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Tycom
 
 373 Kent Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg 
   
Sale of: test and measurement instruments, networking tools, high-voltage equipment, calibrators, fusion splicing equipment, hand tools, and process instrumentation. Repair and calibration department which services most brands. 
 
 
 
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Section - Components 
-Isolators 
 
-Splicing/cleaving equipment 
 
 
 
 
 
Section - Computing technology 
-Bus configurations 
- Peripheral 
- RAMBUS 
- SCSI 
- STD 
- STE 
 
-Computer systems 
- Low cost network computer 
- Notebook, laptop, pen 
 
-Peripherals 
- Data storage - magnetic - floppy disc drives 
- Data storage - magnetic - hard disc drives 
- Data storage - magnetic - tape erasers 
- Data storage - magnetic - tape streamers 
- Data storage - optical - CD-ROM drive 
- Data storage - optical - erasable 
- Input devices - digitisers 
- Input devices - OCR scanners 
- Modem/fax cards 
- Plotter - consumables 
- Pointer devices - mouse units 
- Printer - colour 
- Printer - dot-matrix 
- Printer - inkjet 
- Printer - laser 
- Screen - monitor units 
 
-Systems boards, cards 
- Memory 
 
 
 
 
 
Section - Power supplies & batteries 
-Output range 
-                0-5 V 
-              5-50 V 
-          50-500 V 
-        500-5000 V 
-      0-50 W 
-     50-100 W 
-   100-200 W 
-   200 W+ 
 
-Regulated 
 
-Single output 
 
-Switched-mode 
 
 
 
 
-Battery analyser/tester 
 
-Battery chargers 
 
-Battery management system 
 
 
 
 
-Bench use 
 
-Current limiting 
 
-CV regulation 
 
-CV/CC modes 
 
-Digital meters 
 
-Electronic load 
 
-High current 
 
-IEEE-488/GPIB 
 
-Master slave 
 
-Multiple 
 
-Output 
- 0-5 V 
- 500-5000 V 
- 50-500 V 
- 5-50 V 
 
-Portable 
 
-Rack/cubicle use 
 
-Remote programming 
 
-Single 
 
 
 
 
 
Section - Production services & equipment 
-Cable termination/connection 
- Cable & wire strippers 
- Crimping tools 
- Optical fibre cleaving/polishing/fusion 
- Wire cutters 
 
-Soldering/desoldering 
- Desoldering irons & bits 
- Flux dispensers 
- Gas-heated portable irons 
- Hot air desoldering tools 
- Hot air soldering tools 
- Solder fume extraction 
- Solder suckers 
- Soldering bit cleaners 
- Soldering iron holders 
- Soldering irons & bits 
- Soldering stations 
 
-Specialised tools for electronics 
- Component handling tools - component prying devices 
- Component handling tools - extraction tweezers 
- Component handling tools - IC extraction tools 
- Component handling tools - tipping tweezers 
- Component handling tools - vacuum 'tweezers' (SMD) 
- General purpose tweezers 
- Inspection mirrors, endoscopes 
- Kits of electronics tools 
- PCB vices 
- Pliers - bent nosed 
- Pliers - flat, long nosed 
- Pliers - half-round, long nosed 
- Pliers - lead forming 
- Pliers - round nosed 
- Side cutters 
- Trimmer, core adjusters 
- Wire wrapping tools 
 
 
 
 
-Cleaning agents 
- Alcohol based 
- Aqueous 
- Saponifiers 
- Semi-aqueous 
- Solvents 
- Solvents, non-CFC 
 
-Drill bits 
 
-Flux solvents 
 
-Fluxes 
- No-clean 
- RA, RMA, rosin, synthetic 
- Water soluble 
 
-Insulating materials , tapes 
 
-Soldering materials 
- Resin cored wire 
 
 
 
 
-Bit temperature 
 
-Coating thickness gauges 
 
-Repair services 
 
 
 
 
 
Section - Test & maintenance 
-Auxiliary instruments 
- Voltage dividers - resistive 
 
-Calibration instruments/sources 
- RTD simulator 
 
 
 
 
-Cable fault analysers 
 
-Light sources 
- Fixed 
- Tunable laser 
 
-Loss test set 
 
-Optical component test 
 
-Optical spectrum analyser 
 
-Optical time domain reflectometer 
 
-Power meters 
 
-Pulse generators 
 
-Return loss monitors 
 
-Talkset 
 
 
 
