ECE 1 - Building My Electronics Workbench
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- My first video on Electronics Tutorials. First, building an Electronic Workbench for all my electronics projects and tutorials. Having a proper Electronics Workbench is very essential when learning Electronics, hands on in designing, building and testing the circuit while following learning materials or UA-cam video tutorials. Most of us doesn't have the privilege to work on electronics industry as an Electronics Engineer or Electronics Technician because of lack of experience. Having an Electronics Workbench with proper instruments you can train yourself on Electronics to lend a better job or just for your Electronics Hobby. Here I will show you how to build a self contained free-standing Electronics Workbench and how to maximize your working space while still be able to access most of your equipment. On later videos, I will show you how to write your own software application interface to control the equipment and turn the computer into a powerful centralize control system to control the power supply, electronic load, arbitrary function generator, oscilloscope, RF signal generator or multimeter. I'm sure you will be interested to see more video. Please do subscribe.
Materials Used:
180cm x 70cm Steel Frame White Table
Facebook Marketplace - Private Sale
5-in-1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
Officeworks - 5-in-1 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
i5 All-In-1 21" Monitor/Computer Combo Dell Optiplex 9010
Facebook Marketplace - Private Sale
Computer/Monitor Swing Arm
Jaycar - 13-42"LCD Monitor Swing Arm Wall Bracket
2x Side Black Square Bracket Support
eBay - 71cmx 50cm Artiss Coffee Dining Steel Table Legs
Top Front Steel Beam
Bunnings - 38 x 25 x 1.2mm x 2.5m GalvanisedSteel Fence Rail
8x Hook-up Wire Rolls
Jaycar - Light Duty Hook-up Wire Pack - 8 colours
Wire Rolls Removable Rails
Bunnings - Sandleford 19 x 900mm White Powder Coated Steel Rod
Hook-up Wire Rolls Rail's Pilars
Bunnings - Sandleford 19mm White Powder Coated Pillar Centre
Hook-up Wire Rolls Rail's Oval Flange
Bunnings - Sandleford 19mm White Powder Coated Oval Flange
2x 6 Individually Switched Outlet Power Board
Bunnings - Arlec 6 Individually Switched Outlet Powerboard
LED Lighting
Bunnings - Brilliant 36W 120cm White DIY Scintil LED CCT Batten Light
4x 33 Drawers Parts Workzone Cabinets
Aldi - 33 Drawer Parts Cabinet (Also available at Jaycar)
Top Shelving
Bunnings - 1x SpecRite 2100 x 600mm 26mm Timber Panel Okoume FJ Laminated
2x Side Panels
Bunnings - 2x SpecRite 1200 x 600mm 18mm Timber Panel Okoume FJ Laminated
Back Pannel
Bunnings - 2x SpecRite 1800 x 405mm 26mm Timber Panel Pine Glulam FJ
Thanks for giving me ideas for my bench. Great work!❤
Amazing ways of using all the spaces, great job, can't wait to see your next projects.
This one is the best I’ve seen so far!! Love how you got everything in arms reach.
Thanks! There will be a USB PC controlled multimeter will be installed behind the computer which will be connected to a patch panel on the bottom LHS. All the RF input and output, multimeter, speaker and audio input, USB to PC will be mounted on this panel. I will write a software GUI to control the RF generator and multimeter through the PC. There is also a GPIB HP 60V 10A programmable power supply and 600W Electronic Load output are wired into a patch panel on the botton RHS which is also computer controlled. All the large equipment will be placed on the top shelf to free up the bench mainly for repair and prototype. All those equipment on the top shelf are PC controlled. So I will be using the PC as central control for most of the large and bulky equipment. I will share the programming code written in LabVIEW. Thanks for subscribing and I will see you on my future videos.
This is amazing! There is so much I like about this! I really like the TV in the center! I could sit down with all my arduino stuff and watch Paul McWhorter classes!
Thanks for watching. Yes, to have a proper electronics workbench is very essential to work on any electronic projects. The all-in-1 i5 computer with swing arm is really handy especially when browsing other UA-cam channels, looking for datasets and interfacing with equipments and arduino projects. Lots of things you can do with it.
As a fellow Paul McWhorter enthusiast, I appreciate this comment
That's a nice workstation. You have me thinking about my workshop. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching. Yes, to have a proper electronics workbench is very essential to work on any electronic projects especially when you have all the necessary equipment and tools.
I really love this design. Practical, solid, and it really looks good too.
Thanks.
Wow! Enjoyed watching. Great inspiration!
Thanks! I'm happy you're inspired to build one for yourself a sturdy and free-standing Electronics Workbench.
I'm amazed at how spot on all of your measurements are! Everything fits with precision. I'm very impressed with how this came out.
Looking forward to your future videos.. keep up the great work 🙏👍
Thanks! I will upload more videos.
