Edinburgh Hacklab

Making stuff since 2010

Facilities

General equipment

  • Tables, chairs & sofa for up to 13 people total
  • Project storage shelves
  • Free-for-all junk boxes
  • Large collection of cables and adaptors
  • Projector
  • Sound system
  • Library
  • Vacuum cleaner
  • Fridge

Electronics equipment

  • Soldering iron & hot air station (Aoyue 968)
  • Binocular microscope
  • Oscilloscopes (20MHz and 40MHz dual channel)
  • Bench PSU
  • Signal generator
  • Component stocks (resistors, capacitors, some standard ICs) – more needed.
  • UV exposure box
  • PCB bubble etch tank & chemicals
  • 100W 4/8/16 ohm dummy load

Mechanical equipment

  • Pillar drill + various bits
  • Milling machine (needs tooling)
  • LASER CUTTER!
  • 14.4V electric drill/screwdriver
  • Assorted hand tools
  • Computer infrastructure
  • 2 x Pentium 4 workstations (1 x Linux, 1 x Windows),
  • WRT54GS router running OpenWRT
  • Advantech PCM-5822 SBC nailed to wall running barcode scanner / webcam / other hacks

In Development

  • RepRap 3D printer – in place but needs some repairs and a new extruder.
  • CNC mill – work in progress by TomL and others on the existing manual mill.
  • Solder reflow oven – work in progress by Al and
    Gareth.
  • Stuck node tracer (WIP by Gareth)