big spender here... I ordered bunch of rma flux pens, few different rolls of 63/37 soLder, a couple AD584 voltage references for fun, a hakko knockoff desoldering gun, and a cheesy metal andonscope microscope for testing out soldering...all on a slow boat from China...
On that same bicycle (dutch expression literally in english) I bought also a 1000 components from ebay:
Dupont Jumper Wire Cable Housing Female Pin and Connectors
Something of my vintage - a bit old and simple. No menus, easily set up, good fleabay price
I got my DSOX1102G in the mail yesterday, can't wait to finally use a DSO instead of my crusty old Hameg.
But that thing stinks coming right out of the box, wow
Can't remember the last time I had a piece of electronics this smelly. I hope the smell is gone in a few days, doesn't feel healthy
sitting next to it
Something of my vintage - a bit old and simple. No menus, easily set up, good fleabay price
What rise times is that one capable of?
Something of my vintage - a bit old and simple. No menus, easily set up, good fleabay price
What rise times is that one capable of?
According to the catalog, transition times are less than 10 ns
-Pat
Bought one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RF-Active-Probe-0-1-1500-MHz-1-5-GHz-HF-VHF-UHF-SHF-analyzer-oscilloscope/291998278881
Seems to be built to a schematic that Elektor published a few years back. Well made and was cheaper than making up the PCB myself. Ignore the 5-15V supply statement in the picture, it uses a 78L05A regulator which has a dropout voltage of 2V, so it actually works from 8V upwards. I intend bypassing the regulator completely and powering it directly from the USB ports of my scope/analyser.
That is an interesting find. Does it have a pogo pin? I've added it to my Ebay's watch list!
Something of my vintage - a bit old and simple. No menus, easily set up, good fleabay price
What rise times is that one capable of?
According to the catalog, transition times are less than 10 ns
-Pat
As always, HP Specs good! (8011A Rise time)
Rob
Found myself in possession of yet another multimeter. If I understand it correctly this one has been designed for use in mines. No clue whether it works yet. Have to replace the battery connectors first.
So what, 0805 have the value on them, if you bought 0402 you,d be miserable
Not an electronic related but still nice vintage
A elecrical motor scooter from the local post office, they are cheap because the manufacturer is defunct. I got a nice pile of extra components and documentation for the thing. There are four 100Ah lifepo4 Batteries inside, it can drive about 80km with one charge. Now i have some reverse engineering to do. It uses CAN or RS485 between all components.
Most likely CAN. Never heard of RS485 being used in a vehicle.
McBryce.
RS485 Is used between the BMS and the batteries, and the charger does have a RS485 port. All other devices do use CAN.
Strange. Must be some sort of in-house "homebrew" design. Who manufactured them?
McBryce.
A elecrical motor scooter from the local post office, they are cheap because the manufacturer is defunct. I got a nice pile of extra components and documentation for the thing. There are four 100Ah lifepo4 Batteries inside, it can drive about 80km with one charge. Now i have some reverse engineering to do. It uses CAN or RS485 between all components.
wow that is really a neat bike
My first ever Nixie thing on its way from eBay. Practically useless at 12.5 MHz, at least without a prescaler,
but maybe nice enough to stay in one piece
No such thing as a bad nixie anything!
A reel of Alpha-Fry 60/40 solder. Regretted immediately after received it. Doesn't work well with my flux pen, and doesn't work well on its own flux. I guess I will just keep using SAC305.
Pad wetting performance is absolutely horrible (compared with MG Chemicals 4900 SAC305 I used before), even on gold pads.
The only reason I bought this one is because I need to solder some fairly heavy joints tinned with leaded solder pot, and I don't want to contaminate old solder with lead free solder.
I guess I will have to live with this, but hopefully after this project, I won't have to touch leaded solder anymore.
stick with the tried and true Kester 63/37
I also use Kester Sn63Pb37. Best solder ever for me, when it comes to critical soldering.