9 The electronics laboratory at North Staffordshire College of Technology

The laboratory's main working bench is arranged round the walls and has been designed for a comfortable working position. The shelf above the bench is of sufficient width and strength to accommodate all but the largest instruments. The power supplies to the bench consist of a generous number of 240V a.c. shuttered socket outlets and a smaller number of 240V d.c. switched socket outlets. There are also coaxial sockets connected to the main radio and TV antennae. In general it has been found most convenient to use small individual stabilised power supplies for separate experiments.