What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[McBryce]

I'm still waiting for stuff I ordered from China in November! For a difference €3 I have no problem ordering them locally.

McBryce.

[Microdoser]

I bought 500g of lead based solder from RS Components!

[McBryce]

I bought a Keithley DMM6500 which arrived yesterday. An amazing piece of equipment.

McBryce.

[Ground_Loop]

Heathkit IO-102, I ran out of functional scopes a while ago and this was $20 (complete with the build manual!) and down the road, 5 MHz single channel is good enough for most of what I'm into anyway. Mostly works, builder did a semi acceptable job, acts like the HV and maybe lower rails are low (haven't measured yet) but all the bigger carbon comp resistors on the power board and in the HV divider have drifted up 50+%, so that and a couple electrolytics should put it right. Came with graticle, I just pulled it off for cleaning.

That was my first oscilloscope. I purchased it through a chance conversation with a television tech when I was 14.  The biggest issue with it besides bandwidth is that it is not triggered.  I ended up blowing the entire vertical amp with a brief contact to a flyback lead.

[Larryc001]

I bought a Cook Islands $3 bill with a naked lady riding a shark. A TM500 extender card. Carbon fiber upper fairing for my BMW S1000RR motorcycle. Two motor drives and battery cases for my Nikon F cameras. And a few other bits and pieces. I hope my wife doesn’t read this. Haha

[BrokenYugo]

Heathkit IO-102, I ran out of functional scopes a while ago and this was $20 (complete with the build manual!) and down the road, 5 MHz single channel is good enough for most of what I'm into anyway. Mostly works, builder did a semi acceptable job, acts like the HV and maybe lower rails are low (haven't measured yet) but all the bigger carbon comp resistors on the power board and in the HV divider have drifted up 50+%, so that and a couple electrolytics should put it right. Came with graticle, I just pulled it off for cleaning.

That was my first oscilloscope. I purchased it through a chance conversation with a television tech when I was 14.  The biggest issue with it besides bandwidth is that it is not triggered.  I ended up blowing the entire vertical amp with a brief contact to a flyback lead.

It claims to have an auto sync function that sorta works and has some set and forget adjustment procedure in the manual, I intend to do a full alignment after the quick refurb. I'm sure I could cook up a better trigger if need be.

As for blowing out the front end that's part of the appeal of it, the entire BOM of the vertical amp in this thing can't be much over 10 bucks in jellybean parts. I might keep it after acquiring something nicer just for poking places I probably shouldn't.

[rfclown]

Two Inmarsat antennas. Opened boxes, but never used. Will be going on eBay when I can figure out what to ask. I believe that I have the complete system for one. Haven't opened all boxes yet.

[PlainName]

Would 'complete system' include the satellites?

[Mortymore]

Would 'complete system' include the satellites?

Sure! Just pick one of your choice

https://platform.leolabs.space/visualizations/leo

[Ed.Kloonk]

Would 'complete system' include the satellites?

Sure! Just pick one of your choice

https://platform.leolabs.space/visualizations/leo

Gee. What a mess.

[Howardlong]

I bought a Keithley DMM6500 which arrived yesterday. An amazing piece of equipment.

McBryce.

It is, especially the digitzer and graphing capabilities including averaging making the digitizer resolution far better than the bare specs would suggest: in that way it is significantly better than the Keysight 34465A.

However the UI I find to be a dog's breakfast, it might look sexy but figuring out how to use it takes some patience and plenty of RTFM.

[Howardlong]

Most useful tool I never knew I needed - spot welder for batteries:



Most disappointing tool but have since found a use for - mini board preheater:

[McBryce]

Most useful tool I never knew I needed - spot welder for batteries:

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Most disappointing tool but have since found a use for - mini board preheater:

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Link for the welder?

McBryce.

[Mr.B]

Link for the welder?

McBryce.

Yes please, I second that request...

[tautech]

Maybe the kWeld tatus1969 builds:
https://www.keenlab.de/

Thread:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/guesses-on-what-i-am-attempting-here/

[kripton2035]

may be more something like this one : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001666428416.html
?

