BASIC ELECTRONIC TOOLS

AND EQUIPMENT

PRESENTATION
ELECTRONIC TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

1. HAND TOOLS
2. SOLDERING TOOLS
3. MEASUREMENT TOOLS
4. PROTOTYPING TOOLS
5. AUXILIARY TOOLS
HAND
TOOLS
1. HAND TOOLS
The most basic category of tools used in every electronic project is
the hand tool. These tools are manually operated without any power
source and have been in use since the Stone Age. These require a lot of
dexterity as well as precision to operate.

A.) DRIVING TOOLS

B.) CUTTING TOOLS
C.) SURGICAL TOOLS
D.) BORING TOOLS
A.) DRIVING TOOLS
Driving tools are usually used in projects while dealing with tightening,
loosening, and removing the screws. These are also used to remove bits,
screws, nuts, and bolts from surfaces and require manual force during
operation.

Example:

i.) Screwdrivers

• Standard/Flat Screwdriver
• Philips Screwdriver
• Stubby Screwdrivers

ii.) Allen Wrench

STANDARD/FLAT SCREWDRIVER

It is a wedge-shaped
driver resembling a
negative sign (-) at the
tip and is used for
driving screws with a
single slot head.
PHILIPS SCREWDRIVER

It has a cross tip

resembling a
positive (+) sign
and used to drive
screws with cross
slot heads.
STUBBY SCREWDRIVER

It has a short
shank or blade
and is used in
tight spaces where
a standard screw
driver can’t be
used.
ALLEN WRENCH

A wrench is used to turn

objects, usually rotary fasteners
like nuts and bolts, or to keep
them from turning. The main
function is to drive screws with
hexagonal slot heads or Allen-
headed screws. In other words,
it is used to drive screws in
places where regular screw
drivers don’t work.
B.) CUTTING TOOLS
These tools are used for removing certain parts of materials
from a workpiece by means of operations like deforming,
turning, or shaping

Examples:

i.) Utility knife

ii.) Hacksaw

iii.) Pliers

iv.) Wire Stipper

UTILITY KNIFE

• It’s one of the essential

elements while dealing with
electronics as it can cut
through most of the
materials. It’s portable,
practical, and even has a belt
clip for convenient carrying.
HACKSAW

• It’s a fine-toothed saw

made for cutting metals but
it can also cut various
materials like plastic and
wood. These can be either
manual or powered and
come in different varieties.
PLIERS
Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed
from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful
for bending and compressing a wide range of materials.

TYPES OF PLIERS:

Long Nose Pliers

Side Cutting Pliers
Channel Lock Pliers
Combination Pliers
Slip Joint Pliers
 LONG NOSE PLIERS
Long straight nose plier
allows access in tight,
narrow, or hard to reach
areas for clamping, bolt
tightening, or extracting
items. Hardened, serrated
jaws provide a tight grip, with
wire cutting capabilities.
 COMBINATION PLIERS
• This is also called as Lineman’s
Pliers which is used for gripping,
holding and cutting electrical wires.
• Combination pliers are multi-
purpose pliers, combining gripping
jaws with wire cutters. They can
also be used for compressing,
bending, twisting, extracting and
cutting various materials.
 SIDE CUTTING PLIERS
• Also called as DIAGONAL PLIERS/
DIAGONAL CUTTING PLIERS.
These are pliers intended for
the cutting of wire only (they are
generally not used to grab or turn
anything)
• These can also be used to trim off excess
components on the circuit boards or to
cut wires into shorter length before being
used.
 CHANNEL LOCK PLIERS
• Also called as Tongue-and-Groove
pliers. These are used to remove
knockouts from metal electrical
boxes, tighten cable clamps.

• Use to grip round square, flat and

hexagonal objects.

• Can apply limited torque (twisting

force) without damaging the work.
 SLIP JOINT PLIERS
• These are pliers whose pivot
point or fulcrum can be moved
to increase the size range of
their jaws.
• Slip-joint pliers are versatile tools
that are used forgripping and
bending hardware.
WIRE STRIPPER
It’s a hand-held tool for removing the electrical insulation off the wires without
damaging the interior wire.

MANUAL WIRE STRIPPER

MANUAL WIRE
STRIPPER These tools are equipped
A manual wire stripper has opposing blades like
with different sized
MANUAL WIRE a pair of scissors, but has a notch in the middle
VS. cutting teeth for various
STRIPPER of the blades to place the wire. The stripper is
sized wires and have a
then rotated around the wire so the outer
AUTOMATIC cutoff portion in order to
insulation comes off while leaving the actual
WIRE STRIPPER cut the wire.
wire intact.
 WIRE STRIPPER
It’s a hand-held tool for removing the electrical insulation off the wires without
damaging the interior wire.

