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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #8075 on: March 29, 2019, 04:45:22 am »
Aliexpress birthday sales on now.

A couple of these 555 based timer modules for 78c ea :o



One of these flow sensors for a water pump dry run protection project.



Lazy bugga for not rolling your own timer you could have got the parts for maybe $3-4 :-DD I have memories of 555's alone being nearly $2 each as a kid.
LOL Yep easy build but for 78c, why would ya.

Even the flow sensor was only USD15  c/w shipping ;D
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« Reply #8076 on: March 29, 2019, 10:39:22 am »
This is what i bought today: here the original link to my Thread https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/an-ebay-seller-have-made-my-day-today/msg2305101/#msg2305101
 

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« Reply #8077 on: March 29, 2019, 11:09:51 pm »
Working Fluke 5200A AC calibrator. I don't need any more stuff.
 

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« Reply #8078 on: March 30, 2019, 01:28:25 pm »
I just got a SDS1104X-E to go with my bench power supply I purchased last week.

I have BS degrees in CS and EE both in 1996. Since this time I have worked for the same medical imaging research team primarily as a programmer. Now at 47 I am trying to get back into electronics projects.
 

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« Reply #8079 on: March 30, 2019, 01:30:32 pm »


a lot of second-hand Fonera mini routers. One has been overclocked, so it needs more heatsinks and a cooling fan :D
 

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« Reply #8080 on: March 30, 2019, 11:27:23 pm »
Picked up a Fluke 189 for $123 shipped, thanks to an ebay promo, an auction with a weird ending time, and a little luck.

 

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« Reply #8081 on: April 01, 2019, 11:21:56 am »
A silly expensive battery for a SMIQ03.



I'm OK with manufacturers using expensive, non-standard (ie. I don't have a box full of 'm) backup batteries but then I *demand* that they last forever and a day. Not shorter than a PC with a CR2032.

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« Reply #8082 on: April 02, 2019, 03:25:11 am »
A silly expensive battery for a SMIQ03.



I'm OK with manufacturers using expensive, non-standard (ie. I don't have a box full of 'm) backup batteries but then I *demand* that they last forever and a day. Not shorter than a PC with a CR2032.

Why dont you just put in a 1/2 AA holder and then use the normal 1/2 AA lithium batteries?

I did this retro fit to my old Mac SE which had one soldered in.

eg https://store.retrofixes.com/products/macintosh-se-pram-holder


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« Reply #8083 on: April 02, 2019, 10:43:58 am »
Yokogawa 2786 Decade Resistance Box  :)

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« Reply #8084 on: April 02, 2019, 12:26:59 pm »
Wanted to keep it as close to the original as possible ;)

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« Reply #8085 on: April 02, 2019, 05:59:19 pm »
received today some nice tools and some 0.28mm Cu isolated wire
Those wood drills are as sharp as a razor! Like it!  ;D
And some TiN plated countersinks.

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« Reply #8086 on: April 03, 2019, 11:35:41 am »
I ordered a Micsig DP10013 differential probe and on of those 16MP / 1080P 60FPS C Mount Digital Microscope Cameras from China with ocular adapter, hoping it can be fixed to my TS-4 Dynascope.
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« Reply #8087 on: April 03, 2019, 01:02:29 pm »
A REAL imported Custard Tart !!!!!!!!
Moved from South-Australia to Western-Australia 6 years ago.
NO-ONE can make them like 'Balfours' in Adelaide !!!
They don't even know what 'FRITZ' is in WA... They call their version 'Paloney'.
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« Reply #8088 on: April 03, 2019, 01:06:56 pm »
Balfours are pretty good and I normally get some when I go to Adelaide, unfortunately most of the bakeries around Perth aren’t that great. Bakers hill makes a damn good pie though, highly recommend them if you’ve not been up there
 
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« Reply #8089 on: April 03, 2019, 02:56:36 pm »
I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.
 

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« Reply #8090 on: April 03, 2019, 06:23:19 pm »
I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved  ;D

 

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« Reply #8091 on: April 03, 2019, 07:36:25 pm »
I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved  ;D
If an authorized reseller will actually pick up the phone for a quantity of less than 10ku... (maybe or maybe not, I didn't check).

Seriously, technix, what were you thinking, man?!?  :o Embarking in an adventure like that without taking a look at how crappy or good their tools are is a long shot in the dark. Even if you are able to get the tools, who knows if they are any bad or good?
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« Reply #8092 on: April 03, 2019, 09:07:38 pm »
A REAL imported Custard Tart !!!!!!!!
Moved from South-Australia to Western-Australia 6 years ago.
NO-ONE can make them like 'Balfours' in Adelaide !!!
They don't even know what 'FRITZ' is in WA... They call their version 'Paloney'.

Here in Victoria they call it Devon! :palm:

Luckily you can buy farmers union iced coffee here in most shops and occasionally you'll find Vili's pies etc too. Haven't seen any Balfours products over here tho, just four and twenty rubbish.

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« Reply #8093 on: April 03, 2019, 09:07:52 pm »
Seriously, technix, what were you thinking, man?!?  :o Embarking in an adventure like that without taking a look at how crappy or good their tools are is a long shot in the dark. Even if you are able to get the tools, who knows if they are any bad or good?
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I was already getting annoyed at Xilinx and their export control system, and he is touting further trade war with China.
 
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« Reply #8094 on: April 03, 2019, 09:10:16 pm »
I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved  ;D
They don’t have a list of authorized seller available almost anywhere. There is no phone I can call or Email address I can write to.

Or baybe I should pay them another visit and ask them for a list of resellers, face to face.
 

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« Reply #8096 on: April 04, 2019, 01:33:53 am »
Yokogawa 2786 Decade Resistance Box  :)

Ooh, nice. These pop up on Yahoo Auctions Japan from time to time for not insignificant amounts of money...
Where does all this test equipment keep coming from?!?

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« Reply #8097 on: April 04, 2019, 07:04:23 am »
I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Recently I found the FPGA chips from Anlogic, also available at lcsc.com. You can even buy test boards here, bought today. Nice about the bigger ones, but still less than $10: they have 8 Mbyte integrated SDRAM, and 130 kB block RAM. And I could download and install the Anlogic TD IDE from the seeedstudio webpage in a Windows VM. The installation dialogs were in Chinese, but looks like the program itself is in English.
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« Reply #8098 on: April 04, 2019, 07:40:02 am »
Just snapped up a brand new Fluke 1577 with case etc for just €193. Finally my vintage Megger can go into a well deserved retirement after around 70 years of service (no I'm not that old, it was my fathers).

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« Reply #8099 on: April 04, 2019, 08:15:41 am »
Just snapped up a brand new Fluke 1577 with case etc for just €193. Finally my vintage Megger can go into a well deserved retirement after around 70 years of service (no I'm not that old, it was my fathers).

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You got very lucky, that is a really good price !
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