What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[McBryce]

Picked up an Agilent 53181A with Option 010 (HS Oven) for relatively cheap on Fleabay. Excellent condition and fully working, bumpers included but no handbook. The VFD is bright and evenly lit. I've heard there are Clones of the 3GHz Option 030 available somewhere. Can anyone point me to the user/site where I can get one? I'd like to add the 2nd channel (at a reasonable price).

McBryce.

[nctnico]

Didn't bought it today but I installed it yesterday: new dual tube fluorescent lamp above my soldering area. From less than 300 lux to over 850 lux.

[Jeroen3]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

[McBryce]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

I only eat 3 days of the week

McBryce.

[Cubdriver]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

Not getting married.

Or no longer being married.  SWMBO met someone at work that she liked better and punched out a few years ago.  Thankfully no kids were involved, and the cats don't need college funds.

-Pat

[Rbastler]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

Not having a girlfirend(no spending money on doing things together) or beeing married. Setting yourself priorities and working during the holidays(I'm a student atm). Having luck in finding some really good deals.

[NivagSwerdna]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment

[Specmaster]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment

Ha ha thats if you're lucky, I'm struggling to get back into work because the job market is ageist.

[polli]

I bought some no name, 1/4W, 5%, through hole resistors. ~1500 for ~8 freedom bucks. It's SUPPOSED to be the E12 series. Figured I'd try, for 8 bucks.

Accepting bets as to how many are actually going to be in the E12 series.

[medical-nerd]

Hiya

Couldn't resist this on ebay for £35 including postage to try out as a pcb cutter.
Hope it works for FR4!!!

[ChrisLX200]

Hiya

Couldn't resist this on ebay for £35 including postage to try out as a pcb cutter.
Hope it works for FR4!!!

It will certainly cut it - might leave one of the pieces a bit bent though! I use the old 'score both sides with a box cutter and snap' method.

ChrisH

[AF6LJ]

Lets see what did I buy today.......
Salad fixings...
Peanut butter
and multi grain bread.
Oh and a Hershey bar.

[bitseeker]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

Refurbishing, repairing, and reselling also help.

[bitseeker]

Picked up an Agilent 53181A with Option 010 (HS Oven) for relatively cheap on Fleabay. Excellent condition and fully working, bumpers included but no handbook. The VFD is bright and evenly lit. I've heard there are Clones of the 3GHz Option 030 available somewhere. Can anyone point me to the user/site where I can get one? I'd like to add the 2nd channel (at a reasonable price).

I once saw the aftermarket 3GHz add-on on eBay. So, it might pop up from time to time.

[JustSquareEnough]

DE-5000 + accessories. 

falambeau 6777t case on its way for it.

[AF6LJ]

How do you guys fund all this equipment?

Refurbishing, repairing, and reselling also help.

Exactly!
Use your talents to support your addiction Cough... Hobby...

[cdev]

I ordered a "YSUMA01-341A" CH341A USBtoi2c/spi/uart dongle. 
I am on Linux so I figure this will be a learning experience. It was quite cheap considering all the hardware represented by those protocols but I will be surprised if I can do much with it because it seems fairly sparse in software support.

There is a Linux kernel driver for it now, though. Other dev boards to do similar things are much more expensive.

https://hannover.ccc.de/redmine/attachments/download/213/CH341DS1.pdf

--UPDATE: I've found a bunch more software on github..as well as a 6 MB archive of software for it in an Amazon comment post.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2GUGRCPICFBB1/

[McBryce]

I ordered a "YSUMA01-341A" CH341A USBtoi2c/spi/uart dongle. 
I am on Linux so I figure this will be a learning experience. It was quite cheap considering all the hardware represented by those protocols but I will be surprised if I can do much with it because it seems fairly sparse in software support.

There is a Linux kernel driver for it now, though. Other dev boards to do similar things are much more expensive.

https://hannover.ccc.de/redmine/attachments/download/213/CH341DS1.pdf

I'm not sure about that exact board, but I have connected other CH341 based boards to SuSE Linux and they were immediately recognised and ready to go. I don't remember having to pop the hood and start compiling/installing manually.

McBryce.

[little_grey]

final ordered the parts i need to do a project i have had on hold for a long time.
front lights for the Gameboy Colour and Pocket, along with some clear adhesive to help spread the light better.

I'll probably do a post about it to add to the millions already online

https://handheldlegend.com/products/game-boy-color-frontlight

why? because i can

[McBryce]

final ordered the parts i need to do a project i have had on hold for a long time.
front lights for the Gameboy Colour and Pocket, along with some clear adhesive to help spread the light better.

I'll probably do a post about it to add to the millions already online

https://handheldlegend.com/products/game-boy-color-frontlight

why? because i can

A tip from someone who has done this mod a few times before: Don't put too much pressure on the difuser when you let the LOCA set. If the difuser is not perfectly flat (due to the metal frame around the LCD) it will start peeling away from the screen after a few days and the result is less than optimal.

McBryce.

[little_grey]

Nice one thanks!
still got a while for the parts to arrive, but thanks for the heads up.

[ChrisLX200]

I seem to be a sucker for buying these cheap Chinese gizmos! This arrived today: a crystal tester. I must say though that it's rather well made and a lot neater than my home-made effort. It works as advertised, that's an 8MHz crystal inserted into the test port.

ChrisH

[DiodomanX]

Nice one thanks!
still got a while for the parts to arrive, but thanks for the heads up.

Ya lo he

Enviado desde mi SM-J700M mediante Tapatalk

[little_grey]

i notice you have one of the rubber disassembly mats. worth having or just a bit of a waste?

[ChrisLX200]

i notice you have one of the rubber disassembly mats. worth having or just a bit of a waste?

The blue silicone mat? Yes, useful for me - it's good for soldering on, my bench top is not otherwise heat proof. Keeps tiny screws from rolling off too.

ChrisH