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Offline SiliconWizard

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Re: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!
« Reply #14600 on: September 11, 2026, 05:12:46 pm »
Personally not a huge fan.

What Metcal you used and how?

That was the MX-PS5200. The heating performance was fine but it's mostly the available tips that I liked less than other brands, and I didn't think the price difference was justified.
 

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« Reply #14601 on: September 12, 2026, 07:28:23 am »
German WWII "Mause" morse code key for clandestine spy transmitters, VERY rare.

Perfect condition, made in 1941.



Searched at Ham fleas in EU for years, finaaly , at a good price....

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« Reply #14602 on: Yesterday at 11:11:51 am »
..just arrived, super quickly, from FedEx / Probe Master:
 
.10:1 fixed probe (4905-1) 250MHz, 1.0 m, gold plated

..and to make up the order,

.lead forming tools (801, 802, 901 - 3 piece kit)

Also, the other day AI inspired purchase for banana jacks to barrel plug lead - for upcoming AlienTek HP20 hot plate - to be run off the Sorensen XHR 33-33 , hopefully.
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« Reply #14603 on: Yesterday at 03:10:04 pm »
German WWII "Mause" morse code key for clandestine spy transmitters, VERY rare.

Perfect condition, made in 1941.



Searched at Ham fleas in EU for years, finaaly , at a good price....

Have a great day,


Jon

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« Reply #14604 on: Yesterday at 06:14:19 pm »
I got my hands on the Shannon ST-42 tweezers to repair a PSU I was asked to repair. I hope it will help me in avoiding to desolder every cap to check if it's still good :)

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« Reply #14605 on: Yesterday at 06:26:37 pm »
I got my hands on the Shannon ST-42 tweezers to repair a PSU I was asked to repair. I hope it will help me in avoiding to desolder every cap to check if it's still good :)

For my understanding:why would the use of tweezers be any different in measuring components on a pcb?

I have those tweezers and often I need to insolider in order to measure correctly.
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« Reply #14606 on: Yesterday at 06:36:23 pm »
I bought this last Friday:

A logic analyzer from Fnirsi (my first Fnirsi):
https://www.fnirsi.com/products/dla-32?variant=48343625007322

 

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« Reply #14607 on: Yesterday at 08:28:37 pm »
I got my hands on the Shannon ST-42 tweezers to repair a PSU I was asked to repair. I hope it will help me in avoiding to desolder every cap to check if it's still good :)
As a rule, in automatic mode (F=1 kHz), you can check the capacitance and ESR of the capacitors you wish to test directly on the circuit board—naturally, after discharging them first.
 

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« Reply #14608 on: Today at 04:36:04 am »
I am not a software/computer expert....

Found Dumped  with huge  pile of parts on main shopping street in Paris, 6eme

What are these? Any idea the value?

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« Reply #14609 on: Today at 04:51:15 am »
What are these? Any idea the value?

That MSC board looks like an SMARC compute module... can't read most of the chips, but the processor is an iMX8. Looks like they're ~$50-$200 USD for new ones, probably mostly driven by how much ram and flash it has on board.
 
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« Reply #14610 on: Today at 06:10:33 am »
Abeyer, many thanks, I found these links...

https://www.tria-technologies.com/product/tria-sm2s-imx8/
https://www.microchip.com/content/dam/mchp/documents/UNG/ProductDocuments/UserGuides/EVB-LAN7430-Evaluation-Board-User-Guide-50002841B.pdf

Amazingly they were NIB with static sealed bags, the gray rectangle in upper left is one of 16 HS silicone transfer pads.

Are these old version or current?

Have a great day,


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