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[SingedFingers]

Those PSoCs look rather cool. I've got a million use cases for them

[macboy]

I wanted to play with some microcontrollers. After some time in checking some, i decided myself for The cypress psoc.

Nice choice.
On my latest Mouser order, I added a couple of PSoC 4  and PSoC 5LP dev kits. These seem to me to be a great value for such capable 32-bit MCUs. That PSoC 5LP dev kit costs less than the bare chip that is on the board, plus there is another PSoC 5 series chip on the USB programmer/debugger snap-off section. The board has two $15 PSoC 5 chips on it, and costs $10.    These are definitely not designed to turn a profit, but to turn people on to the chips instead. Works for me. Now if I could just find time in my busy life to crack open the boxes and build something.

[SingedFingers]

That's a rather cheap way of starting out. Might grab one of them!

[alexanderbrevig]

I bought a house! Whaaaaaaat. 

EDIT: that sounded way too casual... My first and only house, to clarify.

[Deridex]

I wanted to play with some microcontrollers. After some time in checking some, i decided myself for The cypress psoc.

Nice choice.
On my latest Mouser order, I added a couple of PSoC 4  and PSoC 5LP dev kits. These seem to me to be a great value for such capable 32-bit MCUs. That PSoC 5LP dev kit costs less than the bare chip that is on the board, plus there is another PSoC 5 series chip on the USB programmer/debugger snap-off section. The board has two $15 PSoC 5 chips on it, and costs $10.    These are definitely not designed to turn a profit, but to turn people on to the chips instead. Works for me. Now if I could just find time in my busy life to crack open the boxes and build something.

My kit is a bit bigger, but i wanted to start with something i could maybe even use for a own board. So far the Toolkit looks nice but is quite huge. Let's see how i like it once i got more time 

[DimitriP]

Probemaster 4902-1 250MHz oscilloscope probe.
BNC fits nice and snug on the 465B,  unlike the TP6100 CCPs.



*CCP= cheap chinese probe

[Cubdriver]

Was able to get an HP 1055B output cable assembly for my 740B Standard/Differential Voltmeter from the 'bay.  Now to find the input cable....

-Pat

[Vgkid]

Probemaster 4902-1 250MHz oscilloscope probe.

Nice, I have 6 of their o-scope probes. A mix of the 3k and 2k series.

[Housedad]

Congrats on your first house.   Home ownership means having something to do that fills up every weekend for the rest of your life.

Enjoy!!

[bitseeker]

And more space for test equipment.

[VE7FIM]

I bought a house! Whaaaaaaat. 

EDIT: that sounded way too casual... My first and only house, to clarify.

Good plan. A house is a great place to keep your test equipment.

Landlords tend to get upset when they find out about all the racks.

[sainter]

Just arrived.

https://www.rigolna.com/images/products/DG1000Z.jpg

Powerful bit of kit. Very happy that I didn't buy AWG kit from china.

[Cubdriver]

For reasons beyond my comprehension, I just bought an HP 3591A Selective Voltmeter.  Ok, who am I kidding - I bought it because it's an old boat anchor that looks interesting and it has a nixie display.  I just ain't right in the head.   

-Pat

[Housedad]

Well, it seems that if you're not right in the head about buying things for the greed of it, then you are not alone.  everyone here is the same way.   That makes you normal to the rest of us. 
(and always use the word eccentric to describe your habits to others.  It makes them more comfortable with you)

[Cubdriver]

   I'll start telling people I'm not nuts, I'm a cam!  That should perplex them...

-Pat

[AF6LJ]

Guess:




Bernice

Looks like something out of one of those HP-8569Bs I have sitting here waiting for repair.
A limiter and low pass filter would be my best guess.

[julianhigginson]

had this recommended to me last month. Liking it so far.

https://www.bookdepository.com/Hackers-Delight-Henry-S-Warren/9780321842688?ref=grid-view

And this showed up today, just in time for a project... After hand making special purpose specific current loads every time I built any kind of power supply that wasn't just a basic low power linear regulator, this one should mean I never have to waste time making a custom one up again. well... most of the time.. for most purposes.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/arachnid-labs/re-load-pro

Also, my very first osh park order ever.. looking forward to building them up...

[mmagin]

I found a not terribly priced power supply for my HP 8648B with the stupid broken, undocumented, third-party power supply.  Will be nice to get that going again.  I have a much nicer 8644B, but you can never have too many signal generators!

I'm vaguely tempted to try fixing the old supply anyway though, I am more confident in my debugging of switching power supplies than I once was.

[Falkra]

I got on ebay this Solartron / Schlumberger 7150, 6 digits.
It is working very well. The case is not in good condition : there is a broken/missing part on the left and no handle but for 75 EUR, shipping included, I won't complain.

Pictures below, it was warming up :

[Zbig]

And this showed up today, just in time for a project... After hand making special purpose specific current loads every time I built any kind of power supply that wasn't just a basic low power linear regulator, this one should mean I never have to waste time making a custom one up again. well... most of the time.. for most purposes.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/arachnid-labs/re-load-pro

I wanted to buy Re:Load Pro so bad for a long time, checking the webpage daily but it was suffering terrible, prolonged availability problems. Finally, I got fed up and bought an Array. Can't say I regret that - it was much more expensive, but is much more bang per buck as well. Both literally, in "dissipated Watts per dollar" terms and feature-wise, also. But then again, I'm broke now Oh well.

[julianhigginson]

I wanted to buy Re:Load Pro so bad for a long time, checking the webpage daily but it was suffering terrible, prolonged availability problems. Finally, I got fed up and bought an Array. Can't say I regret that - it was much more expensive, but is much more bang per buck as well. Both literally, in "dissipated Watts per dollar" terms and feature-wise, also. But then again, I'm broke now Oh well.

ooh, this thing?
https://www.circuitspecialists.com/dc-load-400-watt-array-3721a.html
that looks pretty amazing. and for the $ it's definitely impressive. can it really sink 400w steady state?

[Zbig]

ooh, this thing?
https://www.circuitspecialists.com/dc-load-400-watt-array-3721a.html
that looks pretty amazing. and for the $ it's definitely impressive. can it really sink 400w steady state?

Yes, this exact model. I haven't loaded it with full 400W yet (something around 300W for few minutes) but I have no reason not to trust the specs. The downside is it's loud - even with the fans on idle.

[julianhigginson]

Yes, this exact model. I haven't loaded it with full 400W yet (something around 300W for few minutes) but I have no reason not to trust the specs. The downside is it's loud - even with the fans on idle.

cool!

well if you're going to have that kind of performance on your desk, it's going to show somehow! :-)  I also got the add on fan kit to push my little re:load a bit further, but haven't got around to installing that yet. I suspect the little fans on that won't be that audible even at full speed.

[krivx]

I got on ebay this Solartron / Schlumberger 7150, 6 digits.
It is working very well. The case is not in good condition : there is a broken/missing part on the left and no handle but for 75 EUR, shipping included, I won't complain.

Pictures below, it was warming up :

Search the forums for more info on these... the original mains filters have a tendency to explode.

[Bud]

An organizer rail for wrench sockets , but going to use it to hang scope/meter probes. It has a  nice aluminum rail with sliding plastic sections which you can adjust to have needed gaps between them to store cables/probes of different diameters. Only 9 CAD bucks and will look nice in the shack too.

Edit: Fellow Ontarians can buy it from Sayal