The small workshop part 1

Anyone interested or engaged in constructing electronic circuits, be he/she an amateur enthusiast, an experimentalist or a professional operating a small business, is faced with the question of what equipment is really necessary to carry out the work properly. Since many of these people have only a limited budget, a correct investment is of great importance. This short article is intended as an aid to making the correct choice. It includes a simple computer program to decipher the codes used for resistors, capacitors and inductors.