Fantastic bench. Thanks for the video. Giving me good ideas.
I'm glad you found this video inspiring. Please do subscribe and share to see more videos how I setup other equipment which can be easily accessed from the front and how to remotely control an equipment. Thanks, ECErcuit.
You definitely put a lot of work into it. I'm not as ambitious but I do appreciate your effort. Gives me ideas I'd want so thanks.
Solid construction and well designed!
Thanks!
Nice work! Good luck with your new channel!
Thanks.
This gave me an idea of how to use a spare Raspberry Pi in my collection. Throw that on one of the inputs of the monitor in this setup and I'm golden. Thanks man!
That's wonderful
I like the workshop. As a scientist wannabe, we have to have a lab in our home. I have created my workbench from scrap woods. They becomes racks with slings. Being creative and making any project are the way to enjoy the cruel life.
This looks like a solid bench. I like the top that you put on it.
Yes the bench or table is very solid with 50mm x 50mm steel frame supported with double steel beam underneath. The bench or table was made of 1-1/2 inch thick chipboard with laminate. In my future videos power supply and dc electronic load will be placed on the top shelf and connection would be routed through front panel terminal on the bench for easy access and I will be writing software to remotely control the equipment through PC GPIB and USB interface. There will be more interesting stuffs we are doing. Cheers and thanks for watching this channel. Please share. Thanks. ECErcuit.
nice! looks really good
I love your setup, I’m planning on building something similar at home, at work I’m using a decent size monitor mounted in a similar fashion for my digital microscope!
Thanks you appreciate the setup and it's inspired you to build one for yourself.
@@ecercuit not only that, I’ve also subscribed to your channels, hope I’ll learn more things from them!
@@FireCrowsWorkshop Thank you for subscribing. Hoping I can share more of my knowledge in electronics.
Looks good, thanks for good ideas. Will be building something similar myself.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching. Please share your work and I'm happy to see it. I'm glad that my electronics workbench had inspired everyone.
Beautiful!!! and functional!!!
Thanks!
great work, really enjoyed this, so well thought out
Thanks!
what a nice workstation, congrats!
Thanks!
magnificent bench
Thanks!
first class build ,great design, take care sir!!
Thank you
Over time you may want to change things around as you gain experience. Still, very pretty set-up.
Very nice setup.
Thanks for watching. I will do more works on this workbench setting up the power supply and other test equipment at the same time maximizing the space. We will have full access to most equipment without sacrificing the space.
@@ecercuit About the most you need in Test Gear is 4 items. That will fit easily. It is a very good build.
Excelent work.
Thanks!
Love your design, thanks for sharing! Perhaps I missed it, but did you share the final inside dimensions (H,L,W) after build? One of my biggest challenges (and I'm sure others have as well) is making a space large enough to hold all of our stuff. I like your design, but I need to know if I have enough room in my space for a similar build.
ganda ng set nio po sir🫡🫡🫡🫡
Me gusta mucho el diseño centralizado. Buen diseño.
Thanks
Hi I liked your project wld love to study and learn much from you
You are welcome to my Electronics channel. Surely, you will learn electronics from me. I would like to hear from you what you have learned so far in Electronics and what do you want to learn about electronics. What country are you from? Hope, I could better plan to make a contents that you could learn from. Thanks for subscribing. See you in my future videos.
Hard work 💪.
Thanks for watching!
IS THAT MONITER GOING TO BE YOUR SCOPE. IM STILL WORKING IN THE BASEMENT KICHEN TABLE AND COUNTER .
No. The monitor is also a computer built-in is mainly used for Arduino and controlling the power supply, USB multimeter and signal generator and at the same time for UA-cam video editing, PCB design and software development. The scope is placed under the monitor and will remain as scope. How's your setup looks like. You could join our Facebook group, "Electronics Technician, Hobbyist & Engineering" to post you bench.
BY THE 17TH OF AUGUST MY ELECTRONIC WORK BENCH HAS TO BE SET UP IN A ROOM ONLY FOR ELECTRONIC WORK. I.WILL SEND A PICTURE AND EXPLAIN ALL MY TEST EQUIPMENT...THANK YOU...
Great video Mon Ami , I see you have my Aussie buddy EEV on the screen ..... I will using door blanks that are used in commercial buildings , no holes are drilled in them for the knobs and locks , I can get them cheap as they are scratched and have minor damage... I need at least 3 foot X 8 foot because of my O-scope and other older test equipment that is bigger than the new equipment nowadays.... My last workbench was the same and I had shelving also...
Excelente 👌
Thanks! I also saw your UA-cam channel. You also have a nice Electronics Lab with heaps of test equipment. Only thing I don't understand Spanish and feel dizzy of catching up the translated caption. Otherwise, your channel is good. ECErcuit.
nice parts racks, will they get in the way when you add more equipment?
