Our Facilities
The EDF’s well-outfitted shop includes an extensive inventory of parts, electronic test equipment, and electronic assembly stations. The EDF uses industry-standard design tools from Mentor Graphics, Cadence, Synopsis, Autodesk, and Adobe.
Shop
- 1300 square feet of Working Area
- 3 Assembly Stations
- 3 Soldering Stations
- Fume Hood
- Compressed Air, Vacuum, Natural Gas, Cold Water
- 120VAC & 240VAC NEMA Electrical Outlets
Parts Inventory
- Assortment of FPGA / Microcontroller Development Kits
- Full Assortment of Interconnect & Wire/Cable
- Full Assortment of Passive and Semiconductor Parts
- Electromechanical Parts
- Power Products
- Enclosures
- Hardware
Equipment
Electronic Test:
- Multimeters
- RCL Meter
- Oscilloscopes
- High Voltage Probes
- Frequency Counter
- Electrometer
- Pico-ammeter
- Pulse Generators
- Signal Generators
- High Voltage Power Supply
- AC/DC Power Supplies
Electronic Assembly:
- Binocular Microscope
- Surface mount Heat Cone
- Exhaust Fans
- Air Pencil
- Vacuum Tweezer
- Switch System
- Drill Press
- Milling Machine
- Sheet Metal Shear
- Assembly Press
- Static Control Grounding Workstation
- Soldering Stations
- Desoldering / Rework Stations
- Vices
- Multitude of hand tools
Office:
- Library of Electronics Literature
- Color Plotter
- Many Computers / Servers
- Digital Scale
- Copy Machine
- Fax Machine
- Laser Printers
- Label Maker
- Scanner
EDA Tools
The EDF has access to a broad spectrum of design tools from the following vendors through their University partnership programs:
Design tools from following vendors:
- Mentor Graphics
- Cadence Design Systems
- OrCAD
- Xilinx
- Altera
- AutoDesk
- National Instruments
Equipment Lending
The EDF lends tools, equipment, parts, and space to Boston University employees at no cost. If you are interested in borrowing some tools, need a place to work for a day, or you need a few parts to complete a project, contact us for more information.