Compact assembly workstation...

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-10-19 21:27, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?

A Keithley 610C? For use, absolutely. I have one above my workbench
too, that I used last week. (Also a 405, but that one is purely for
coolness.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

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On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0400, \"Tom Del Rosso\"
<fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?

I use it now and then, when I\'m working on analog things; it\'s really
a fabulous instrument. It\'s not much help in designing
picosecond-speed 50-ohm stuff.

But I agree, it is beautiful.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0400, \"Tom Del Rosso\"
fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?



I use it now and then, when I\'m working on analog things; it\'s really
a fabulous instrument. It\'s not much help in designing
picosecond-speed 50-ohm stuff.

But I agree, it is beautiful.

I forgot to ask, what kind of connector is on those? Why wasn\'t a BNC
good enough?

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-10-23 20:32, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0400, \"Tom Del Rosso\"
fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?



I use it now and then, when I\'m working on analog things; it\'s really
a fabulous instrument. It\'s not much help in designing
picosecond-speed 50-ohm stuff.

But I agree, it is beautiful.

I forgot to ask, what kind of connector is on those? Why wasn\'t a BNC
good enough?

It\'s an SO-239 \'UHF\' connector, which predates BNC by 20 years or so.
My 610C has a nice Teflon UHF M - BNC F living on it.

(The 610C is from \'68, when UHF connectors were still common outside ham
gear, I believe.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:57:35 -0400, Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

On 2020-10-23 20:32, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0400, \"Tom Del Rosso\"
fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?



I use it now and then, when I\'m working on analog things; it\'s really
a fabulous instrument. It\'s not much help in designing
picosecond-speed 50-ohm stuff.

But I agree, it is beautiful.

I forgot to ask, what kind of connector is on those? Why wasn\'t a BNC
good enough?

It\'s an SO-239 \'UHF\' connector, which predates BNC by 20 years or so.
My 610C has a nice Teflon UHF M - BNC F living on it.

(The 610C is from \'68, when UHF connectors were still common outside ham
gear, I believe.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

I have no idea how old this one is

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yie7iuzqsnm1yy7/Keithley_1gig.JPG?raw=1

but it probably pre-dates most of my employees and most of my kids.

It still works fine, but fast mode is goofy. At extreme limits, it
gets very slow.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-10-23 22:10, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:57:35 -0400, Phil Hobbs
pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

On 2020-10-23 20:32, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0400, \"Tom Del Rosso\"
fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:25:41 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

Does any US-based seller make something like this?

https://www.ezrshelving.com/compact-workstation.html

I need a compact assembly station to fit a tight space, plenty
of vertical upper and lower storage/rack area would be ideal. Like
3-4 feet wide or so

Ikea used to make some wonderful workbenches

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv0nbshqyvbnxmp/Ikea_LeCroy.jpg?raw=1

but I think that one is discontinued.

Is the analog electrometer for use or for decor?



I use it now and then, when I\'m working on analog things; it\'s really
a fabulous instrument. It\'s not much help in designing
picosecond-speed 50-ohm stuff.

But I agree, it is beautiful.

I forgot to ask, what kind of connector is on those? Why wasn\'t a BNC
good enough?

It\'s an SO-239 \'UHF\' connector, which predates BNC by 20 years or so.
My 610C has a nice Teflon UHF M - BNC F living on it.

(The 610C is from \'68, when UHF connectors were still common outside ham
gear, I believe.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs


I have no idea how old this one is

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yie7iuzqsnm1yy7/Keithley_1gig.JPG?raw=1

but it probably pre-dates most of my employees and most of my kids.

It still works fine, but fast mode is goofy. At extreme limits, it
gets very slow.

And the 10-fA FS range (1E-11A on the big dial, 0.001 on the small one)
is purely aspirational.

OTOH when full scale is 62000 electrons/s, keeping both decent knob
response and low noise is a bit of a challenge when you\'re building
all-discrete circuitry even today.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com