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[Nx-1997]

Well I own a Hantek DSO5102P as well, its been unlocked to 200MHz. But its only two channels. This scope will be a nice addition to my lab.

[Cubdriver]

You did rather well IMHO. In fact, a "you suck  " is probably in order (~$25CAN/channel @100MHz/chan.).   

Granted, although a modern DSO has more features, you did well. 

For disclosure, I've both a Tek 2445B + Rigol DS1054Z that's been unlocked. Guess which gets used the most? That said, I won't give up my Tek 2445B any time soon (call it whatever you want, but I wouldn't shine away from the term "nostalgic gear acquisition syndrome (aka NGAS)").  The adverts of the time were more interesting to me than a Playboy or other pornographic magazine at the time. 

Yeah, I know... What a shame.  It would definitely explain why I only have lab assistants though (aka cats) rather than actual kids.  On the plus side, no alimony or child support, so it can't be all bad.     

Yeah, huh?  I paid somewhere north of $100/channel for mine.  (Granted this was about 12 or so years ago, though.)


I can relate.  Now if I could just get the damned lab 'assistants' (note quotation marks) to stay OFF the bench and racks, and that items thereon are NOT toys to be batted about, chewed upon, knocked on the floor and absconded with (or various combinations thereof... ), life would be easier still.  I'm still missing a full sized Soldapullt that is no doubt under or behind something in an obscure place in the house. 

-Pat

[VK5RC]

I can relate.  Now if I could just get the damned lab 'assistants' (note quotation marks) to stay OFF the bench and racks, and that items thereon are NOT toys to be batted about, chewed upon, knocked on the floor and absconded with (or various combinations thereof... ), life would be easier still.  I'm still missing a full sized Soldapullt that is no doubt under or behind something in an obscure place in the house. 

-Pat

One circumstance where the canine lab assistants are of a distinct advantage and Airedale Terriers hardly moult at all.

[george graves]

https://www.adafruit.com/galleries/cats-of-engineering

[rrinker]

 I got one of those cheap USB microscopes Dave mentioned in the $300 Electronic Lab video. It's actually neater than I thought it would be. Plenty of working space between the base and the lens and VERY bright LEDs (you can dim them). It will actually help work with small parts for modeling as well as soldering.

[nctnico]

Today I received this:

I thought I already had a chuck with my milling machine but that wasn't the case. Until now I have only used a collet to clamp drilling and milling bits so I never missed the chuck until now.

[txescientist]

I got Tektronix logo pin 
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/tektronix-logo-pin/

[Emo]

I got a 1000W Gophert switching power supply. CPS-6017, 0-60V and 0-17A CC and CV. Neat and stable!

[slicendice]

Bought:
ASUS ZenBook UX305CA Pure Core M3 8GB 256GB SSD 13.3" FHD

...so I can watch Dave's YouTube posts and read this forum.

Just kidding... this one was for my wife. :-)

As a Programmer and Computer Enthusiast I expected this device to be total crap, but to my surprise, it's actually really fast and very capable piece of machinery with long battery life in a slim and light form factor, love it.

[Fortran]

How much was it and where did you get it?
My wife needs a new one too and I've been too lazy to go looking.

[nctnico]

I got a 1000W Gophert switching power supply. CPS-6017, 0-60V and 0-17A CC and CV. Neat and stable!

That is interesting! I was eyeballing an old HP power supply but this may do the job just as well. What is the maximum current? It says 17A on the spec sheet but you managed to draw over 50A from it 

[slicendice]

How much was it and where did you get it?
My wife needs a new one too and I've been too lazy to go looking.

It was ~900€ from Elisa-Saunalahti as one time payment, but as you probably know they also have the option for 12, 24 and 36months no interest down payment option.

Not Cheap because of it's size, but as I mentioned, I love it.

It's the PURE model so no 3rd party software clutter.

I see now that the HDD spec was wrong in my previous post. The SSD is only 128GB, not 256GB, but it's still big enough for the average user.

https://elisa.fi/kauppa/#!/laitteet/kannettavat-tietokoneet

[tpowell1830]

Tenma 72-1055 Benchtop Digital Multimeter with Capacitance, Frequency & Temp

Got it for Christmas from family, but it was on my Amazon wish list.  Price was $109.XX.


PEACE===>T

[rrinker]

I got a 1000W Gophert switching power supply. CPS-6017, 0-60V and 0-17A CC and CV. Neat and stable!

