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[Supercharged]

yes the equivalent of 6 US dollars (The seller is moving and wanted it gone)

[McBryce]

yes the equivalent of 6 US dollars (The seller is moving and wanted it gone)

Plus the six dollars a month in rent it cost you bcause it occupies a full square meter of you apartment?

Really nice device though.

McBryce.

[rrinker]

yes the equivalent of 6 US dollars (The seller is moving and wanted it gone)

Plus the six dollars a month in rent it cost you bcause it occupies a full square meter of you apartment?

Really nice device though.

McBryce.

 I was going to say the electricity use but that's probably way more than $6/mo.

Indeed, nifty old classic. The picture almost makes it look like the trace is sweeping around the circle like a radar screen.

[Supercharged]

yes the equivalent of 6 US dollars (The seller is moving and wanted it gone)

Plus the six dollars a month in rent it cost you bcause it occupies a full square meter of you apartment?

Really nice device though.

McBryce.

 I was going to say the electricity use but that's probably way more than $6/mo.

Indeed, nifty old classic. The picture almost makes it look like the trace is sweeping around the circle like a radar screen.

You won't need a Heater anymore tough

Ps: radar screen would be cool but it has a great, normal display:

[Addicted2AnalogTek]

You won't need a Heater anymore tough

Ps: radar screen would be cool but it has a great, normal display:

WOW!!!  That is beautifully sharp for a vintage CRT!    I can only hope that I manage to land a vintage tube-type scope with as crisp of a display as that...

[Martin.M]

the wave is from a Wandel&Goltermann? 



@Addicted: If you need a extremly sharp vintage screen look for a 565 or 502A

565


greetings
Martin

[AF6LJ]

Way Nice.

[Martin.M]

I have found a C Tester in the bay 

[rrinker]

 Won me a Fluke 45 on eBay, after seeing a bunch go for way too much ($300USD +). This one I got for $150, and is guaranteed working, pictures show a nice bright display, and it comes with the power cord and probes. Who knows if they are the actual Fluke probes, but one can never have too many probes laying around. Pictures when I get it, shipping delayed one day by the Federal holiday in the US today, bummer.
 Guess I really need to get started on building my bench so I have a place to put this stuff.

[Cubdriver]

Won me a Fluke 45 on eBay, after seeing a bunch go for way too much ($300USD +). This one I got for $150, and is guaranteed working, pictures show a nice bright display, and it comes with the power cord and probes. Who knows if they are the actual Fluke probes, but one can never have too many probes laying around. Pictures when I get it, shipping delayed one day by the Federal holiday in the US today, bummer.
 Guess I really need to get started on building my bench so I have a place to put this stuff.

Go vertical - collecting it gets addicting, and stacking is space efficient.   

And Martin, that Tek 565 is a thing of beauty! It's been said before but bears repeating - your restorations are nothing short of amazing!

-Pat

[rrinker]

 It's no so much as stacking as literally having no place to use this stuff. The 8012A is still packed up from moving, almost 2 years ago. My new Siglent 1102 is sitting on the floor. When I say I need to get starting on building a bench - it's not adding bench space, it's making a bench in the first place. I have a good idea of what I want to do, even drew it up, at least the base tables, in CAD. I need to take a weekend and just build the darn thing, then I can set u0 my equipment and actually start working on some projects.

And indeed, that 565 is a classic and absolutely art-like. I want to touch all those knobs and just fiddle, it's equipment porn at its finest. Perhaps a classic analog scope should be my next acquisition - though I do need a power supply or two.

[miguelvp]

Pre ordered an Intel RealSense Camera waiting for their upcoming Android support so I'm in no hurry until that is available.

http://click.intel.com/intel-realsense-developer-kit-r200.html

What is it? Laser IR time of flight with visual as well. It can digitize 3D up to 4 meters

Specifications

- Longer range** (up to 3-4 meters indoors, longer range outdoors)
- Depth/IR: 640x480 resolution at 60fps
- RGB: 1080p at 30fps - USB 3.0 required
- Developer Kit Dimensions: 130mm x 20mm x 7mm
- Supports Microsoft Windows* 8.1 (64-bit mode), Android* support coming soon.

More info:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/realsense-r200-camera

So pretty much a beefier Kinect with supporting SDK.

[miguelvp]

Yes, it's not for thermal imaging, it's for 3D scanning computing time of flight of the NIR laser light pulse bouncing back to the NIR dual cameras.

Edit: adding picture:



Edit: and it's stereoscopic 3D scanning btw.

