Prototyping, Testing & Fabrication

Our electronics and materials labs are designed for every stage of hardware development—prototyping, testing, and refining. Members have fair-use access to a wide range of specialized, member-owned equipment, including:

Electronics & Hardware Development

• Oscilloscopes

• Power supplies

• Logic and network analyzers

• 3D printers (Prusa I2 Mk3 and more)

• Bambu Combo Printers (coming soon)

• Full pick-and-place line with reflow oven

• Soldering stations and hot-air rework tools

• High voltage tester (~14kV)

• LBeagleUSB 480 logic analyzer

• Keithley DMM6500

• Zurich Instruments lock-in amplifier

• WB-SG1 signal generator

• Rigol MSO 5074 (350 MHz, with signal generator enabled)

• 2x Micsig 100 MHz current probes

• PT 8002 high-voltage differential probe

• Trimech wide-band high voltage amplifier (Model DCA-10)

• Solder reflow station

• TIG and MIG welding (coming soon)

Making & Fabrication

• Astro >2000C inert gas furnace

• 1800C vacuum furnace

• 10-ton press

• 3-ton heated press

• Distillation apparatus

• Airscience Airflow Basic fume hood (additional filters ~$300 each)

• Cold isostatic press (up to 30k PSI)

• Mid vacuum setup (10^-6 to 10^-7 depending on pumpdown time)

• Sputter coaters (out of service)

• Stick welder

• Shop air (150 PSI)

• LabGenius scale (microgram sensitivity)

• Mini flow hood

• Spin coater

• Three roll mill

• Wire drawing equipment

• Laser cutter and CNC (coming soon)

Characterizing Materials

• EPR machine

• Mass spectrometer

• Thunderoptics Raman spectrometer

• Radiacode 101 gamma spectrometer & scintillator counter

• HKMicro thermal camera (with logging capabilities)

• Liquid helium cryocooler (approx. 60K achievable)

• Water chiller

• 2x Hanna Hi98161 high-resolution pH meters

• Magnetic susceptometer (coming soon; supports large specimens)