You can find these at most hardware stores and electronics tools suppliers. If you are working with mains voltages, a quality set of VDE drivers may save your life over a cheap no-name brand set. The quality of the steel and laser etched tips means they last much longer and do less damage to fasteners. At a minimum, you want the straight needle pointed (#10) and curved needle pointed (#15 or #17)įorget the cheap screwdrivers, go straight for Wera Kraftform or Wiha drivers. A set of these from eBay/Amazon will be cheaper than a single one from an electronics supplier, and you won’t be able to tell the difference between the cheap ones and expensive ones. These make placing small SMT components when soldering or pulling them from the board very easy. Put heat shrink over the jaws to protect wire insulation and boards. Opt for the third alligator clips over a magnifying glass. Super handy for holding wires, boards, and components. Helping Hands (without a magnifying glass) Whether you’re working on aerospace components or assembling your first PCB, everything here will apply to you. These are the components and tools I feel everyone should have on their desk. I generally won’t buy or recommend something just because a specific brand makes it, as I care much more about the right tool for the job. When it comes to testing equipment for example, it’s because the brand is offering the best specifications for the money in that market segment. I’m very hesitant to recommend specific brands, but if I occasionally do so, it is because I have tried many of the competing brands and wouldn’t use anything else. All options are based on what I’d expect to see in the hands of the target audience the suggestions focus on total performance and capabilities per dollar, including wages where relevant, rather than just trying to spend lots of money (for the higher end options) or spend the least money (for the low-end option). A serious hobbyist with a little more money to dedicate for a good tool might look at the middle option rather than the budget one. A professional will be more efficient with the mid or upper range of tools, which are more expensive but pay for themselves in labor savings. The budget option will be useful for students and hobbyists, but probably doesn’t have the performance, or perhaps ease of use, for a professional. If you’re designing and building products even if they are only for your own usage, however, I think you’ll find yourself with everything here eventually, even as a hobbyist or an electronics engineering student. If you’re just getting started in electronics as a hobby, everything on this list might be slightly overkill it’s a lot of tools and hardware. ![]() You’re working with microcontrollers, FPGAs or other digital processors where code and hardware need to be debugged together. ![]()
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