Equipment
Electronic Components
Electrical components for prototyping and building circuits for beginner and intermediate makers, designers, and hackers.
- Resistors, photoresistors, thermistors
- capacitors, inductors, transformers
- ICs like 555 timers, op-amps, CMOS
- breadboards
- jumper wires
- sensors
- transistors
- MOSFETS
- potentiometers
- buttons, switches
- LEDs
- RFID
- photoresistors
- Arduinos, Raspberry Pis **
- motors, servos, steppers
- neat things that you’d only find in a sweet makerspace
** Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, and similar are for use in the makerspace only. Please get started with our inventory, then supply your own microcontrollers if you want to realize your creations in the real world.
3D Printers
Build things layer-by-layer with the help of a hot nozzle that extrudes plastic of various types like PETG, PLA, or ABS.
Currently, we have several Prusa Mk3s printers and a MK3s+ with with a MMU2s upgrade that allows printing in up to five colors.
Generate a 3D model with software like Tinkercad, Fusion 360, or Solidworks. Then generate gcode (to tell the printer how to print) from your 3D moel with Prusa’s software for generating gcode for the printer called PrusaSlicer: https://www.prusa3d.com/prusaslicer/
You can also find TONS of 3D models online. Check our references page for more info on 3D models and software.
![pick and place](https://groups.cs.umass.edu/makerspace/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/10/pick-place-1024x768.jpg)
Pick and Place
Reflow Oven
The Pick and Place’s best friend is the Reflow Oven.
![reflow oven](https://groups.cs.umass.edu/makerspace/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/10/reflow-oven-1024x768.jpg)
![laser cutter](https://groups.cs.umass.edu/makerspace/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2022/10/laser-cutter-1024x768.jpg)
Laser Cutter
60 W laser cutter from Epilog
Hand Tools
All sorts of great things like screwdrivers, hammers, clamps, pliers, straight edges, scissors, cutting things, bendy things, things that get hot, other stuff that starts with b, c, and p.
- screwdrivers – many sizes including precision
- pliers big and small
- vicegrips
- hammers
- wrenches
- socket wrenches
- cordless drills and bits
- clamps
- push and pull saws
- things that stick things to other things
- hot air guns
- hot glue
- cutting mats
- precision cutting knives
- tape measures and squares
- levels
- sandpaper
- too many plastic scrapers
![](https://groups.cs.umass.edu/makerspace/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2021/10/hand-tools-1-1024x768.jpg)