Update

It's been a while since I've posted an update. The reason is that I'm still waiting on some of my component parts. A rather large order from Futurlec has had some things on backorder, but should ship by the 25th. Same with some of my test equipment. It's on backorder till they get their shipment in. I do eagerly await the DC power supply and function generator. I'll pretty much be all set up for any prototyping I want to do.

All in all I will have a Variable DC Power supply (0-20V, 0-5A), Function Generator (TTL, CMOS, Sine, Triangle, Square, 0-2MHz), Digital Oscilloscope + Logic Analyzer + Pattern Generator, Multimeter (Generic), Capacitance Meter (DIY kit), Soldering Station with hot-air rework, a couple of BS2 micro-controllers, and an Atmega168.

As far as component parts go I'll have pretty much all the 74HC/AHC series ICs I need (along with a plethora of sockets), various special ICs such as DACs and ROMs, resistors/capacitors/transistors/diodes like crazy, various LEDs, LED Displays, Matrix Displays, lots of ribbon cable and hook-up wire, switches, sockets, a ton of PCB proto boards, and my trusty HP48GX calculator (reverse polish notation fun).

UPDATE: 12APR2010 - My large order of component parts were just shipped from Hong-Kong... about time.