What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[tautech]

Aliexpress birthday sales on now.

A couple of these 555 based timer modules for 78c ea



One of these flow sensors for a water pump dry run protection project.

Lazy bugga for not rolling your own timer you could have got the parts for maybe $3-4 I have memories of 555's alone being nearly $2 each as a kid.

LOL Yep easy build but for 78c, why would ya.

Even the flow sensor was only USD15  c/w shipping

[Free_WiFi]

This is what i bought today: here the original link to my Thread https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/an-ebay-seller-have-made-my-day-today/msg2305101/#msg2305101

[maginnovision]

Working Fluke 5200A AC calibrator. I don't need any more stuff.

[drescherjm]

I just got a SDS1104X-E to go with my bench power supply I purchased last week.

[legacy]

a lot of second-hand Fonera mini routers. One has been overclocked, so it needs more heatsinks and a cooling fan

[electromotive]

Picked up a Fluke 189 for $123 shipped, thanks to an ebay promo, an auction with a weird ending time, and a little luck.

[Ice-Tea]

A silly expensive battery for a SMIQ03.



I'm OK with manufacturers using expensive, non-standard (ie. I don't have a box full of 'm) backup batteries but then I *demand* that they last forever and a day. Not shorter than a PC with a CR2032.

[djos]

A silly expensive battery for a SMIQ03.



I'm OK with manufacturers using expensive, non-standard (ie. I don't have a box full of 'm) backup batteries but then I *demand* that they last forever and a day. Not shorter than a PC with a CR2032.

Why dont you just put in a 1/2 AA holder and then use the normal 1/2 AA lithium batteries?

I did this retro fit to my old Mac SE which had one soldered in.

eg https://store.retrofixes.com/products/macintosh-se-pram-holder

[gamalot]

Yokogawa 2786 Decade Resistance Box 

[Ice-Tea]

Wanted to keep it as close to the original as possible

[BU508A]

received today some nice tools and some 0.28mm Cu isolated wire
Those wood drills are as sharp as a razor! Like it! 
And some TiN plated countersinks.

[frozenfrogz]

I ordered a Micsig DP10013 differential probe and on of those 16MP / 1080P 60FPS C Mount Digital Microscope Cameras from China with ocular adapter, hoping it can be fixed to my TS-4 Dynascope.

[GlennSprigg]

A REAL imported Custard Tart !!!!!!!!
Moved from South-Australia to Western-Australia 6 years ago.
NO-ONE can make them like 'Balfours' in Adelaide !!!
They don't even know what 'FRITZ' is in WA... They call their version 'Paloney'.

[PTR_1275]

Balfours are pretty good and I normally get some when I go to Adelaide, unfortunately most of the bakeries around Perth aren’t that great. Bakers hill makes a damn good pie though, highly recommend them if you’ve not been up there

[technix]

I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

[DC1MC]

I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved 

[rsjsouza]

I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved 

If an authorized reseller will actually pick up the phone for a quantity of less than 10ku... (maybe or maybe not, I didn't check).

Seriously, technix, what were you thinking, man?!?  Embarking in an adventure like that without taking a look at how crappy or good their tools are is a long shot in the dark. Even if you are able to get the tools, who knows if they are any bad or good?

[djos]

A REAL imported Custard Tart !!!!!!!!
Moved from South-Australia to Western-Australia 6 years ago.
NO-ONE can make them like 'Balfours' in Adelaide !!!
They don't even know what 'FRITZ' is in WA... They call their version 'Paloney'.

Here in Victoria they call it Devon!

Luckily you can buy farmers union iced coffee here in most shops and occasionally you'll find Vili's pies etc too. Haven't seen any Balfours products over here tho, just four and twenty rubbish.

[technix]

Seriously, technix, what were you thinking, man?!?  Embarking in an adventure like that without taking a look at how crappy or good their tools are is a long shot in the dark. Even if you are able to get the tools, who knows if they are any bad or good?

Trump scare.

I am Chinese, and all of Intel, Xilinx, Microchip and Lattice are American companies. I need an escape route for my FPGA based projects if Trump decides to put an embargo on China our of the blue for whatever reason he heard from cable TV that morning. He is volatile yet my entire line of business can be snubbed out by him sneezing the wrong way.

I was already getting annoyed at Xilinx and their export control system, and he is touting further trade war with China.

[technix]

I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Well, spend another 1.55$ and buy one from an authorised reseller, problem solved 

They don’t have a list of authorized seller available almost anywhere. There is no phone I can call or Email address I can write to.

Or baybe I should pay them another visit and ask them for a list of resellers, face to face.

[Free_WiFi]

This is the item that i've received today : https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/truly-american-made-metcal-genuine-tip-sttc031-lot-9318-04/

[TERRA Operative]

Yokogawa 2786 Decade Resistance Box 

Ooh, nice. These pop up on Yahoo Auctions Japan from time to time for not insignificant amounts of money...

[FrankBuss]

I bought one of my biggest disappointment: AG1KLPQ48.

That thing is a Chinese-made FPGA with 1024 LE in a QFN48 package - seem like a competitor to Lattice iCE40 series, and it costs half as much.

BUT. THE. DEVELOPMENT. TOOLS. The company made that chip is not providing the tools to anyone except their authorized resellers, and the specific reseller I bought it from, LCSC, does not admit them being an authorized reseller. Now the only thing I can do with those chips is literally eat them.

Ugh.

Recently I found the FPGA chips from Anlogic, also available at lcsc.com. You can even buy test boards here, bought today. Nice about the bigger ones, but still less than $10: they have 8 Mbyte integrated SDRAM, and 130 kB block RAM. And I could download and install the Anlogic TD IDE from the seeedstudio webpage in a Windows VM. The installation dialogs were in Chinese, but looks like the program itself is in English.

[McBryce]

Just snapped up a brand new Fluke 1577 with case etc for just €193. Finally my vintage Megger can go into a well deserved retirement after around 70 years of service (no I'm not that old, it was my fathers).

McBryce.

[HighVoltage]

Just snapped up a brand new Fluke 1577 with case etc for just €193. Finally my vintage Megger can go into a well deserved retirement after around 70 years of service (no I'm not that old, it was my fathers).

McBryce.

You got very lucky, that is a really good price !