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I was rather excited at first when I ordered one of these as it looked like an awesome learning tool. So far the only learning I've done is regarding how Amazon's return process works. First once came and the second digit of the 7-segment display had a short somewhere and displayed 9 when it should have displayed 1 as well as a few other irregularities. Amazon was more than happy to take it back and replace it. The good news is the replacement has a working 7-segment display! The bad news...the logic probe is completely non-functional. I'm debating if I even want to bother with another replacement.
Update 1/3/2013:
The second replacement has arrived and thankfully is completely functional. I'm subsequently upgrading my review to 4 stars as I really do like the unit. The build quality in all of them felt very solid despite the two that were malfunctioning. I will add that the manual is poorly written with numerous typos and sections obviously missing. Following the checkout procedures was dodgy at best and had me questioning whether it was really defective or not. It had crossed my mind I might have simply misinterpreted the manual. The newer version of the manual on the manufacturer website was not any better. All in all I'd recommend this workstation since the working one is great and serves my hobbyist needs just fine. That being said if it weren't for Amazon's great return policy I would be thinking twice about recommending it after having to return two.
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