What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[SiliconWizard]

The power supply is a QA300. I was not even able to find any article on it on Google. That's odd. I swear I have one.
(I can take a picture of it if anyone's curious.)

Please do the pictures! You have a living piece of history! Okay, jokes aside, I'm a sucker for cute and obscure equipment.

There you go.

[thm_w]

QA300 datasheet in chinese: http://www.samplesci.com/uploads/20140228/20140228142629070.pdf
Seems like not bad product, but needs a 20V 2A supply, won't run off USB alone. Guessing demand wasn't enough at whatever price they were asking ($300+?).

[Martin72]

Time to clean my desk...

https://evision-webshop.eu/siglent/sdg-2-rmk-rackmount-kit

Ordered now, later on something like this will follow:

https://www.thomann.de/gb/thon_studio_rack_10u_50_white.htm?shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6NCwibGFuZ3VhZ2UiOjJ9&reload=1

[mengfei]

for the misis 

Ofcourse "misters" should hand something to "misis" first if they are planning for a new toy to acquire. That is to insure approval even before asking for permission

Korek ka dyan sir hehehe
when the misis first receives an awesome gift your good to go with your HT system or EE Hobby 

[shapirus]

Received the miniature drill press that I bought earlier for drilling PCBs and whatnot.



It's a good example of saving costs where appropriate while keeping the critical things done right. There's literally zero (at least as far as visual and tactile inspection goes) play and axial eccentricity in the essential parts.

The motor feels so-so, but it can be replaced, if necessary. The actuation lever is cheap-ass, and the included PSU feels the same.

Very quiet operation. Should be perfect for working on hobby stuff at home, especially for the price.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004599678055.html

[gamalot]

Hioki ST5520 mini teardown

[gamalot]

CPU cooler and chassis fans for my son's desktop PC, summer is coming 

[MathWizard]

I just looked up something and see the price of SMD test fixtures, easily goes over $1000 even for something like this that's only up to 8MHz
https://www.itm.com/product/hioki-9263-smd-test-fixture?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6pDZxfbFgwMVN1lHAR3yvg_REAQYBiABEgL1Q_D_BwE

I don't need/want one yet, but after buying a few RF cables/connectors yesterday, makes me wonder how over priced a test fixture is ?

On my budget I'll have to make my own, if possible of doable.

[w.v.s.]

I just looked up something and see the price of SMD test fixtures, easily goes over $1000 even for something like this that's only up to 8MHz
https://www.itm.com/product/hioki-9263-smd-test-fixture?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6pDZxfbFgwMVN1lHAR3yvg_REAQYBiABEgL1Q_D_BwE

I don't need/want one yet, but after buying a few RF cables/connectors yesterday, makes me wonder how over priced a test fixture is ?

On my budget I'll have to make my own, if possible of doable.

How about these?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/144706563919?

[thm_w]

I just looked up something and see the price of SMD test fixtures, easily goes over $1000 even for something like this that's only up to 8MHz
https://www.itm.com/product/hioki-9263-smd-test-fixture?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6pDZxfbFgwMVN1lHAR3yvg_REAQYBiABEgL1Q_D_BwE

I don't need/want one yet, but after buying a few RF cables/connectors yesterday, makes me wonder how over priced a test fixture is ?

On my budget I'll have to make my own, if possible of doable.

Why will you have to make your own? 99% of applications you can get away with using LCR tweezers and <100kHz.
A test fixture would only be needed for either very precise applications or some sort of low production scale binning.

[Jackster]

Was having too much lag opening KiCAD files at work.... 

I had to mod my full ATX case to get it in. The board is not that big but it has about 4 inches of extra heatsink and fan.

[coppercone2]

that's no joke I hate companies that don't provide good hardware because you just know the software is so fuckin bloated and dodgy now that you need very good computers for good workflow. Actually get something done instead of shamming with computer crashes!

good pc means you have a boss that expects the unexpected and minimum rquirements pc means your boss is gambling with your success because he only uses wordpad and thinks its still DOS

that complaint your employer likes to hear that the work is too easy is only true if the hardware works.

