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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13600 on: January 21, 2025, 07:04:31 pm »
A pocket calculator. The first one after school...  ;)
It can do quite a lot. I'm learning.
 

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« Reply #13601 on: January 21, 2025, 10:16:26 pm »
A pocket calculator. The first one after school...  ;)
It can do quite a lot. I'm learning.

I have this one. Good choice!  :) I was used to this Sharp calculator, but I really like the simple user interface of the TI, where you just tap a button multiple times to get the function you want. In comparison, with all that double and triple assigned buttons, the Sharp calculator looks overly complex to me to use.

And you can simply use complex math when you need it, without the need to switch to a complex mode explicitly.2486891-0
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13602 on: January 22, 2025, 02:12:20 am »
Just got a new (to me) Agilent 34461a bench meter.  Got a sweet deal for it on eBay, right at the $600 mark for the meter in factory original box with most of the original accessories + GPIB to USB adapter (not a cheap accessory by itself), original cal cert... beautiful.

I plug it in and boot it, let it and my DMMCheck Plus r8 warm up, then take comparative measurements on DC +5V to see those beautiful accurate digits...

My new 34461a is off my TWO MILLIVOLTS!!!  My original HP bench 34401a is spot on at 5.0000V (instantly and with no warm up), my lesser Instek GDM-8255A is off by 100uV at 4.9999V (after 20 minutes of warm up, less accurate before that), but my just-arrived 34461a?  4.99800V!!!!!  WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE MY OVERLY ENTITLED DISAPPOINTMENT.  May as well throw it in Dave's dumpster so he can feel my same excitement, and then my same disappointment.
 
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13603 on: January 22, 2025, 02:31:39 am »
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where you just tap a button multiple times to get the function you want

Is that really better than having a shift key (or more!)? I've not used one of those but in instances where something has needed multiple presses I always seem to come unstuck but accidentally double-pressing. If whatever it is (typically a game where you click the mouse on a tile) wraps around, I can end up going round several times because on the next loop I can easily go one past where I wanted to be.
 

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« Reply #13604 on: January 22, 2025, 07:22:09 pm »
I have this one. Good choice!  :)

Yes, I like this calculator.
Once you've understood the operating philosophy, it's quite intuitive to use.
Almost everything makes sense and it is convenient (e.g. “Equation Recall”, “Constant memory” etc.)
 

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« Reply #13605 on: January 23, 2025, 03:33:18 am »
I ran out of storage space on my PC again, so I bought this SSD from Amazon UK.

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13606 on: January 24, 2025, 02:11:55 pm »
A Metha TC-75 transitor checker
 

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« Reply #13607 on: January 24, 2025, 05:56:49 pm »
https://www.highstreettv.com/red-copper-5-minute-chef-conf.html

Will be replacing the toastie maker and other things that take up unnecessary space in the kitchen. Looking forward to it :)
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13608 on: January 25, 2025, 07:56:48 am »
Bought the OF - M4.4 magnetic helping hand from https://omnifixo.com/en-eu
 

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« Reply #13609 on: January 25, 2025, 09:04:19 am »
Rigol DHO 804.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13610 on: January 27, 2025, 04:10:14 pm »
Atten ST-7500 preheater, to solder small SMD prototype boards so I don't have to use a big oven.

 
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« Reply #13611 on: January 27, 2025, 04:29:13 pm »
A 3.3kVA 230V - 110V transformer. And some plugs to connect it to an EU outlet.

Now see if I can get my head around the ins and outs of CTE and its influence on the rest of my test bed.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13612 on: January 27, 2025, 07:05:04 pm »
Total coincidence I just sold my malfunctioning 2430A and went for a walk around the block and found these working gems on the sidewalk for the gracious price of free...

 
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13613 on: January 27, 2025, 08:26:24 pm »
Total coincidence I just sold my malfunctioning 2430A and went for a walk around the block and found these working gems on the sidewalk for the gracious price of free...

You should at least tell us in what city you live :)
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13614 on: January 27, 2025, 09:16:34 pm »
Total coincidence I just sold my malfunctioning 2430A and went for a walk around the block and found these working gems on the sidewalk for the gracious price of free...

You should at least tell us in what city you live :)

This sidewalk sounds almost as good as Dave's dumpster.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13615 on: January 27, 2025, 09:43:00 pm »
LoL

I've been walking that sidewalk for over 15 years and this is the first time something like this happened. Usually it's a broken monitor or TV.

The next day the guy put out a 3.5" floppy disk drive array - at least 20 drives in a metal chassis and probably a drive server behind them.  \$\Omega\$
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13616 on: January 28, 2025, 04:17:48 pm »
A Zoyi ZT-22s multimeter.
 
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13617 on: January 30, 2025, 05:44:18 am »
die cast aluminum alloy X & Y traverse & swivel milling vice.
with steel leadscrews & into brass blocks. with stainless steel hand wheels.
Note- this aluminum alloy swivel table is made for light duty work.
Hobbyist with a basic knowledge of electronics
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13618 on: January 30, 2025, 07:47:11 am »
Want to learn how to use Arduino and bought today an Arduino Nano + couple days ago I bought an Arduino Learning Kit which includes starter electronics pcs & 20 courses
Nicolas
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13619 on: February 04, 2025, 02:50:42 pm »
I received a socket wrench for BNC nuts today. After years of tormenting them with flat-nose pliers, I was fed up. ;)
 
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13620 on: February 04, 2025, 06:21:08 pm »
Now you need one for the castellated nuts.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13621 on: February 04, 2025, 08:00:59 pm »
I received a socket wrench for BNC nuts today. After years of tormenting them with flat-nose pliers, I was fed up. ;)
16mm/5/8" deep reach socket works too.  ;)
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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13622 on: February 06, 2025, 05:00:04 am »
Saleae Logic Pro 8 - $415.58 shipped to my door. Like new.
I just finished a quick sanity check and wow, now I understand all the hype for it.

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« Reply #13623 on: February 06, 2025, 12:52:14 pm »
Made my Peak tester set complete with a Peak SCR100 Atlas SCR. Now with 10% reduction at eleshop.
 

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #13624 on: February 06, 2025, 02:39:48 pm »
Muirhead K-114-A decade resistance. 'm ok with accuracy :)
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