o 30Wadjustabletemperat uresolderingiron(ModelXY258)‐withatemperature
controlonthesideandindicatorLEDsoyoucangofromstandard tolead‐fre etosilver
solder.Comeswitha1/16"tipwhichisgoodforthroughholeandsomelargersurface
mountassembly.Notethisironis
120VONLY,notforusein220Vcountries
o Solderingstand‐arealstandwithspongeanddou blespringpreventsyourironfr om
'rollingaway'orburningaholeinthetable.Essentialforyoursa fety.
o Solder,rosin ‐core,0.031"diameter,1/4lb(100g)spool‐Standard60/40solderfor
electronicswork.Mosttoolkitsgiveyou atinybit,butthisspoolwilllast youfo r
monthsandyouwon'trunoutin themiddleofyourproject
o Soldersucker‐Strangelyenough,that'sthetechnicaltermforthisde solderingvacuum
tool.Usefulincleaningupmistakes,everyelectricalengineerhasoneoftheseontheir
desk.
o Solderwick/braid5ftspool‐Usedalongwiththesoldersuckertocleanupsoldering
messes.Wick reallycomesinhandywhensold eringordesolderin gsurface‐mount
parts.Evenifyoudon'thavethebestironforSMTwork,abitofwick willfixitup.
o PanaviseJr‐PCBholderandgeneralpurpose360degreemini‐vise.Iusemineevery
day,theyarethebestthingforholdingyourcircuit boardsteady,andthesoftjawsare
notconductivesoyoucan dopowertestsatthesametime.
o DigitalMultimeter‐Model9205B+isagood‐all‐aroundbasicmultimeter.Hasa
continuitytester,DC/ACvoltageandcurrent,resista nce,transistoranddiode/L EDtest.
Runson a9Vbattery.
o Diagonalcutters‐thebestdiagonalcutters,thesearecomfortab letouseandhave
strongnippersforperfecttrimmingofwiresandlead s.I'veusedmypaireverydayfor
years.
o Wirestrippers‐We'veupgradedourba sic'adjustable'wirestripp erstothesemulti‐
sizedwirestrippers.Theyinclude:22‐30AWGstrippers,wirecutters,'plier'tips, anda
wireloop.Groundbladesforprecisioncutting.Sp ringreturn,comfymoldedhan dles
andaclosing ‐lock.
o Microneedle‐nosepliers‐forbending,formi ng,holding,squ eezingandplyingallof
thoselittlecomponents.
o Solid‐core wire,22AWG,25ftspools‐Threespool s!Inblack,redandyellow.Perfect
forbread‐boardingandwiring.
o Halfsizesolderlessbreadboard‐forprototypingyournextproject,thesebreadboard s
cansnaptogethertoexpa nd
o Bonus!5Vpowersupplypartspack‐DCpowerjack,protectiondiode,78051Amp5V
regulator,two25Vand6Vbypasscapacitors,two0.1uFceramiccapacitors,re dand
greenindicatorLEDsandmatchingresi stors.Allthepartsnecessa rytopowerupyour
firstelectronicsprojectfromawalladapterorbatteries.
Technical Details
RevisionHistory:
o AsofAu g14,2014wehaveswitchedfr omthis830multimetertothis9205+
multimeter,untilwecangetmore'830sinstock.
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