I have seen that before. The lowest of low end hardware gets given to a engineer expected to work miracles with complex design software while the boss is busy shamming by making 15 meetings per day where they discuss management issues over coffee.

then like 2 weeks before the end of the year long project you hear him asking 'what was that software we are using again?" and the hilarity that occurs with big excel sheets when they don't realize how slow it gets

[DiTBho]

Received the miniature drill press that I bought earlier for drilling PCBs and whatnot.

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It's a good example of saving costs where appropriate while keeping the critical things done right. There's literally zero (at least as far as visual and tactile inspection goes) play and axial eccentricity in the essential parts.

The motor feels so-so, but it can be replaced, if necessary. The actuation lever is cheap-ass, and the included PSU feels the same.

Very quiet operation. Should be perfect for working on hobby stuff at home, especially for the price.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004599678055.html

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yes! 

[mendip_discovery]

A few places I have been the MD gets the best hardware with multiple screens etc. Then they shout at the underlings when they say they cant open the large files.

[rfclown]

over the last week:
toilet (Lowes)
flange repair kit to deal with cracked flange (didn't know about until old toilet was off)
handle for dryer door (Amazon)
iphone 7 plus (eBay) (iphone 6s touchscreen stopped working after being dropped one too many times)
iphone 7 plus case (Amazon)
iphone 6s screen replacement kit (clicked on the 30 day free Amazon Prime trial when I ordered this)
new washers/etc for bathroom sink faucet (Lowes)
bathroom sink faucet handle (Amazon) (set screw tap threads on old handle stripped)

(edit)... and one more thing I forgot. Well, I didn't purchase it, but I got it. COVID.

To counter the rants on who gets the best computer stuff (there is a pet peeve thread), I was pleased when I worked on IC design at Motorola around 2000 that they gave the layout contractors very good setups. They had the biggest monitors and sufficient memory/etc.  It was nice seeing something done correctly instead of the frustrating situation mentioned.

[beanflying]

A 400kg lump of steel.

1000x240 bed (630x220x300+ travel), 2.2kW 100-4500 variable speed ISO30 spindle. No DRO or scales or powerfeeds fitted but getting it shipped with 25mm Ball Screws to run a CNC conversion on. It is an RF45 clone more or less so Optimum MB4 or similar for the rest.

ETA April/May but I have plenty of projects to keep me busy in the meantime.

[w.v.s.]

A 400kg lump of steel.

1000x240 bed (630x220x300+ travel), 2.2kW 100-4500 variable speed ISO30 spindle. No DRO or scales or powerfeeds fitted but getting it shipped with 25mm Ball Screws to run a CNC conversion on. It is an RF45 clone more or less so Optimum MB4 or similar for the rest.

ETA April/May but I have plenty of projects to keep me busy in the meantime.

Nice, enjoy!

[DiTBho]

A 400kg lump of steel.

WOW, one could even build custom parts for his/her road bike or cargo bike 

!like
that!

[beanflying]

A 400kg lump of steel.

WOW, one could even build custom parts for his/her road bike or cargo bike 

!like
that!

Funny you should mention Cargo type wheels it has the swing to work on a 20" wheel among other things  These are fine for now for a non bike project but I want to mod them a little when the Mill arrives.

[tautech]

Wheelchair ?
For you or ma ?

[Hawaka]

A Keithley 2001M

[mengfei]

nice tool!

[jonovid]

I found this bargain at my local hardware store for less then $19AUD.
its a brand new 2 speed cordless hammer drill/driver drill sold without a battery.
having been sold out of them.  so I got the discontinued 12 volt brushed DC drill as is.
not lightly to venture beyond my 12 volt power source.
I added my own quick and dirty modification.  as I do not own a 3D printer.
this hammer drill has a low R.P.M. geared setting I often need for light hobby work.

[zapta]

Low temperature solder paste. Similar to the ChipQuik Alloy but easier to use. I use it to remove SMD ICs and components.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804146771622.html

[armandine2]

Just arrived from RS 48 piece precision knife set

but I see now I should've shopped around 

https://www.silverlinetools.com/en-GB/Product/ProductDetail?ModelName=251239