Thanks. Just purchased more equipment for my workbench and future videos. 30V 10A Power Supply, 500W Electronics Load, 10kHz to 2GHz Signal Generator, 60V 10A power supply, USB multimeter. All those addition equipment will be placed on the top of the shelve and all ports connected through the front interface on the front left and right side of the computer with N-type, Binding Post, RCA, Voltage/Current meter display and speaker terminals. All equipment have USB and GPIB ports which will be remotely controlled through computer GUI interface that I'm going to write/program using LabVIEW. I still have access to most equipment while free up the bench for Electronics projects. Thanks for the thought.
good job man !
Thanks!
Lovely
Thanks!
Veryyyyyy goooood
Thanks
Very cool.
Thanks
You're welcome. I hope you're inspired to build one for yourself or already have one and getting more ideas. Thanks for watching and don't forget to subscribe and share. ECEercuit
Nice
Thanks!
Good job. man
Thanks.
super work
Thanks. I will do some more on this workbench.
Bravo bravo bravo
Thanks
That is nuts
Thanks!
I tought you gonna build a bench, but turned out to be a wall. I'm curious how you will modify it in the future to souit your needs. In my experience those boxes on the wall kinda useless, they are too big for the components what you gonna store in them, basically 1 of them is enough for the bigger components, shelfs and lots of plastic boxes with 15, 16, 24 compartmens are better.
I like the spool holders, first I could't guess what are they gonna be.
Thanks for watching my videos! It's really a challenge how we could access most of the equipment in the workbench. Parts drawers are very handy to store all the necessary components for building and prototype. On my UA-cam channel banner photo is what the bench looks like when fully setup. The upper top shelf is where I place most of the larger equipment e.g. 60V 10 HP power supply, signal generator, Electronic Load, Large Spectrum Analyzer, etc. Most of my equipment have GPIB or USB interface control. I will write an application to control all those equipment through the central PC. All equipment outputs and inputs are wired through the front panel connectors next the power boards where I can easily access all the necessary ports. I will post some of my programming to control the equipment. Behind the computer where I mount the 8 port active USB hub and the Hantek 365F USB multimeter which also PC controlled with connection through the front panel port. Please see this short video below.
ua-cam.com/users/shorts7aE_3WaQTHU?si=eDM3n4fCl4D5IHmf
It looked bowed. You didn’t clamp a level to both ends did you?
Yes, it was on the beginning after joining the two woods. I used only the strap to clamp, and because of the tension on one end, it tends to bow the joint panel. After cutting, I placed it against the table and clamped the middle with long blue steel bar against the white table, strapping both ends with tension strap through the bottom side of the table while keep spraying with water and dried for a day while keep releasing the clamp to check if still bow. After I was sure that it's pretty much flat and straight, I braced the back with three wooden plank support (screwed and glued). You're the first one who notice it. I was hoping no one will notice the bow and might think due to camera. Anyway, thanks a lot for watching the video and hope you appreciate the effort. Please subscribe. Cheers, ECErcuit.
my dream
Thanks for watching!
Компьютер при таком монтаже не перегревается?...
Я-бы добавил вентиляционных отверстий за ним и аккуратно их прикрыл декоративными накладками...
Эта великолепная идея! Учитывая, что он имеет встроенный компьютер (осциллограф, двойной блок питания и настольный мультиметр под компьютером) и (2x 5-портовых USB-концентратора и USB-мультиметр, размещенный за компьютером), безусловно, будет способствовать нагреву. Спасибо за внимание. Сзади установлю два вытяжных вентилятора. Спасибо!
Couple of thousand dollars invested on that work bench i would day.
Pretty much between around $1k just for the workbench plus new electronics kit and test equipment. I advice to everyone who want's to be on the electronics industries but don't have the luck because of lack of experience and expertise, then you must start by investing a lab workbench and home lab test equipment. Start teaching yourself to gain the expertise e.g. schematic and PCB design, Python, Arduino, C, C++, RF, Analog and Digital Design, etc. Here, let's start our journey.
As much effort as you've put into this workbench, it is down right awful. You literally just built a giant box with a monitor and part boxes inside. There is no room for tools, there is no ventilation, barely enough room for a soldering iron and a scope. And because it's in a box, you will be breathing in all those fumes. You would be better off just using a normal open-air desk or table. What were you thinking?
Thanks for watching and for the comment. It's very challenging to have access to most of the tools and test equipments while maximising the working space with front multipurpose all-in1 monitor/computer and handy parts drawers. On my future videos I will show and demonstrate how possible to have most of the tools and test equipment within arm reach. Fume ventilation and extraction also been considered before building the workbench. Hope to see you on my future videos to find the answers. Thanks. ECErcuit.
@@ecercuitfantastic reply 👌
@@ThaKingRyan Thanks
I like it. There are a few modifications I would do to make it useful to me personally but it looks great to me
@@lukehaworth5789 you can share your ideas