivering secure and transparent access to high-performance computing to the laboratory workbench using Grid technologies, in this case for 3D reconstruction from OPT microscopy.
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