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[jonpaul]

Bonjour à tous, À vide grenier (neighborhood street sales) in Paris, Cour de Vincennes,

Set of precision tweezers, screwdrivers, millimètre hex keys, , files, €5

500V insulation and earth resistance tester ( "Megger") 6x AA battery, in hard field case, like a single range megohm meter with 500V DC applied....must be 40 years old, working fine, in calibration €5, listed on UK distribution site, 700£!

Used to check cables, insulation,  earth resistance.  I just tried it on a 4 conducteur telecommunications cable, 7m long, I can read the wire resistance of 0.5 ohm, the insulation is infinite at 500 V.

Schlumberger/Emertec/ Metrohm, Believed made in Germany or UK.   Any other information appreciated.

bon soirée

Jon

[gamalot]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

[PlainName]

That is nice 

[capt bullshot]

That's a neat scope. And it should say "Bingo" instead of "Bringo" at the splash screen 

[SiliconWizard]

OK, I admit that was fast!

[jonpaul]

bonjour à tous

Both Iwatsu and Yokogawa digital scopes are very fine quality and specifications, easy to use interface.

We had Yokogawa DL1520, 1740, 7440 since 1990s, highly recommended.

Jon

[jonpaul]

Fowler digital caliper, mm, in, ft, new in pouch, excellent battery life, but plastic not metal....

 $5 NIB, at a USA CL contractor sale....

Much better than the Chinese clones of Japanese mitutoyo calipers....
The Fowler is sold for $50 on Amazon etc.

Very useful and light weight


Jon

[BU508A]

I've bought this nice little gadget:

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403649748388



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[BU508A]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/IxWcyei_6pc

It is booting faster than the fan reaching its final spinning velocity. 

[capt bullshot]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/IxWcyei_6pc

It is booting faster than the fan reaching its final spinning velocity. 

That don't impress me much, my TDS220 / TDS2024 scopes do this all the time

[BU508A]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/IxWcyei_6pc

It is booting faster than the fan reaching its final spinning velocity. 

That don't impress me much, my TDS220 / TDS2024 scopes do this all the time

What can I say, I'm just easily entertained.   

[gamalot]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/IxWcyei_6pc

It is booting faster than the fan reaching its final spinning velocity. 

That don't impress me much, my TDS220 / TDS2024 scopes do this all the time

What can I say, I'm just easily entertained.   

I'm wondering why the oscilloscope manufacturers don't add a quick boot option like the PC manufacturers put in the BIOS settings.

[PlainName]

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

That's a clever little thing.

[Gary350z]

I've bought this nice little gadget:

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403649748388

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.
But Conrad does not ship to USA. 

[dl6lr]

I've bought this nice little gadget:

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

Oh, did I enable you?

[PA0PBZ]

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.

A small piece of thin double-sided unetched pcb and you're done.

[BU508A]

I've bought this nice little gadget:

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403649748388

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.
But Conrad does not ship to USA. 

Let me know (PM) if I can help you.

[BU508A]

I've bought this nice little gadget:

a VOLTCRAFT MB-701 battery measuring adapter

Oh, did I enable you?

Yes, thank you very much.

[PlainName]

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.

A small piece of thin double-sided unetched pcb and you're done.

Have to be very thin. I think that one works because it's a flex PCB with stiffener, which is really very thin indeed.

[Zoli]

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.

A small piece of thin double-sided unetched pcb and you're done.

Have to be very thin. I think that one works because it's a flex PCB with stiffener, which is really very thin indeed.

Copper tape + Kapton tape + stiffener sounds like a solution to me; I will try it. Alternatively, you can try 0.8mm copper clad; it would be interesting to know the thickness of the original 

[gamalot]

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.

A small piece of thin double-sided unetched pcb and you're done.

Have to be very thin. I think that one works because it's a flex PCB with stiffener, which is really very thin indeed.

Copper tape + Kapton tape + stiffener sounds like a solution to me; I will try it. Alternatively, you can try 0.8mm copper clad; it would be interesting to know the thickness of the original 

0.1mm nickel (or nickel plated) strips are easy to find as many people use them for lithium battery packs.

[wkb]

I put this Iwatsu Bringo II oscilloscope in my collection because I like its small size, but when I first got it I found it was smaller than I thought. Not only that, but it has another thing that amazes me, which is how fast it is to boot up! I took a short video and put it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/IxWcyei_6pc

It is booting faster than the fan reaching its final spinning velocity. 

That don't impress me much, my TDS220 / TDS2024 scopes do this all the time

So does my Agilent 54641D. Given that one has a CRT, it is the CRT warmup that dictates when you can claim "it is up". No surprise really, the 68020 CPU is fast enough, and the whole firmware (I flashed it) fits on a single 1.44MB floppy disk.
No Windoze bloatware   

[McBryce]

I have wanted something like this for a long time. I had no idea someone made such a thing.

A small piece of thin double-sided unetched pcb and you're done.

Have to be very thin. I think that one works because it's a flex PCB with stiffener, which is really very thin indeed.

Copper tape + Kapton tape + stiffener sounds like a solution to me; I will try it. Alternatively, you can try 0.8mm copper clad; it would be interesting to know the thickness of the original 

0.1mm nickel (or nickel plated) strips are easy to find as many people use them for lithium battery packs.

A piece of thin plastic (overhead projector foil) with copper tape on either side will probably give you the best results.

McBryce.

[rsjsouza]

Although purchased a few months ago, the package finally arrived yesterday: a Brüel & Kjær 1501.

[PlainName]

A piece of thin plastic (overhead projector foil) with copper tape on either side will probably give you the best results.

Maybe. Would it be rigid enough? Only one way to find out...