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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #400 on: November 03, 2017, 11:01:54 pm »
Many?
Considering how many I ordered, I'm scraping the bottom :)

I see. I didn't recall how many had been produced.
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #401 on: November 04, 2017, 05:33:14 am »
Glad to see this come back to life.  I enjoyed getting and building mine.
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #402 on: November 04, 2017, 11:16:05 am »
Same here a very useful tool with 2 short EZ hook leads.

Fortran did you ever do a Capacitor version?  I remember some suggestions were made at the time.

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #403 on: November 04, 2017, 01:57:02 pm »
Same here a very useful tool with 2 short EZ hook leads.

Fortran did you ever do a Capacitor version?  I remember some suggestions were made at the time.

John
here you have one :
http://kripton2035.free.fr/LabTools/lbt-capacitordec.html
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #404 on: November 04, 2017, 05:06:31 pm »
here you have one :
http://kripton2035.free.fr/LabTools/lbt-capacitordec.html

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #405 on: November 04, 2017, 05:46:54 pm »
try the clone, from USA it seems the way to go
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #406 on: November 04, 2017, 05:59:01 pm »
Didn't work from Finland either :)
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #407 on: November 04, 2017, 06:28:09 pm »
 
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #408 on: November 05, 2017, 12:05:40 am »
I purchased one of these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Resistance-Capacitance-Decade-Substitution-Box-w-RC-Network-Switch/322859615512?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49102%26meid%3Dc8b9f38a01d04033b8f4d94757f5de62%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D362147931643&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%253A19991558-c1ba-11e7-94e7-74dbd18055b7%257Cparentrq%253A896be14c15f0a990a344d23afffe09c9%257Ciid%253A1

(1% resistance/5-10% capacitance) and use it all the time.  To me, the ability to quickly test and cycle through different RC networks was worth the cost (I have one I built myself with through hole parts that this replaced).  I'm sure someone could easily combine the two into their own design with available boards.  I'd love to see a higher tolerance model (0.1% resistance/ 1% capacitance) available or maybe this becomes a weekend project to desolder/resolder higher tolerance components in.

Even better would be a version with inductance as well to make RLC circuits.   I realize the serial/parallel complexity increases but I would jump on one if it was available or even build one if it was available in kit form.

Hey, a guy can dream, right?
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #409 on: December 05, 2017, 02:27:58 pm »
I have went ahead and bought 10 kits. 
Then I tried to find matching switches quickly on Farnell - there were none. 
So I ordered 10 sets of 10 switches that looked suitable from eBay. 
They took a month to arrive and turned out to be of wrong size.
By that time I have lost interest and just bought a decade box from Farnell.
In the end everyone's a winner.

Leo
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #410 on: December 05, 2017, 03:32:25 pm »
Well you wouldn't have needed to look through more then a few pages of the thread to find what switches it uses.
Or just asked :)

It's the KM2.
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #411 on: December 05, 2017, 06:08:10 pm »
Well you wouldn't have needed to look through more then a few pages of the thread to find what switches it uses. Or just asked :)
It was really a fleeting "there and then" project for me.  I have ordered more.
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #412 on: December 06, 2017, 12:51:09 am »
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #413 on: December 06, 2017, 02:10:31 am »
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #414 on: December 06, 2017, 11:04:23 am »
P.S. Are you IV or 77?

IV
On punch cards ;)
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #415 on: December 07, 2017, 04:08:34 pm »
I'd like to order 12 boards only. How much including shipping to the USA?
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #416 on: December 07, 2017, 06:13:47 pm »
6 PCB's = 1.50 USD
1% resistor kit = 2 USD
Shipping worldwide  = 3 USD

Payment via PayPal to dldm04@gmail.com
Send me a PM with correctly formatted address.

So 6 USD.
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #417 on: December 07, 2017, 06:51:12 pm »
 
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #418 on: December 07, 2017, 08:59:54 pm »
6 PCB's = 1.50 USD
1% resistor kit = 2 USD
Shipping worldwide  = 3 USD

Payment via PayPal to dldm04@gmail.com
Send me a PM with correctly formatted address.

So 6 USD.

Money and PM sent.
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #419 on: December 07, 2017, 09:04:43 pm »
Great  :-+
I'll ship tomorrow. It's a bit late at the moment.
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #420 on: December 07, 2017, 09:59:33 pm »
No rush. I have plenty of projects to work on.  ;D
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #421 on: January 02, 2018, 01:15:22 pm »
So that's it. All kits have been sold. :)
Thanks to everyone who bought one.

I never thought I'd sell that many of them. It's been fun :)
 
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #422 on: January 02, 2018, 10:50:48 pm »
Shoot, I meant to order a set or two. Too bad, I guess.

I'm glad you sold 'm all, though! Sounds like you've been selling quite a bunch.
 

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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #423 on: January 03, 2018, 01:13:08 am »
I never thought I'd sell that many of them. It's been fun :)

Yeah, that's pretty amazing. Congrats on selling out and thanks for making them available.
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Re: Yet another resistance decade box
« Reply #424 on: October 29, 2018, 05:21:28 pm »
After loooong time inside nice enclosure  8)

 
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