What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[beanflying]

Several litres of condensed milk due to a crash course in fudge making.

Add your 'testing data here' https://www.eevblog.com/forum/cooking/chocolate-fudge-or-dense-rich-puddings/msg4173352/#msg4173352 

[PlainName]

Ah, fantabulous, thanks. I recall seeing that in passing when you posted but, at the time, my heart was set on a fridge cake.

[themadhippy]

Several litres of condensed milk due to a crash course in fudge makin

As youve got the milk give tablet a go,much bettter than fudge.

[PlainName]

Yep, did that. It is OK but I may have improved it (or not!) by including mixed peel.

I think I've previously complained on here about the bird shit on my car that's resistant to a scrubbing brush and even a scraper. It seems they've been using this recipe - the advice to use a non-stick pan isn't in case it burns but because the thing is nearly impossible to clean after the glass-like film has set.

[gamalot]

The SSD I bought on Amazon for Black Friday just arrived yesterday, the crumpled box made me think it might be damaged, luckily it survived.

[Peter_O]

I had a HP11C already, but could not resist to buy this HP15C one for - hold your breath - 50 Euros.

[rsjsouza]

Wow, that is a bargain!

[Gixy]

Splendid! As an HP RPN calculator fan, I have a clone of it: https://www.swissmicros.com/products, and a software emulation which is my default Windows calculator.

[Martin72]

Latest purchase, because I´ve payed them today as they arrived...
Loudspeaker cabinet, back from the painter.
I build my own speakers, since 1993.
These are the "Audimax Core", a build with SEAS Excel basses (limited version) and a large Audaphon ribbon tweeter.
The paint job turned out very well, I was happy to pay 900€ for it.

[Peter_O]

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The paint job turned out very well, I was happy to pay 900€ for it.

Glossy white always is a treat.
(I upgraded model and paint quality 2nd hand some years ago. (Linn Majik 140 to Linn Akurate 242))

I guess you've mounted them again already?!
Looks like a d'appolito design?!
We would appreciate a  picture of the completed one please.  :-)

[Howardlong]

I had a HP11C already, but could not resist to buy this HP15C one for - hold your breath - 50 Euros.

Royal flush.

[DC1MC]

Three Arduino Every and a batch of 10 AR488 buffered GPIB adapter boards (6 of them are available at cost for German forum members that want to play with GPIB on thir TE).
Waiting to be soldered because Arduino's official shop sells them like this.

 Cheers,
 DC1MC

 

[PlainName]

The paint job turned out very well, I was happy to pay 900€ for it.

JOOI, what does that 900€ buy over a tin of gloss plus paintbrush?

[jonpaul]

Inspired by an EEV blog forum, I researched handheld DVMs.

 Have handheld DVM but   old and inaccurate or cheap Chinese junk.

Over the years,  my Flukes,  , all great quality, made in USA. 

Just won
Fluke 87V 10 Amp 1000-Volt True RMS Industrial Digital Multimeter w/ TL75 Leads, current cat!
https://www.fluke.com/en-us/product/electrical-testing/digital-multimeters/fluke-87v

Great cond, great price,

We shall Sée when it arrives,...
'
Jon

[Martin72]

I guess you've mounted them again already?!
Looks like a d'appolito design?!
We would appreciate a  picture of the completed one please.  :-)

Will happen when it´s done.
Crossover-pcb I´ve designed by myself, also the base-plates for the spikes.
Yes it´s a kind of d'appolito with relative low crossover frequency.
Kit is here avaible:
https://www.lautsprechershop.de/hifi/audimax_core_en.htm

[gamalot]

Yet another STM32 evaluation board, I think this is the only cheap board with USB HS PHY.

[eti]

Sleeping tablets (“Kalms”) due to a noisy family lol

[Peter_O]

I had a HP11C already, but could not resist to buy this HP15C one for - hold your breath - 50 Euros.

Royal flush.

Yea. There's always a step um in PCA (pocket calc addiction). 
Maybe I should go for an 16C, making up some flimsy argumentation, using words like 'controller debugging', ... 

[themadhippy]

The tool fairy past my way today and left a little deposit

[Nominal Animal]

Yet another STM32 evaluation board, I think this is the only cheap board with USB HS PHY.

Teensy 4 is cheaper, and has two USB PHYs, both high speed (480 Mbit/s).

[gamalot]

Yet another STM32 evaluation board, I think this is the only cheap board with USB HS PHY.

Teensy 4 is cheaper, and has two USB PHYs, both high speed (480 Mbit/s).

Wow this looks interesting, except it doesn't have a real USB socket. And all Tenssy boards are out of stock in Australia. Maybe buy in the future, like Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, add to my wish list.

[Nominal Animal]

Yet another STM32 evaluation board, I think this is the only cheap board with USB HS PHY.

Teensy 4 is cheaper, and has two USB PHYs, both high speed (480 Mbit/s).

