NLAB: The worlds smallest electronics lab
doctoboggan
12 points
5 comments
June 03, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
orangecoffee
Wtf.. nauseating to see promise of ai proof roles. No way to guarantee that and irresponsible. Spam shit.
sn0n
This sure ain’t no 300in1 from radio shack my friend.
mym1990
“Additionally, nLab significantly lowers the barrier to entry of learning electronics. Learn at universities? $100k. Classes online? Still thousands of dollars. Learn on your own? $1,000+ of equipment and parts.” I hate this kind of marketing, none of these things are true. You can take a community college course on electronics at a pretty reasonable price. There are plenty of online resources that are credible and free. An at home lab can be relatively cost effective with second hand equipment and electronic parts from adafruit/amazon/alibaba. This is hardly an “electronics lab”.
MadnessASAP
The spec page says 100 kHz BW on the oscilloscope, the FAQ says 400 kHz. In either case calling it an "oscilloscope" is a stretch, its the ADC channels on an MCU. I find it curious that all their promo shots seem to only show the back of the board. I couldnt find any of the component side, or any information about what components are used. My guess would be: - a very small dual rail supply - AVR or STM MCU - Signal generator is PWM through an RC low pass filter - Oscilloscope is potentially just the input through a resistor network to shift +/- 5V to 0-5V, maybe a buffer to keep input impedance high. I just don't see $170-200 of value here, or anything close to that.