What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[Deathwish]

lots of junk including ten lm317t's . dont ask why

[Weaver]

Scored this 54645d for $50 off my local craigslist

[Miles Teg]

Scored this 54645d for $50 off my local craigslist

Ho well... want to find something like that in my vicinity.

[Deathwish]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panavise-Standard-Vise-301-with-Wide-Base-312-Precision-Work-Holding-Vice-/271953049248?hash=item3f51aa36a0

I intend to insert a ratchet type clamp inside the original jaws to make it open wider.

[McBryce]

Bought myself the BetaLayout Reflow oven controller (just the controller not the kit) to experiment with the small oven I bought last week for €3 at a Flea Market. The controller is reduced from €129 to €109 at the moment. If all goes well I have a complete Reflow setup for €112

https://www.beta-estore.com/rkde/order_product_details.html?p=242

Dave reviewed it here:


and here:


McBryce.

[bingo600]

Bought myself the BetaLayout Reflow oven controller (just the controller not the kit) to experiment with the small oven I bought last week for €3 at a Flea Market. The controller is reduced from €129 to €109 at the moment. If all goes well I have a complete Reflow setup for €112

Damm ...

Had to get one of those

/Bingo

[RobertHolcombe]

My companies Hakko 808 motor died last week (we have two 808, both suffered the same fate) - we just received a FR-300 to replace it. I had to adjust my ghetto stand for the slight change in shape, happy it still works cause my bench space is currently limited so I can't have it lying down anywhere.

I also recently bought for myself the JBC DME, T245 and PA120

[artag]

Tweezers for my Agilent LCR meter. Not expensive by HP standards (£18) and much, much better than the £3 tweezers I had from ebay.

Note that they're not kelvin clips, but then neither is the meter.

[AF6LJ]

Nice find..

[artag]

The post gods were kind today .. this nice little programmable DDS sig gen / measurement set arrived too.

[alexanderbrevig]

As some of you may know I've just built a workbench and stocked up on tools, and with the quest to find the best way to go from no components to a decent stockpile I've ended up purchasing the following in the last three weeks:

Unboxing in video posted in the workbench thread linked above:

• Rigol DS1054Z
• Rigol DP832
• Rigol DG1022
• Thermaltronics TMT-9000S-2
• Saleae Logic-4

Orders placed today (assortments):

• Resistors
• Capacitors (ceramic, electrolytic)
• Inductors
• Diodes (leds, zener, rectifiers)
• Transistors (FETs, BJT, Darlington)
• 74HC*
• OpAmp (power and audio)
• Connectors & headers (2.54, dupont, screw terminal)
• Wire (solid, stranded, various AWG)
• Voltage regulators (positive and negative)
• Random stuff like a vise, breadboard, strip board and some tools

I've actually spent the entire day buying stuff :| eevblog is very expensive for being free!

I'm so exited! My lab is about to be ready for it's first project!

[Deathwish]

I've actually spent the entire day buying stuff :| eevblog is very expensive for being free!
I'm so exited! My lab is about to be ready for it's first project!

And what did you buy SWMBO to keep her happy whilst you spent all that and play ?.

[alexanderbrevig]

...

And what did you buy SWMBO to keep her happy whilst you spent all that and play ?.

Haha, first off - thanks for teaching me another acronym.

To answer your question; I promised to build her a word clock, when I suggested it she said she wanted to join me so I'm all smiles Easiest sell ever.

[bitseeker]

Ordered me some nice probes (8018S) from Probe Master along with the screw-on spring clips. 

[rickselectricalprojects]

a gme tx3220 uhf cb radio
$30 used of gumtree when they are worth about $150. and it works

[Deathwish]

Got my s/h panavise from Ebay, £20 and it isnt bad, needs new nylon jaws ( ordered from cpc ) and then i need to order the pcb holder for it on friday.

