On 2/6/08, wouter van ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
> > Mainly minor development work.
> > Mainly through hole.
> > Even if SMD was used subsequently prototypes would probably
> > lean towards through hole.
> > Basic SMD capability fine as long as it did not constitute
> > the (or a) major part of the cost.
> >
> > >> Aim is to allow a person to do basic lowish tech R&D.
> > >> Small circuits. Discretes and a few ICs. Analog / digital mix.
> > >> Largely low current. Maybe the odd need for a few amps
> > >> here
> > >> and there
> > >> No vastly complex functions.
> > >> No need for logic analyser or uP development etc.
> >
> >
> > > Expertise level? Estimated marginal cost/price of one hour
> > > of work?
> >
> > Expertise level - Modest. Enthusiastic.
> >
> > Marginal cost of work:    Bottom of range.
>
> - solderless breadboards,


 never sordeless (except wire wrapping), that's the first rule of
proffesional electronics


wire, cut/stripper
> - iron, solder, wick, sea-of-holes/islands PCBs
> - IC sockets, add IC's to taste (depends too much on the exact projects
> to say which)
> - a few wall-warts, maybe a simple regulated variable power supply
> - one or two simple multimeters
> - a bunch of resistors, C's
>
> A ham fest (if such still exists) is probably a cheap source. Otherwise
> maybe DigiKey?
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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