Parts and tools
Honest status: these are categories, not picks. No specific product is recommended yet, because nothing has been built with it yet. Each link currently goes to the Amazon home page with no tracking ID. Exact parts go up with the first build.
On the bench
Temperature-controlled soldering iron
A category every electronics build here will need. The specific iron gets named once it has been used.
Amazon: Temperature-controlled soldering iron (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yetMultimeter
For checking the thing you were sure about. Specific model to be listed with a build.
Amazon: Multimeter (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yetFine tweezers
Giant hands, tiny SMD parts. Specific set to be listed with a build.
Amazon: Fine tweezers (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yet
Safety first
Safety glasses
Nerdsquatch wears his. Specific pair to be listed with a build.
Amazon: Safety glasses (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yetESD wrist strap
Fur versus ESD is a real fight. Specific strap to be listed with a build.
Amazon: ESD wrist strap (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yet
Out in the yard
Weatherproof enclosure
Every outdoor build needs a box. Which box survives is exactly what the two yards are for.
Amazon: Weatherproof enclosure (placeholder link to the Amazon home page, opens in a new tab)Placeholder · no product yet
The real list goes up with the first build. Each project page gets its own parts list, including what got swapped out and why.
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