[firehopper]

well the only thing I bought yesterday was a new lamp for a epson moviemate 30s video projector/dvd player I got for free, only needs a new lamp. old one is complaining that it needs to be replaced..
the other thing I got is a e-flite rc EDF unit without a rotor, thats also on order.

[TerraHertz]

Bought: bluetooth RGB LED controller.
Given: Huawei Android phone.  (Has cracked glass, but works fine. Is why it was free. More free phones coming.)
Still in post: reel of RGB LED strip.

Objective: see if I can teach myself Android App development, including Bluetooth control. Also a redesign of the RGB board and firmware. First actual code & hardware project for a looooong time.

Why: Partly for my microscope illuminator project. http://everist.org/NobLog/20150628_LED_lighting_mk3.htm
Partly because the Bluetooth controller module would be nicer if it was reimplemented for LiPo battery operation as well as plugpacks. This unit is designed for only running off a plugpack, and would run LiPos down to well below their damage threshold. Also the drive outputs assume current limiting resistors on the LEDs and appear to implement color control via mark-space, so an alternate current drive output would be nice. Especially for the higher power microscope lights.

When: No particular schedule. Though I'm guessing it won't be quick.

[Miles Teg]

I also recently bought for myself the JBC DME, T245 and PA120

Ho I like JBC stuff. Im' currently buying almost same setup for my company, but with separated supplies. CP-2D and CD-2SD.

And got only a 888 at home...

[Muttley Snickers]

I went on a journey with the neighbour and we ended up going to a couple of local recycle centres, at the first one I picked up a Testra T800 corded phone with nice big buttons and a huge lcd display, virtually brand new in the box but when I got it home and after wiping it down with ipa I found that the handset speaker is a bit dodgy so it's in bits until the morning, everything else works fine and I haggled with the staff member but she was adamant and keen to see me part with some cash so I ended up giving her 10 bucks.

At the other centre I found a Teco FM50 VFD not in bad condition and wait for it..........4 bucks, so I will do a quick teardown and take some pictures in the morning and come back and post them here.

At the same place they were clearing out denim jeans, work pants and shorts, name brands such as Lee, Levis, King Gee and others so I loaded up and wait for it .........a dollar each.

Muttley

[Mr.B]

Arrived on the courier this morning.
This will keep me busy all weekend...
Nikon Coolpix P900
83x optical zoom 
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Compact-Digital-Cameras/COOLPIX-P900.html

[Deathwish]

Lots of switches with neon lights in and I got myself a solder Dalek

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Welding-Soldering-Solder-Iron-Tip-Cleaner-Cleaning-Steel-Wire-With-Stand-Set-New/32320502465.html

[TerraHertz]

At the same place they were clearing out denim jeans, work pants and shorts, name brands such as Lee, Levis, King Gee and others so I loaded up and wait for it .........a dollar each.

Please be nice and say where this was?

The King Gee work pants I've preferred for general daily wear most of my life, are no longer made. Sucks.
Finding some old stock of green, 84L, would make my day.

[Macbeth]

Just received a nice Keithley 2000 in the post from Israel (no not the famous seller of insanely priced HAMAS calibrated scrap instruments  ). Seller sold it as spare parts / repairs as didn't know how to test. It's working near perfectly and has a nicer VFD than my Keithley 2015, no slightly dull segments at all. Better calibration too  (well its dated 2013 vs 2003 and DC is near as spot on with my Hao Qi Xin).



I say working near perfectly as its only fault on self test is ACV error 402.2 which is documented in the repair manual.

Looking inside everything is nice and clean, no leaking caps or signs of repairs other than the Keithley green wire bodge on the MCU. One case screw had a seal over it that hadn't been touched either.

I bought it as a cheap scrap fixer upper but this is much better than I expected  Old firmware A06 will be upgraded soon. 

[AF6LJ]

Nice catch Macbeth..
I keep having this creepy feeling I should upgrade my HP-3478A before the battery dies...