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Chemistry Electronics Shop

Location

(Located West of the 3 main elevators and North of the Paul Bender Chemical Instrumentation Laboratories)

Room 2227, Mathews Building,
1101 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706

Shop Hours

Monday - Friday
7:45 - 11:30 am
12:30 - 4:15 pm

Electronics Support for the Chemistry Department includes:
(Note: We are not allowed to do work for other UW Departments.)

Our labor rate is $7.00/hr.

Repair

Some of the things we repair include lab instruments of many types, balances, power supplies, laser printers, hot/stir plates, heatguns, ovens, and more. If you have a questionabout what we can repair, please stop by, call or send an email.

Design and fabrication

We design and build analog and digital circuits of many types for the research and teaching labs. Some of the instruments include signal conditioning amplifiers, computer interfaces, motor drivers, high voltage andhigh frequency circuits, and specialized power supplies.

Consultation for circuit designs and troubleshooting

If you need advice concerning the electronics for your experiment, stop by the shop, call or send an email.

Electronic parts and computer media sales

Here is a list of our semiconductor stock in Microsoft Access format. Semiconductor.mdb (9.8 MB) We also have an extensive stock of connectors, switches, resistors, capacitors, IC sockets, wire and cable, enclosures and more.

Computer media includes:

3 1/2" Floppy Disks $0.50 ea.
CD-R's $0.70 ea.
CD-RW's $1.10 ea.
100 MB Zip Disks $10.00 ea.
250 MB Zip Disks $13.00 ea.

Equipment lending

We make short term loans of equipment such as power supplies, meters, function generators, oscilloscopes, etc. to research groups in the department.

Electronics Shop Staff

Andy Beal
Instrumentation Innovator
Electronics Shop Supervisor
(608) 263-2573
beal@chem.wisc.edu

Craig Trewartha
Electronics Technician Research Senior
(608) 262-0190
trewartha@chem.wisc.edu

Bill Goebel
Electronics Technician Research Senior
(608) 262-0190
goebel@chem.wisc.edu

Bill Ault
Electronics Technician Research Senior
(608) 262-0190
ault@chem.wisc.edu