 
-Decade boxes 
- R,L,C 
 
-FFT (dynamic signal analysers) 
 
-Frequency counters/timers 
 
-Frequency synthesisers 
 
-Function generators 
 
-Multimeters, bench 
 
-Oscilloscopes 
- A+D 
- Analogue 
- Digitising 
- Mixed signal 
 
-Power supplies, bench 
 
-Signal generators 
- Audio 
- Sweep 
 
-Spectrum analysers 
 
-Test leads, probes 
 
-Thermometers 
 
-Vibration analysers 
 
-Voltmeters 
- DC 
 
 
 
 
-Signal generators/synthesizers 
- AF 
- RF 
 
 
 
 
-Cabling testers 
- Cable locator 
- Cat 6/7 
- Pair fault location 
- Time domain reflectometer (copper) 
 
-LAN testers 
- Cable media analysers (see also fibre-optic testers) 
 
-Transmission measurements 
- Cable crosstalk test sets 
- Level meters 
- Transmission measuring sets (TMS) 
 
 
 
 
-Battery testers/analysers 
 
-Clamp meters 
 
-Cleaning requisites 
 
-Component testers (RLCDQ) 
 
-Current clamps 
 
-Dielectric withstand testers 
 
-Earthing testers 
 
-High potential testers 
 
-Humidity/temperature meters 
 
-IC testers (in/out of circuit) 
 
-Insulation testers (M ohm-meters) 
 
-Lightning arrester testers 
 
-Logic probes/pulsers 
 
-Multimeters 
 
-Ohmmeters 
 
-Oscilloscope & DMM combinations 
 
-Oscilloscopes, service 
 
-Power supply monitors/analysers 
 
-Tachometers 
 
-Test leads 
 
-Test probes 
- DMM (HV, HF, CT, Temp) 
- ICs, PCB 
 
-Vibration monitors 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
| News from Tycom: | 
 
Analog-digital insulation and continuity tester 
11 August 2004, Test & Measurement, Tycom
The RishInsu10 analog-digital insulation and continuity tester from Rishabh is for the measurement of the insulation resistance on electrically dead equipment and systems with test voltages up to 1000 ...  | 
 
Measuring plus recording with multimeter system 
20 November 2002, Electronics Technology, Tycom
Rishabh Instruments, now locally represented by Tycom, has introduced the RISHmulti series of digital multimeters for precision measurements. The series includes six different models viz RISHmulti 12S-16S ...  | 
 
Multifunction cable meter 
23 October 2002, Test & Measurement, Tycom
Psiber Data Systems' new CableTool model 50 provides contractors, electricians, low voltage installers, or anyone involved in the installation or maintenance of metallic cables with the capability to ...  | 
 
LAN link tester 
23 October 2002, Test & Measurement, Tycom
Psiber Data Systems' LanMaster 25 Link Tester provides LAN installers and maintainers a tool to quickly test Fast Ethernet (100baseTX) and Standard Ethernet (10baseT) links.
Fast Ethernet LAN products ...  | 
 
Electronics & communications technology news:  | 
 
From the editor's desk: Progress meets reality 
31 October 2025, Editor's Choice, Technews Publishing
In the first half of 2025, renewable energy, incorporating solar, wind, and to a lesser degree hydropower and bioenergy, has generated more electricity globally than coal did.  | 
 
From ER to effortless: The 15-year journey of Seven Labs Technology 
31 October 2025, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services, Editor's Choice, Seven Labs Technology
What started as a business likened to an ‘ER’ for electronic components has today grown into a trusted partner delivering kitting services and full turnkey solutions – taking the effort out of electronics and helping customers truly ‘Move to Effortless.’  | 
 
Why ergonomics matters in digital microscopy 
31 October 2025, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services, TANDM
While magnification technology has kept pace with demand, the wellbeing of the people behind the microscopes has often been overlooked with technicians spending long hours in intense focus, leading to chronic strain, fatigue, and costly mistakes.  | 
 
Understanding and controlling impedance in high-speed interconnects 
31 October 2025, Interconnection, Spectrum Concepts
[Sponsored] As data rates move well into the hundreds of gigabits per second, success increasingly depends on an invisible but critical factor: impedance.  | 
 
Upgrading surface-mount placement to meet high-tech market demands 
31 October 2025, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services, Truth Electronic Manufacturing
Telecom, Internet, and automotive sectors are driving a shift toward larger, heavier, and more complex components, posing new challenges for electronic manufacturers.
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