What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[Black Phoenix]

Fluke 17B MAX with the standard TL-75 probes (not the kit with the TL-31 1mm tip probe).



Also a TL224 Lead and the TP220 probe set to replace the one in the 17B MAX.

[GreyWoolfe]

I remember from back in my near-audiophile days that Akai made some very well regarded equipment, particularly tape decks.

Back in the dim and distant past, I had an Akai top loading stereo cassette deck, a Sansui receiver, a Technics direct drive manual turntable and Lafayette Criterion 3 way speakers as my sound producing toys.  Wish I still had all of it. 

Was yard saleing with Mrs GreyWoolfe and found a Craftsman 4 cycle straight shaft weed wacker with shoulder strap that had never been used in anger for only $125 USD.  Was a bit low on oil which was very clean.  Works perfectly and starts easy which these old bones appreciate.

[gamalot]

A used Mac mini, M1 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD.

[Black Phoenix]

A used Mac mini, M1 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD.

Curiosity, how much you left on the table for its?

[gamalot]

A used Mac mini, M1 processor, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD.

Curiosity, how much you left on the table for its?

It cost me 680 Australian dollars.

[Black Phoenix]

Not bad really. That little bugger had me thinking since it was released. Super power efficient and powerful enough for day to day normal use.

[gamalot]

Not bad really. That little bugger had me thinking since it was released. Super power efficient and powerful enough for day to day normal use.

The reason I bought it was because I wanted to experience the new version of macOS. The last time I used it was on my wife's old Intel iMac.

[gamalot]

A new toy, small the best. 

[RAPo]

An ALRO (short for allround;-)) Circular calculating disk with special scales for electrical calculations.

[DiTBho]

A new toy, small the best. 

___I
want
it!!!!

 

[PlainName]

An ALRO

Wow. Nice 

[PartialDischarge]

3 books by Wurth Elektronik:

Trilogy of Magnetics
The LT Spice XVII Simulator
ABC of capacitors

[w.v.s.]

A RMS (Royal Microscopical Society) tap, a 600lp/mm 500nm blazed diffraction grating and some SMA-905 stuff.

[Kim Christensen]

A new toy, small the best. 

A can of "Bubly" would be an even better comparison. 

[unknownparticle]

This :-
https://skysedge.com/unsmartphones/RUSP/index.html

[Sredni]

Not today, but three days ago.
I bought a uses Dell Precision M6800, with new battery, 240W power brick, 32GB ram, new 512SSD, new 1TB SSD and backlit keyboard.
The battery was new in 2015.
The power supply is 180W.

I checked expressly for a model with backlit keyboard.

Here is the picture of the backlit keyboard:



And here's a video that shows how one can't see it when in broad light.

https://youtu.be/3GO4Wpbm8QI?feature=shared

Now, the seller told me it will change the battery and the power supply and 'we will find a solution for the keyboard'.

[gamalot]

I used to call Advantest R6243 poor man's SMU, now I know that R6240A is the REAL poor man's SMU.

I love that it's lightweight and compact, unfortunately the VFD on the one I got is so dim that it's almost impossible to read in daylight.

[PlainName]

Is that display reading 20K (well, 19.9982) and the resistor is marked as 10K0000?

[PA0PBZ]

It looks like a 'plus (+)' sign so positive ohms.

[kripton2035]

Here is the picture of the backlit keyboard:

for me this keyboard had some liquid spill ... not good for a long term use...

[PlainName]

It looks like a 'plus (+)' sign so positive ohms.

Ah, could well be. Phew!

[Sredni]

Here is the picture of the backlit keyboard:

for me this keyboard had some liquid spill ... not good for a long term use...

Thank you for your input.
But how can you tell?
From the picture its not possible to tell, but there are stickers of another language on the alphabetic keys. It's not an electrical problem, but an optical one.

See the video
https://youtu.be/3GO4Wpbm8QI?feature=shared

[Sredni]

You are correct in being very cautious. But in this case the stickers are covering the international English language keyboard with a different language. So there is a reason for that. The power supply, albeit underpowered seems a legit Dell product (the store claims to take ex-leasing laptops from businesses). But yes, we know very well how easy it is to fabricate labels in China.

My guard was low because a friend of mine, who I trust, had bought a similar product and was quite happy with it.

Trust no one.

[coppercone2]

an assload of a work and a few problems

[jonpaul]

Bonjour:

1/ Sunday at Paris Vide Grinier  (neighborhood sale)

Mint cond Studio dynamic microphone, Shure SM58  €5
https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm58?variant=SM58-LC
 Included German made high quality 15' cable 
https://www.amazon.com/Cordial-Connection-CCM-10-FM/dp/B001383YPQ/

2/ Vintage tubes (valves, Ampoules) From eBay Belgium:
30 pcs 2050 Thyratrons RCA, dated 1953 for SIGSALY Quantizer
Matched at 2.5V firing voltage.

Perfect for calibration of the quantizer.

Your thoughts appreciated!

Jon