AUTOMATIC WIRE STRIPPER

AUTOMATIC They are faster than manual wire strippers and

WIRE STRIPPER are appropriate for people who need tools
capable of facilitating higher volume stripping.

The automatic ones allow even the first-time

users to remove insulation quickly.
WIRE CRIMPING TOOL
A crimping tool is a device used to conjoin two pieces of metal by deforming one
or both of them in a way that causes them to hold each other. The result of the
tool's work is called a crimp.
C.) SURGICAL TOOLS
• There are certain surgical tools that can be sometimes used
as electronic tools like tweezers, forceps, and scissors.

• In electronics settings these tools can help in dealing with the

circuits and breadboard while performing soldering or
desoldering.

• Basically, these instruments are used to hold things that are

too small to hold with hands or where precision is required.
D.) BORING TOOLS
The process of drilling and boring implies making holes with the
help of revolving tools.

Portable electric drill: boring holes in plastic or metal

chassis with drill bits

Mini drill: drilling holes in printed circuit boards

Metal files: contain a narrow, pointed and parallel ridges at

one end to which a handle can be fitted.
SOLDERING
TOOLS
 SOLDERING IRON
A soldering iron is a device for
applying heat to melt solder to form
an electrical and physical connection
between two surfaces.

It is composed of a heated metal tip

and an insulated handle. For electrical
projects, wires are usually soldered to
PCBs, other wires, or terminals.
 SOLDERING STATION/STAND

• The soldering tool stand is

used to keep the soldering
iron in a place away from
flammable materials. The
station also comes with a
sponge to clean the tip of
the soldering iron.
 DESOLDERING PUMP
• These tools are used to remove the
soldered wires and components on
printed circuit boards for repair and
troubleshooting usually when there
is a fault in the connections.
• A desoldering pump draws solder
away with a quick vacuum action.
MEASUREMENT
TOOLS
MULTITESTER
A multimeter or a multitester, also
known as a volt/ohm meter or VOM,
is an electronic measuring
instrument that combines several
measurement functions in one unit.

A multimeter is a device used to measure electrical properties such as

voltage, current and resistance. A multimeter is a multi function
device that works as a Voltmeter, Ammeter and Ohmmeter. You can
switch between these applications by turning a switch.
Two Types of Multimeters
Analog Multimeter
In Analog Multimeter continuous
deflection of a pointer over a scale
represents the value of quantity
being measured.
It relies on a moving pointer over a
graduated scale to indicate readings
Digital Multimeter
 Often abbreviated DMM or DVOM
 Digital meters typically use a Liquid
Crystal Display (LCD) or Light Emitting
Diodes (LED) to display readings
numerically.
 It measures with accuracy better than
analog multimeter as analog multimeter
is prone to errors due to wrong pointer
based reading.
 LCR METER
LCR meters are used
for measuring
inductance,
capacitance, and
resistance involved in
an electronic setup.
 CLAMP METERS
• Clamp meters are used by
electricians, sometimes with the
clamp incorporated into a
general purpose multimeter. It is
simple to measure very high
currents (hundreds of amperes)
with the appropriate current
transformer.
 OSCILLOSCOPE
• An oscilloscope displays
time-varying signals like
voltage waveform patterns
on a screen which help in
visualizing the circuit
functions.
PROTOTYPING
TOOLS
 BREADBOARD
• A breadboard is a flat plastic
base with a matrix of holes in
which wires and components are
connected.

• A breadboard is used to build

prototype versions of
sophisticated electronic circuits
by plugging wires, resistors,
capacitors and other devices.
 JUMPER WIRES
• Jumper wires are simply wires that
have connector pins at each end,
allowing them to be used to connect
two points to each other without
soldering.
• Jumper wires are typically used with
breadboards and other prototyping
tools in order to make it easy to
change a circuit as needed.
 ZERO PCB
• A Zero Board or Zero PCB is a
board with copper patches
devoid of any connections. In
order to work on such a board,
the user has to either solder the
components or connect them by
soldering their legs to the wire.
AUXILIARY
TOOLS
Magnifying Glass

Paint Brush

Measuring Tape

Hammer

Flashlight
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