Back in the old days I used to drag all of my electronics project parts out of the garage in boxes, set them up on the dining room table, and get to work. This worked out great until dinner time, at which point I would shove everything back into boxes and scatter it around the room until after dinner was over. There were extension cords, power strips, soldering irons, power supplies, and components. Components everywhere. It got to the point that it was more of a hassle to clean up than the…