Ohio EE Student WTB 2/3 Output Power Supply and Funct. Gen - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Roadking_6
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 29, 2019, 09:18:57 pm
content: Greetings from Ohio. I am new to the boards, and new to Electronics in general.I'm an journeyman electrician by trade, so know my way around electricity, but ended up pursuing my degree in EE. I am finishing my junior year and really want to understand the material, so I have decided to build a home lab of sorts.I dont really know brands or models that well (besides the multiple thousands of dollars of test equipment in our labs at the Univ. Of Akron.I live an hour from campus and have 3 small boys, so popping in the lab regularly is not really much of an option.Would love recommendations too for some good equipment. Money is def a factor, as I work for a company that does some controls, but mostly industrial so I am more in the power field. I have a Scope, Fluke meters and other things.For my controls, electronics classes, labs and projects where I feel slightly lost, I would like to pick up some good test equipment to practice on to help reinforce what I'm learning in the books. Never really sinks in until I do it with my hands.I do not have the means to drop $1500 on a power supply. I'm looking for quality, but I am on a budget and dont want to end up buying something that is junk. If anybody has some older gear that I can snag at a discount for building breadboard circuits with OP-Amps, BJT and FETs, etc. Really need the +/- rail voltages so a multiple output power supply is preferred.Any advice is appreciated. Thank you much in advance.Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

author: Roadking_6
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 29, 2019, 11:45:37 pm
content: Thanks man!I actually have the analog discovery 2 currently. It's for our controls class project. I'm pretty sure it has to go back to the school. I'll be using it if I can keep it. I'll look into the rigol supply.My Scope is a siglent sds1202X-EI'm not even sure how much I would need any of them moving forward. Probably none after graduation. I know what we do well, just really outside my comfort level with electronics.Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it!Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

author: Fludo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2019, 12:55:46 am
content: I've got some BK precision gear I'm trying to sell:BK4011A 5MHz Function Generator $120https://www.bkprecision.com/products/signal-generators/4011A-5-mhz-function-generator.htmlBK1760 Triple Output power supply +-30VDC 2A (60VDC series, 4A parallel) and 6VDC 5A $120https://www.bkprecision.com/products/discontinued/1760-triple-output-digital-pwr-sply.htmlBoth work great, but I've upgraded to the newer 1761. Both devices have a service manual and are through hole construction, very easy to work on.

author: DaJMasta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2019, 05:51:38 am
content: In the same class as the rigol supply, but a bit cheaper/smaller without the fully variable third channel is the Siglent SPD-3303X-E which can be easily software unlocked to the regular X version (1ma/1mV resolution), so another to consider.I'm also a fan of my Siglent signal generator, but the 2000X series is probably a bit pricey, I think both Rigol and Siglent have some pretty capable units starting around $250 to $300. You can find some cheaper used ones on the ol ebay, but good sig gens tend to still be expensive, and I find the arb capability and the screen display (instead of the VFD or LCD character displays) easier to use. May be worth looking into: either a function gen option unlock for your scope or one that can plug directly into it for bode plot functionality. Don't remember what of that applies to a 1202X-E, but there's a good chance.There's actually a good bit of discussion of both in the test equipment forum, I'd suggest searching either for discussions of which to get or of individual units there because there should be plenty of info to narrow down your options.