[ChristofferB]

2 x soviet VEU-6 channel electron multipliers (chenneltrons)! These are strange little ion/electron detectors for mass spectrometers and electron analyzers. With original datasheets and test data.

I also got 2 Ortec VT120C fast preamplifiers to amplify the output pulses.

I found this old paper that uses 2 channeltrons as a Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer. A channeltron can apparantly also be an electron source if you shine UV light or beta particles at it!

[Nominal Animal]

A Logitech K400 Plus keyboard with integrated touchpad instead of a numeric keypad:

Mainly, I'm interested to see if I can speed up zooming/panning in Inkscape, Gimp, EasyEDA, KiCad, by using my own Linux userspace daemon that grabs the touchpad, and produces customized events and controls instead of mouse movement when in "tool mode".  I use a mouse to control the pointer, but my working style in these is such that I zoom and pan very often, and I'd rather use my left hand to do that (separately from my mouse control).

Alas, I'm right-handed, and keep my mouse on the right side of the keyboard, so the touch pad is really on the wrong side for me.  But the fact that this keyboard is narrower than full-sized keyboards, helps.

If it does not work out, I can always donate it to a family member who has a media center but no wireless keyboard for it.

(This was inspired by Simon's Programmable keyboard topic, although my use case is obviously different.  I initially described the idea in this post.)

[beanflying]

A Logitech K400 Plus keyboard with integrated touchpad instead of a numeric keypad:

Mainly, I'm interested to see if I can speed up zooming/panning in Inkscape, Gimp, EasyEDA, KiCad, by using my own Linux userspace daemon that grabs the touchpad, and produces customized events and controls instead of mouse movement when in "tool mode".  I use a mouse to control the pointer, but my working style in these is such that I zoom and pan very often, and I'd rather use my left hand to do that (separately from my mouse control).

Alas, I'm right-handed, and keep my mouse on the right side of the keyboard, so the touch pad is really on the wrong side for me.  But the fact that this keyboard is narrower than full-sized keyboards, helps.

If it does not work out, I can always donate it to a family member who has a media center but no wireless keyboard for it.

(This was inspired by Simon's Programmable keyboard topic, although my use case is obviously different.  I initially described the idea in this post.)

I have two of them. One in the Bedroom works great and the other on my Laser is fine for tweaks of designs or cutting profiles but as an everyday keyboard not so much.

[DrG]

Got this nice little board holder yesterday. I need a board holder that is flat. I like to rest as much of my arms as I can on the table surface. The magnets hold the board tightly and they can be placed anywhere on the plate. I think it will probably work out well for small boards.



https://www.amazon.com/Kaisi-general-stainless-adjustable-circuit/dp/B0871WC49W/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Kaisi+general+DIY+stainless+steel&qid=1613535886&sr=8-1

Also: see this thread for more board holders, https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/pcb-holders/msg2828478/#msg2828478 

[Gixy]

I have this one :
https://sensepeek.com/
with the associated probes, very handy and useful.

[rsjsouza]

A Logitech K400 Plus keyboard with integrated touchpad instead of a numeric keypad:

I have two of them. One in the Bedroom works great and the other on my Laser is fine for tweaks of designs or cutting profiles but as an everyday keyboard not so much.

I also have one and it works well, although i don't use it for everyday typing but instead on a media computer. The small form factor and the excellent wireless controller are key features for me.

[DC1MC]

Some GPS modules FALCOM A2D for an unbeatable price  , are they still usable:

[Ysjoelfir]

I ordered a "Nerdy Gurdy" kit. Its a DIY Kit to built your own hurdy gurdy from lasercut and 3D printed parts. I am so excited to start building this thing and learn to play it I think it'll be lots of fun.

[tautech]

A couple of 18 GHz N-SMA 1m cables very nicely made by Rosenberger for Siglent.
https://www.siglenteu.com/accessory/n-sma-18l/

Don't ask the price.