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HOW does he not have a bench supply? Looking around the rest of his shop at least gives the appearance of a functioning lab. To any budding hardware hackers,
by blhack 10y ago
HOW does he not have a bench supply? Looking around the rest of his shop at least gives the appearance of a functioning lab.
To any budding hardware hackers, a benchtop (or rackmount, because they can be had for very cheap if they're old) power supply is one of the FIRST thing you should buy, probably before you get an oscilloscope, and probably right after you get a soldering iron.
edit: Actually, at 3:00, isn't that a bench supply that is sitting in front of him?
edit2: And at about 7:34 you can actually see the terminals for it.
- laumars 10y agoI've recently started to play around with hardware hacking, completely self taught. "Bench supply" isn't something I'm familiar with, are you able to explain a little more about what one is (I have looked online and still not entirely sure) and why I would need one?
- ddeck 10y agoThe first result from googling "why do i need a bench supply?" seems informative. http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/does-a-hobbyist-need-a-bench-power-supply/ http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/does-a-hobbyist-need-a-ben...
- bluedino 10y agoA power supply that sits on top of your workbench - it has adjustable settings to drive different voltages etc.
- Torgo 10y agoBecause he's trying to make a point. And that point is the similarity between the machine he's got and other Sony products, demonstrating its heritage.