Edit again: the middle image is fake, has to be. I did modify plenty of cameras to filter out visible and only seeing NIR and that black shirt should be totally white.

[miguelvp]

It's more like the ZCam that Microsoft acquired 7 years ago to do their current kinect generation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam

But on stereo and using laser pulsing for more accuracy.

[artag]

Not so much bought as arrived ..

A couple of months ago I saw there were an unusual number of a6302 current probes on ebay. They're usually a bit rare and expensive, more often you see the amplifier modules. I scored one of the cheapest ones at about £70 but had no amplifier .. and they'd suddenly become difficult to find. No doubt because of all the probes !

Then a few days ago I saw an am503/tm501, again about £70. To my surprise, nobody else bid .. and it arrived today. So finally I can test the probe .. and the combination works!  I've been slowly accumulating current probes recently, adding various AC and DC varieties but I've been after one of these good ones for a while. Very pleased (and relieved I haven't got two items to fix!).

[Zbig]

I got myself a Wacom Bamboo Spark. It's a folio-type digitizing notepad. You write on a real paper with real ink using a special electronics-filled ball pen that otherwise looks and feels ordinary. Each pen stroke gets recorded in internal memory for later transfer using Bluetooth LE. Just got it yesterday but I hope it to prove very handy for quick ideas, sketches, EEVbLog forum posts, etc. Think DaveCad on steroids Now, if only I could handwrite anymore...

[mtdoc]

Not so much bought as arrived ..

A couple of months ago I saw there were an unusual number of a6302 current probes on ebay. They're usually a bit rare and expensive, more often you see the amplifier modules. I scored one of the cheapest ones at about £70 but had no amplifier .. and they'd suddenly become difficult to find. No doubt because of all the probes !

Then a few days ago I saw an am503/tm501, again about £70. To my surprise, nobody else bid .. and it arrived today. So finally I can test the probe .. and the combination works!  I've been slowly accumulating current probes recently, adding various AC and DC varieties but I've been after one of these good ones for a while. Very pleased (and relieved I haven't got two items to fix!).

Sounds like a score!.  I've had poor luck recently with my attempts to begin accumulating some Tek series 500 modules. On 2 of the 5 so far have been functional.

I saw this TM502/AM503b/A6302 current probe combo today.  A good deal IF it is functional. I'm too gun shy now to take the risk.

[0xdeadbeef]

Help me, I'm addicted...

[krivx]

Help me, I'm addicted...

are these really any use for measure capacitors in-circuit like that?

[0xdeadbeef]

With the obvious restrictions of course. Then again, admittedly this was mainly for the better looks
Measuring tiny little things on the table doesn't look so impressive - still it's what I'll use it for most of the time.

[artag]

I saw this TM502/AM503b/A6302 current probe combo today.  A good deal IF it is functional. I'm too gun shy now to take the risk.

It does say 'For parts or not working'.

But yes, definitely a newer and better deal than mine if you can get it working without too much trouble.

I did feel happier going for a 503 rather than an 503A or 503B - although they're not as nice, comments elsewhere on this board suggested they might be easier to repair (if necessary).

[Richard Crowley]

I just got a couple of Tek TM-500 plug-in power supply modules. PS501-1 and a PS501-2

 

And I got a PC board holder that looks reasonably nice...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q2TTQEE


And I have one of those Smart Tweezers on its way.
Actually the high-price one like @0xdeadbeef got, plus a cheap knock-off for comparison.

[Zeecue]

I got my Rigol DS1054Z today, and already used the online keygen, for the additional bandwidth, seems like a really nice little scope, with 4 channels. And so much faster to set up than the PC based scope I'm used to at work(automotive).
I also got a free Uni-T DMM with the Rigol, a small handy model, perfect for car fuse checking and such things.
And ordered some bnc to banana adapters, so I can use the original break out cables with my scope, and a hand full of BNC end plugs, to protect the unused ports from dirt.

[xrunner]

Rigol DSA815-TG. 

[0xdeadbeef]

This model has 0.25V mode, which is lower than Vf of a silicon PN junction or even a schottky junction.

Trust me, this thing worths every penny if you work with lots of SMD parts.

PS. There are some minor firmware bugs that should not be there considering it is a $400 device, but no big deals at all.

Admittedly, this is only the slightly lower end "LCR Reader", not the ST5. Then again, the diode tester is not that useful anyway and this costs only half of the ST5 for only slightly lesser specs.
For comparison of models:
http://www.smarttweezers.us/LCR-Reader-ST-comparison.pdf