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Offline Muttley Snickers

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #650 on: December 01, 2015, 01:00:02 am »
My go to scope is a TDS-1002..... :-+
 

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« Reply #651 on: December 01, 2015, 04:53:48 am »
Finally broke down and ordered a Maynuo M9812.  Soon begins my next educational phase as I learn more of the fine art of power supply design.   :-/O

I'm bouncing with anticipation.  I've already got a list a mile long of things I want to do with it -- that's how I narrow down what type of equipment I buy next.   ;D
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #652 on: December 01, 2015, 08:17:17 am »
Arrived in the post: a few ICs: ssc620 PWM, Low EMI, Auto Standby Low Power Off-line SMPS Primary Switcher. To fix my daughter's PC speaker amp.  Took a while in the post from Hong Kong.
And when it turned out that IC in the amp wasn't faulty after all (it sure had put on a good appearance of being utterly lifeless) a MBR20100CT dual schottky power diode from Jaycar, to replace both the output diodes. One of which was a dead short, and why hadn't I noticed that in the first place? Sigh.

Also: 4 liters each of Acetone and Iso Propyl Alcohol, plus a cable entry for an induction motor I'm restoring.

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #653 on: December 02, 2015, 03:41:19 am »
I was at Home Depot today and these caught my eye and I couldn't put them down. Never knew such a thing existed before I saw it today...

 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #654 on: December 02, 2015, 08:15:36 am »
I got myself one of these for my Fluke 289, for an extremely good price:

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« Reply #655 on: December 02, 2015, 10:20:54 am »
I was at Home Depot today and these caught my eye and I couldn't put them down. Never knew such a thing existed before I saw it today...



What is that even used for? Looks like an ergonomic nightmare...
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #656 on: December 02, 2015, 10:23:51 am »
I got myself one of these for my Fluke 289, for an extremely good price:

McBryce.

Where from, and how much?
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #657 on: December 02, 2015, 10:31:03 am »
I got myself one of these for my Fluke 289, for an extremely good price:

McBryce.

Where from, and how much?

For €51 plus postage from here:

http://www.eibtron.com/epages/eibtron.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/eibtron/Products/811-1385&utm_source=Portalexport&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=Produktaktion&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping_DE&gclid=CMHmt5j8vMkCFc8aGwodXi0CBQ

It 's the 289 curved one they send, the picture is not the correct one.

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« Reply #658 on: December 02, 2015, 10:35:23 am »
Nice. I will probably buy one in the coming days, as I just picked up a Fluke 287 for a good price.

Do you have the PC dongle, or just use it with the smart phone?
 

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« Reply #659 on: December 02, 2015, 10:37:08 am »
Just smartphone at the moment for testing, but my PC has bluetooth, so I assume I can use it without buying the official dongle? I'll try as soon as I have time.

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« Reply #660 on: December 02, 2015, 10:47:14 am »
Not sure, the adapter you got is Bluetooth LE I believe. Worth a shot though, let me know if you try it!

http://www.fluke.com/fluke/auen/products/fluke-connect-faq in the Wireless and Range section.
 

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« Reply #661 on: December 02, 2015, 11:25:46 am »
Hmmm, not looking good then. I have a Logitech BT transceiver connected at the moment, but I have a few others I could try out too.

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #662 on: December 02, 2015, 02:20:02 pm »
Finally my DE 5000 came from Japan today via ebay as well. No import or taxes to be paid either.
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« Reply #663 on: December 02, 2015, 02:20:38 pm »
 A WIFI wireless switch named Sonoff from Indiegogo
 

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« Reply #664 on: December 02, 2015, 02:22:59 pm »
A WIFI wireless switch named Sonoff from Indiegogo

Now that reminds me, we used to have wifi wars here, I named my wifi " Johns socks stink" and it went from there, some very interesting names came out.
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #665 on: December 02, 2015, 08:37:18 pm »
To annoy my wife I called our Wifi peanut in her own language  >:D

BTW I did score something cool today: an atlas from 1947 which used to belong to my grandfather. The world has changed a lot since then...
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #666 on: December 02, 2015, 10:02:19 pm »
To annoy my wife I called our Wifi peanut in her own language  >:D

BTW I did score something cool today: an atlas from 1947 which used to belong to my grandfather. The world has changed a lot since then...

And what is her language?

@Helix70: Nope, no luck. I tried 5 different bluetooth dongles and internal (laptop) bluetooth, but the Formsview software doesn't recognise any them as valid ports.

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #667 on: December 03, 2015, 02:01:10 am »
A WIFI wireless switch named Sonoff from Indiegogo

Now that reminds me, we used to have wifi wars here, I named my wifi " Johns socks stink" and it went from there, some very interesting names came out.
You can do lots of things with wifi names...  :-DD
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #668 on: December 03, 2015, 02:08:36 am »
Technically I bought it a week ago, but it showed up today.  An old HP 1980B scope, sold as 'missing fuse, doesn't power up'.  A replacement fuse and fuseholder cap got it fired up, but there are definitely some issues to be addressed.  Most of the buttons seem unresponsive, and the display is a bit dim and doesn't focus well.  I'm betting on at least filter caps, and who knows what else.  On the good side, there are traces and text displayed.

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If it jams, force it.  If it breaks, you needed a new one anyway...
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #669 on: December 03, 2015, 03:52:43 am »
To annoy my wife I called our Wifi peanut in her own language  >:D

BTW I did score something cool today: an atlas from 1947 which used to belong to my grandfather. The world has changed a lot since then...

And what is her language?

@Helix70: Nope, no luck. I tried 5 different bluetooth dongles and internal (laptop) bluetooth, but the Formsview software doesn't recognise any them as valid ports.

Bryce.

Bad luck. Oh well, worth a try!
 

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« Reply #670 on: December 03, 2015, 03:55:33 am »
Got my Fluke 287 today, works great. What a bargain. I ordered my ir3000 FC from RS and got it for 85 bucks AUD. Not bad! Will be here tomorrow.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #671 on: December 03, 2015, 06:19:37 am »
A WIFI wireless switch named Sonoff from Indiegogo

Now that reminds me, we used to have wifi wars here, I named my wifi " Johns socks stink" and it went from there, some very interesting names came out.
You can do lots of things with wifi names...  :-DD

I wonder what would be the outcome if you named it something along the lines of " Rosies Pornographic wifi " or even " UK MI5 Secure server -Wales " ........ every wifi nut about would be trying to hack into it, which if you put it on its own server with a single web page that logged up the message "pervert" or such could be fun
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #673 on: December 04, 2015, 12:56:38 pm »
Bought last week via Amazon UK ... Arrived today   :-DMM

A Fluke 115 multimeter; I really like these meters, they're perfect for troubleshooting/checking control panels.

Not cheap at £145.00 for a basic meter, but you get what you pay for in terms of safety and reliability  :)
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #674 on: December 04, 2015, 05:56:06 pm »
Bought today new wireless headset, HDD and more ram.
- Turtlebeach PX5, unused, bargain 129€
- Seagate 8TB Archive drive, 230€
- G.Skill 16GB kit DDR3 2133MHz

 


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