List of equipment that we need and that we should have in our laboratory. List of equipment that we already have can be found at Equipment page. All part prices are from GME.cz shop.
Basic equipment needed in laboratory that can be reused in many projects.
Large stand drill
Vacuum cleaner (at least a tiny one for spot cleanups)
Lock equipped storage facilities
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classic workshop tools & accessories for woodworking, metalworking, etc.
LCD monitors and public computers (we have plenty ancient ones already; some reasonably powerful ones (any Athlon64/Core2 plus) - would be nice)
Some AGP/PCI-e/.. graphic cards with good performance for use in our shared computers
Functional power supply units (ATX or various adapters)
Signal generator
Logical probes
Wires with aligator clips
few VGA cables with male connectors
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Microcontroller development boards
Atmel ICSP programmer (but can be emulated by Arduino finely)
USB↔Parallel port (is there actually anything that functions properly?)
Battery charger + Rechargeable batteries
foto: I can suggest rechargable AA batteries + various battery holders for achieving various voltages needed for our particular projects. These holders are cheap and often they have 9V battery connectors on them.
Old electrical kitchen stove (something like
this, usefull for making custom solar cells)
Laboratory glass
Centrifuge (with precise RPM control)
Fume cupboard (digestoř)
Distillation apparatus
Low pressure (vacuum) distillation apparatus
Laboratory equipment (tweezers, bunsen burners, …)
PCR + electrophoresis
Components and other resources that are cheap enough so they can be buyed by hackerspace and available (organized in nice boxes/shelfs) free of charge for all hackerspace members in reasonable amount preferably for their projects. We should always have some reserves of those parts because they can be used in many of our planned projects.
