I have been pondering for a while that one of the things that could be holding back progress in our field is that the tools and equipment we use are very one-off, with each experimenter building his/her own boards and equipment to perform experiments with. This results in wide variance of circuits and results, and makes it much harder to replicate devices due to hidden/unknown variables. I purpose that we take steps to help 'Arduininize' the industry by creating standardized boards and test equipment.Things like: * Standardized inexpensive HVDC power supplies (0-30kv) * Standardized MOSFET power supplies (0-300v w/ high pulse currents) * Time-distortion sensor (measuring crystal clock offsets) * Gravity-distortion sensor (calibrated accelerometer+magnetometer pairs). * Arduino-powered 2-6phase frequency/pulse generators. * Substitution 'Load box' with bulbs and/or rectifiers? And my favorite and first priority: * Stackable, surge-protected, fast, high-voltage MOSFET driver boards. All Open-source designs of course so users can make variations+improvements of their own.  Would anybody be interested in buying these types of products if I were to start organizing some small batch runs of prototypes? I'm really only looking to cover costs, not to make any real profit. My board design skills are par at best, but I would hope that I could at least help start a framework that others could take and expand+improve upon.  Anybody with suggestions or designs, please share them here. 
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Topic: Designing/creating standardized equipment for OU experimentation. (Read 3495 times)
