What do you think "Electronic Workbench" means ? ---   Survey - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2015, 08:16:59 pm
content: HiI think this contest is for electronic equipment that is used to work on electronics:http://www.nutsvolts.com/pages/the_workbench_challenge_2015Quote: " What is “essential” to an electronics workbench?"Dave says a "work bench" is a physical thing you have to build to put electronic stuff on:"EEVblog #679 - How To Build A Small Electronics Work Bench "Could the difference be "workbench" vs "work bench"? YT posters use both words for both ideas.Is there anyway to make it clearer which is which other than a space?The first thing when I saw the contest was benches and shelves because that was the first thing I built in order to put the stuff on.Edit: Added "Survey" to title

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2015, 10:57:45 pm
content: You forgot one option: a computer program to simulate circuits. That must be about 25 years old by now.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2015, 11:02:54 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on September 29, 2015, 10:57:45 pmYour right - I remember seeing this on YT - I will see if I can add it - I cannot - sorry

author: joeqsmith
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2015, 11:16:47 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on September 29, 2015, 10:57:45 pmThat was what I thought this would be about. I think National Instruments bought that package. Gone like Saber.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2015, 11:21:24 pm
content: Quote from: joeqsmith on September 29, 2015, 11:16:47 pmEdited title: Changed "is" to "means"

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 12:36:38 am
content: It's in the title "bench".If you use your floor to build stuff, that's your bench. If it's your kitchen table, that's your bench.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 12:51:37 am
content: It's the place where magic smoke is let out of innocent components.

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 12:56:09 am
content: Quote from: nctnico on September 29, 2015, 10:57:45 pm

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 01:40:49 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 30, 2015, 12:36:38 amI agree "bench" is anywhere where you build stuff.Nuts and Bolts uses "workbench" to mean stuff. Would you know what I mean if I asked you to put together a $200 workbench?

author: bills
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 02:17:48 am
content: ez24 ?do you have a day job ?seems that you answer almost every post? not that is a bad thing just unusual.bill

author: AF6LJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 03:35:26 am
content: An electronic workbench can be your kitchen table with a soldering iron, a Simpson 260 and a hammer.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 03:38:31 am
content: Quote from: bills on September 30, 2015, 02:17:48 amNoEdit - but I wish I did

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 03:44:13 am
content: I think the "Electronic Workbench" is the bench on which you do the work.An "Electronics Lab" or "Electronics Workshop" is the place where the combination of Workbench and Tools, Test Equipment, etc are located.An "Electronics Lab" may also be used for another purpose. I have seen plenty of people here whose bedroom is also their lab.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 04:08:06 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on September 30, 2015, 03:44:13 amWhat I was thinking, maybe someday I can put together a contest like Nuts and Bolts. I wonder if I could use Kickstarted to raise funds for prizes. I think cash is best because of shipping costs and customs.I just do not know what to call the "thing". I wonder if "lab" can be used? After this post dies away I just may ask what names should be given to "stuff" Maybe stuff?I like the way Nuts and Bolts set up their rules by not allowing used, ebay, Chinese Amazon, etc. I think this is a flaw in one of Dave's video. Maybe he would do a video on the list from the winner.thanks everyone

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 04:19:12 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on September 30, 2015, 12:36:38 amOnce upon a time, this was my Bench (in part):Tim

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 04:27:51 am
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on September 30, 2015, 04:19:12 amNice - going to look for my jorgy nowIs the stuff on your bench - an electronics workbench ?

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 04:47:56 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on September 30, 2015, 04:08:06 amElectronics toolbox/toolkit?

author: lapm
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 04:56:26 am
content: For me bench is holy place. My temple where i can focus my natural way to something i like doing. In this case doing electronics stuff... It has all tools i most often need. All has its rightfull place. Yes it does include small netbook with extra monitor for reading datasheets, doing some programming for pic/atmel parts. No i dont use simulation software yet, but one day...

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 05:04:41 am
content: No vote from me, it's called "The Bench".

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 03:18:03 pm
content: Has any one invented an electronic workbench or work bench, I have never seen one.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 06:27:32 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on September 30, 2015, 04:47:56 amElectronics toolkit is my favorite so far

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 06:36:30 pm
content: English, it's all about context.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 08:06:17 pm
content: Both IMHO (physical space to do the work + tools to do it with, as one is worthless without the other).And I actually have an old copy of Electronics Workbench software package, on 3.5" floppy no less (I liked it for what it was).FWIW, it's NI's MultiSIM package now.

author: donmr
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 30, 2015, 08:20:41 pm
content: The questions is whether the adjective modifying the object "Workbench" describes the composition of the workbench or its use.I think an "Electronic Workbench" is a workbench that has a significant amount of electronic devices in its construction. Electronic does not denote any objects just their properties so it must describe the composition of the workbench itself, like a "Wooden Workbench".I think an "Electronics Workbench" is workbench for working on electronics because that word can denote other objects.Isn't the ambiguity of the English language wonderful?