What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[edy]

Bought myself a Lenovo T410 Win 7 Pro 64-bit Core i5 M520 with 4GB RAM and 280GB HD. It is to replace my even older laptop (ASUS M51A 2gb RAM Win7 Pro 32-bit 250GB HD). Good for business, sucks for graphics/games (which is good because otherwise I would be easily be addicted to playing games), but only cost me $240 Canadian/AUS all-in (shipping/tax/etc.) or about $180 US.

Not a bad investment considering it does everything I need, seems fairly robust and appears to be better quality at this price range than the cheap garbage I can pick up at Walmart or Bestbuy for the same price range or even more. It has tons of ports on it, and came with a DisplayPort-2-HDMI dongle so I could hook it up to my TV.

Now to install some EE software on it... 

[gamalot]

bought this Keithley 2220-30-1 power supply on Tabao   

it cost 2500 rmb and another 1000 on postage

[KJDS]

A friend gave me a great deal on an HP53132A frequency counter, Marconi 2945A service monitor and a Bird 4421 RF watt meter with remote head.
So many toys to play with tonight!

Enjoy the 2945A, it's a great bit of kit.

[Helix70]

bought this Keithley 2220-30-1 power supply on Tabao   

it cost 2500 rmb and another 1000 on postage

Nice score!

[MarkDennehy]

Finally scored a Raspberry Pi Zero (Pimoroni have them in stock) that I wanted for a specific project...

[Circuitous]

I scored an Agilent 53220A 12 digit frequency counter on ebay!

[AF6LJ]

That's Nice.

[Vgkid]

That is a nice frequency counter.

[karoru]

I got an email from the vendor saying they may have shipped some dodgy power cords

Might want to check if the polarity is reversed (reports of this happening before).

 Ha, you called it!  Line plug side goes to neutral IEC connector side and vice-versa.

If the product depends on it then I wouldn't want to touch it with a two-metre stick. Especially considering that in most countries there's no requirement about where is live and where is neutral on the wall socket. I didn't even know they actually consider this when making these IEC cables.

[SKPang]

I scored an Agilent 53220A 12 digit frequency counter on ebay!

I could never find things like that on eBay.

[VK5RC]

@Circuitous, I have a 53230, channel A went intermittent (out of warranty of course) , the BNC s are mounted straight on to the PCB without much mechanical support, I found a crack in the PCB trace. an easy fix, if it happens to yours (hopefully not) - mine hadn't had a lot of use either! see reply 28 photo on https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/comparing-two-hp-z3805a-gpsdo-10-mhz-frequencies-for-lab-use/25/. Otherwise lovely Counter.
Rob

[HighVoltage]

I scored an Agilent 53220A 12 digit frequency counter on ebay!

Congratulations
I have the 53230A and it works like perfectly.

If you want to analyze some measurements, try the free software: "Stability Analyzer 53230A" that can be downloaded from Matlab Central here:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/31319-stability-analyzer-53230a
It probably works on your 53220A as well.

[BFX]

Fluke 189 for 190EUR   

[Gary1942]

Ordered through Amazon but not "Prime" (I'm so spoiled). Should be here late next week.

GW Instek GDM-8351 Digit Dual Measurement Multimeter, 5 1/2 (120000 Counts)

[Addicted2AnalogTek]

I may have a problem here......

I picked up another 7854 (cheaply, but working...) in case mine needs a board swap or parts.

A 7S14, 7A22, TM503, AM502 - now I need to find an A6302 that I don't need to sell one of my nuggets to pay for....

[wkb]

Terasic DE0 FPGA board found at a hamfest yesterday.  Bit dusty as you can see, it was thrown in a box with random 'junk'.

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&No=364

Back home the XYL tested it (she has one herself  ) and it works like a charm.  Good gamble^Wpurchase at €5

[JoeN]

Terasic DE0 FPGA board found at a hamfest yesterday.  Bit dusty as you can see, it was thrown in a box with random 'junk'.

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&No=364

Back home the XYL tested it (she has one herself  ) and it works like a charm.  Good gamble^Wpurchase at €5

Not even a gamble.  Worth the parts for 5 Euros even if it doesn't work.

[VK5RC]

I have to get into some morse now.

[Nomsot]

I bought a Xiaomi Note 3 pro)) smartphone

[Cubdriver]

Technically, I bought it last week, and it arrived on Wednesday.  Finally got some pictures posted.  It's a 1967 HP 3460B Digital Voltmeter (my nixie collection continues to grow!).  It has a broken nixie in the 3rd slot from the right, but I have a spare squirreled away somewhere around.  An operation and service manual is enroute courtesy of the 'bay.  I expect I'll start a repair thread once I get going on it.  (The Dymec 2401C I posted a few weeks ago will have to wait for the time being; it's still in CA as I didn't get a chance to pack and ship it before returning from my trip last week.)

Meter as received:


More photos here: https://pmanning.smugmug.com/Electronics/HP-3460B-Digital-Voltmeter

-Pat

[gamalot]

Today I got this very good condition E3642A power supply 

[WackyGerman]

Gossen Metrawatt MetraHit29s

[VK5RC]

@Cubdriver, love the Nixie DMM 

[Cubdriver]

@Cubdriver, love the Nixie DMM 

Thanks, Rob.  The manual was in North Carolina as of yesterday; it will no doubt take its sweet time getting here since I have the meter open on the bench and want to play...

-Pat

[bitseeker]

Pat, looking forward to the thread on the Nixie DMM. I've seen a couple of those go by the 'bay and am curious what they're like inside. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you ask), I don't have the space for these cool large instruments.