Tools &

Equipment in
Electronics
• Most Essential Learning Competency:
• Discuss the uses of different tools and
equipment in electronics

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Building & Prototyping

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Driving
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Screwdrivers
These are used to loosen
Tools & or tighten screws with
Equipment slotted heads and come
in in various sizes & shapes
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Screwdrivers
Driving
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Standard/ Flat Screwdriver
The blade tip is wedge shaped
and resembles a negative sign.
This is used to drive screws
Tools & with a single slot head.
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Screwdrivers
Driving
Tools Philips Screwdriver
This has a cross tip
resembling a positive sign.
This is used to drive screws
Tools & with cross slot heads
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Screwdrivers
Driving
Tools Stubby Screwdriver
This comes in either standard or
Philips screwdriver with short shank
or blade and a shortened handle used
to turn screws in tight spaces where
Tools & a standard screwdriver cannot used.
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Screwdrivers
Driving
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Allen Screwdriver/Wrench
This Could be in the shape of
screwdriver or wrench, its
function is to drive a screw
Tools & with hexagonal slot head.
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Striking
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Hammers
These are tools used in
driving or pounding and
Tools & pulling out nails. They are
Equipment made of hard steel, plastic
in or rubber.
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Types of Hammers
Striking
Claw Hammers
Tools a hammer with one side
of the head split and
curved, used for
extracting nails.
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Types of Hammers
Striking
Ballpeen Hammers
Tools type of peening hammer
used in metalworking. It has
two heads, one flat and the
other, called the peen,
rounded.
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Types of Hammers
Striking
Mallet Hammers
Tools a kind of hammer, often
made of rubber or sometimes
wood, that is smaller than a
maul or beetle, and usually
has a relatively large head.
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Splicing/
Gripping/
Holding
Tools

Pliers
These tools are made from
Tools & metal with insulators in the
handle and are used for cutting,
Equipment twisting, bending, holding and
in gripping wires and cables.
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Types of Pliers
Splicing/
Gripping/ Combination Pliers
Holding
Tools (Lineman’s Pliers)
This is used for gripping, holding and
cutting electrical wires and cables and
even small nails. They are usually used
by linemen in doing heavy tasks.
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Types of Pliers
Splicing/

Side Cutting Pliers

Gripping/
Holding
Tools
This type of pliers is used
for cutting fine, medium and
big cables.
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Splicing/
Gripping/
Holding
Long Nose Pliers
Tools This is used for cutting and holding fine
wires. This can reach spaces or small
openings where other pliers cannot
reach and is also used in making
terminal loops of copper wires.
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Types of Pliers
Splicing/
Gripping/ Slip Joint Pliers
Holding are pliers whose pivot point or fulcrum can be
Tools
moved to increase the size range of their jaws.
Most slip joint pliers use a mechanism that
allows sliding the pivot point into one of
several positions when the pliers are fully
opened.
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Splicing/
Gripping/
Holding
Wire Stripper
Tools This is a tool used for stripping or
removing the insulation of
connecting wires ranging from
gauge #10 t gauge #16.
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Boring
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Drill
Tools & tool primarily used for
Equipment making round holes
in or driving fasteners
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Types of Drill
Boring
Tools Portable Electric Drill
A small drilling machine with
a chuck capacity of ¼ to 3/8
inch. It is used in making
holes on metal sheets and
Tools & concrete walls.
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Boring
Tools Gimlet
This is a wire like
boring tool used in
making initial holes for
Tools & split knob screws..
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Soldering
Tools

Weld/Attach
Soldering is a joining process used to
join different types of metals together by
Tools & melting solder. Solder is a metal alloy
usually made of tin and lead which is
Equipment melted using a hot iron. The iron is
in heated to temperatures above 600
degrees fahrenheit which then cools to
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Soldering
Soldering Iron
Tools Used to solder
connecting wires

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Soldering
Tool/Pump
Tools Used to remove
soldered wires

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Soldering
Is a place where the
Tools soldering iron is placed
during usage

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Measuring

Quantify/
Tools

Calculate
Quantifying variables
Tools & necessary for
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Measuring
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Micrometer
This is used to measure
diameter and thickness of
cables, wires or conductors
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Measuring
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Push-Pull Rule
Used to measure the length of an
object in centimeter and inches.
This is also used to measure
heights for switches and outlets
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Ruler/Foot Rule
Tools Used to measure the length,
width, and thickness of short
flat objects and to draw
straight lines.
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Tools Wire Gauge
This is a slotted circular disk
used to find the diameter or
size of an electrical wire.
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Ammeter
Tools An instrument used to
measure the flow of electric
current in a circuit. (AC
Outlet, 220 V wire)
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Milli-Ammeter
Measuring
Tools
An instrument used to measure
small amount of electric currents,
calibrated in milliamperes. (DC
with +_) Power supply, charge
battery.
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Measuring
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Voltmeter
An instrument used for
measuring the potential
difference or voltage between
two points in an electrical circuit.
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Measuring
Ohmmeter
Tools An instrument used for
measuring the resistance in
an electronic components or
circuit.
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Measuring
Multimeter/ Multi-
Tools tester
An instrument used for
measuring the voltage, current
and resistance
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Measuring
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Clamp Meter
It is also called tong tester. This is
used to measure current flowing
in a conductor. It is clamped or
hanged in a conductor.
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Test Light
Measuring
Tools

It is a pocket-sized tool used

to test the presence of current
in a line wire or circuit.
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