That is interesting! I was eyeballing an old HP power supply but this may do the job just as well. What is the maximum current? It says 17A on the spec sheet but you managed to draw over 50A from it 

 Where's 50 amps? He has it set to 4 amps, 13 volts. In the second picture that's 54 WATTS, not 54 amps - little LED to the right of the display shows what it's displaying. Would be a neat trick getting 54 amps out of 17 amp rated power transistors.    I wonder if it can continuously do max volts/max current since that would be 20 watts over the rating of 1000 watts.

[aargee]

Bought:
ASUS ZenBook UX305CA Pure Core M3 8GB 256GB SSD 13.3" FHD

...so I can watch Dave's YouTube posts and read this forum.

Just kidding... this one was for my wife. :-)

As a Programmer and Computer Enthusiast I expected this device to be total crap, but to my surprise, it's actually really fast and very capable piece of machinery with long battery life in a slim and light form factor, love it.

So, you're a 'Programmer and Computer Enthusiast' and you bought a laptop expecting it to be total crap? What, do you not like your wife?   

[slicendice]

Hahhah, my devices are usually around 3000-5000€ price range. But this laptop exceeded my expectations. It is way more than good enough for what my wife needs.

Edit: What I mean is that even I can use this laptop for most tasks. Ususally stuff that requires a bit more horsepower.

[VK5RC]

2 parts only Keithley 619 units, mix and match and voila. one working with 2 channels and GPIB, 

[slicendice]

Awesome!

[bitseeker]

2 parts only Keithley 619 units, mix and match and voila. one working with 2 channels and GPIB, 

Well done! With so many boards, it's a good thing a third donor wasn't needed.

[VK5RC]

@bitseeker and s&d; always a bit of a punt, a quick google before purchase did not find any common dead unobtanium issues, just usual power supply / filter caps,  one unit has a dead CPU board - the CPU (Motorola 6902) still appears to be doing something - ? could be the PROM, but I know nothing of 1980s microprocessors.

[rrinker]

 Just got and put together one of those $20 ESR kits. Seems to work great although even after the self calibration it seems to read WAY low on capacitors. I don't have another capacitance meter to verify but I doubt the entire assortment of ceramic caps I bought is an order of magnitude or more lower valued than marked. Could be programmed wrong for the hardware, it's the kind with a socketed micro so I can easily check and reprogram it.

[Inflex]

Finally decided to flesh out my collection of philips, torx and pentalobe drivers,  and duplicate some others that I kept stealing from each workbench ( I should have a set per workbench).

Need to make a holder for them though, right now they're just rolling around on the benches, which means I'll lose or damage them sooner or later

[djos]

Just ordered some Arduino sensors, servo motors and a usb microscope to play with. Other than a garden moisture sensor and possible relay powered sprinklers, I've no idea what I'm going to build yet ... Just thought it'd be fun to play with my long neglected RFduino's.

[rrinker]

 Looks similar to my microscope except mine had a flexible gooseneck and a suction cup. The bad part is the suction cup doesn't stay stuck, even to the included base plate. Or the smooth finish of my bench shelves. After it fell off for the third time I hit on an ugly solution that allowed me to solder my ESR meter under it - I wedged the suction cup under my Fluke 45 on the first shelf. That put it somewhere around a foot above the work surface and I was still able to focus it in quite nicely, and when viewed full screen on my 27" display I had no problem seeing the joints to solder, once I got used to watching the monitor and not my hands moving in with the iron and solder, that took some getting used to. I need to find a better way to mount this but not permanently - maybe screw it to a small chunk of iron or steel.

[djos]

Looks similar to my microscope except mine had a flexible gooseneck and a suction cup. The bad part is the suction cup doesn't stay stuck, even to the included base plate. Or the smooth finish of my bench shelves. After it fell off for the third time I hit on an ugly solution that allowed me to solder my ESR meter under it - I wedged the suction cup under my Fluke 45 on the first shelf. That put it somewhere around a foot above the work surface and I was still able to focus it in quite nicely, and when viewed full screen on my 27" display I had no problem seeing the joints to solder, once I got used to watching the monitor and not my hands moving in with the iron and solder, that took some getting used to. I need to find a better way to mount this but not permanently - maybe screw it to a small chunk of iron or steel.

Cheers, that's why I got the stand but I must confess I was tempted to get the goose neck and screw it to the bottom shelf of my Workbench.



Edit: just bought this to wall mount above my Workbench where some of my tools are atm.