Wow this looks interesting, except it doesn't have a real USB socket.

For a hobbyist like myself, it's a good platform.  It isn't really suitable for someone designing their own boards based on NXP i.MX RT106x chips, because the bootloader on the MKL02 chip on the board is proprietary.  (Except for general evaluation and testing of the platform.)

Only one USB connector is soldered in (USB Micro-B, 5-pin); this one is also used for programming, no separate programmer is used.  One must solder the second one on; I recommend cutting a cable and soldering the wires to the pads.  Testing on Linux shows that even in Arduino/Teensyduino, over USB Serial, one can achieve well over 200 Mbit/s transfer rates using the main one.  I haven't tested the second one, nor bulk USB transfer rates, carefully enough to say how close to theoretical maximum bandwidth one can get.

For development, I habitually use a cheap ADuM3160-based USB isolator (limited to full speed, 12 Mbit/s) off eBay, more to make sure my laptop USB ports won't get damaged due to my butterfingery than anything else.  They're all based on the application example off the datasheet, and the only real variance is the isolated DC-DC converter they use – some are more efficient, some less, but all limit the maximum current one can draw somewhat.  I'm waiting for the high-speed isolators based on TI ISOUSB211 and others to come on the market.

PJRC does have some Teensy 4.0 and Teensy 4.1 in stock right now, 2022-12-30.

For Teensy 4.1, I recommend also getting the PSRAM (or two, 16 Mbytes of PSRAM is really nice for so little money), and the Ethernet kit.  Also, on 4.1 the other USB port is available on pins, so you can use the USB host cable.

The NXP MKL02 chip contains the proprietary bootloader and PJRC-specific Teensy stuff, and uses the JTAG interface.  PJRC does sell the pre-programmed MKL02 chips, if one wants to make their own Teensy-compatible board.  Currently, suitable IMXRT1062DV*6B or IMXRT1062DV*6A chips are very difficult to find, though.

The PJRC (Teensy) Forum is quite active, and Paul Stoffregen (creator of Teensies) actively answers questions there.  You can find his Arduino and Teensyduino code at his GitHub repositories.

[gamalot]

Yet another STM32 evaluation board, I think this is the only cheap board with USB HS PHY.

Teensy 4 is cheaper, and has two USB PHYs, both high speed (480 Mbit/s).

Wow this looks interesting, except it doesn't have a real USB socket.

For a hobbyist like myself, it's a good platform.  It isn't really suitable for someone designing their own boards based on NXP i.MX RT106x chips, because the bootloader on the MKL02 chip on the board is proprietary.  (Except for general evaluation and testing of the platform.)

Only one USB connector is soldered in (USB Micro-B, 5-pin); this one is also used for programming, no separate programmer is used.  One must solder the second one on; I recommend cutting a cable and soldering the wires to the pads.  Testing on Linux shows that even in Arduino/Teensyduino, over USB Serial, one can achieve well over 200 Mbit/s transfer rates using the main one.  I haven't tested the second one, nor bulk USB transfer rates, carefully enough to say how close to theoretical maximum bandwidth one can get.

For development, I habitually use a cheap ADuM3160-based USB isolator (limited to full speed, 12 Mbit/s) off eBay, more to make sure my laptop USB ports won't get damaged due to my butterfingery than anything else.  They're all based on the application example off the datasheet, and the only real variance is the isolated DC-DC converter they use – some are more efficient, some less, but all limit the maximum current one can draw somewhat.  I'm waiting for the high-speed isolators based on TI ISOUSB211 and others to come on the market.

PJRC does have some Teensy 4.0 and Teensy 4.1 in stock right now, 2022-12-30.

For Teensy 4.1, I recommend also getting the PSRAM (or two, 16 Mbytes of PSRAM is really nice for so little money), and the Ethernet kit.  Also, on 4.1 the other USB port is available on pins, so you can use the USB host cable.

The NXP MKL02 chip contains the proprietary bootloader and PJRC-specific Teensy stuff, and uses the JTAG interface.  PJRC does sell the pre-programmed MKL02 chips, if one wants to make their own Teensy-compatible board.  Currently, suitable IMXRT1062DV*6B or IMXRT1062DV*6A chips are very difficult to find, though.

The PJRC (Teensy) Forum is quite active, and Paul Stoffregen (creator of Teensies) actively answers questions there.  You can find his Arduino and Teensyduino code at his GitHub repositories.

Thank you so much for your informative input! I've been using the STM32 lately, the last time I used an NXP MCU was the LPC1700 series about a decade ago. I like to collect a few (cheap) evaluation boards from different manufacturers just in case I need them, sadly most of the boards I get back are never really used, like those multimeters and power supplies. 

[Mortymore]

Bought a SDM3055 Siglent multimeter

[Martin72]

UV-LED stripes, 2 6W UV-lamps, Alufoil, 5l 12% hydrogen peroxide and a transparent storage box.
Result: Nice..