Author Topic: What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase! (Read 3087506 times)

MarvinTheMartian · « **Reply #1525 on:** May 31, 2016, 10:47:17 am »

Quote from: MrSlack on May 31, 2016, 10:42:18 am

A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.

Nicely done!

nanofrog · « **Reply #1526 on:** May 31, 2016, 10:50:20 am »

Quote from: MrSlack on May 31, 2016, 10:42:18 am

A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.

Nice score.

You must've done something right in a previous life.

VK5RC · « **Reply #1527 on:** May 31, 2016, 10:54:57 am »

Now you tell me re the 453, I have one being repaired and it has mind-controlled me to get a donor parts unit!!

MrSlack · « **Reply #1528 on:** May 31, 2016, 11:12:12 am »

Quote from: VK5RC on May 31, 2016, 10:54:57 am

Now you tell me re the 453, I have one being repaired and it has mind-controlled me to get a donor parts unit!!

You are now officially doomed

AF6LJ · « **Reply #1529 on:** May 31, 2016, 04:36:56 pm »

Quote from: MarvinTheMartian on May 31, 2016, 10:47:17 am

Quote from: MrSlack on May 31, 2016, 10:42:18 am
A nice ebay steal just arrived. Two partial reels of 190 pc each of AVX tantalum caps, 47uF 20v and 4.7uF 25v. Total price? £7.92 for both rolls inc shipping. RS would have shafted me for about £500 for that.

Nicely done!

I totally Agree GooD Deal.

ElektroQuark · « **Reply #1530 on:** May 31, 2016, 04:55:59 pm »

Quote from: plazma on May 26, 2016, 19:11:28

200ml of Galden LS-230. 90€ with shipping.
I'm going to try it with an induction hot plate and an asparagus pot.
>

Where did you buy it?

AF6LJ · « **Reply #1531 on:** May 31, 2016, 04:58:29 pm »

Quote from: EdoNork on May 31, 2016, 04:55:59 pm

Quote from: plazma on May 26, 2016, 19:11:28
200ml of Galden LS-230. 90€ with shipping.
I'm going to try it with an induction hot plate and an asparagus pot.
>

Where did you buy it?

Okay so I have to ask.........
What is that stuff??

nanofrog · « **Reply #1532 on:** May 31, 2016, 07:15:16 pm »

Quote from: AF6LJ on May 31, 2016, 04:58:29 pm

Okay so I have to ask.........
What is that stuff??

It's an inert, fluorinated fluid used for vapor phase soldering (digits in the P/N is the boiling point).

There's an entire thread on it here if you're curious.

AF6LJ · « **Reply #1533 on:** June 01, 2016, 02:16:33 pm »

Quote from: nanofrog on May 31, 2016, 07:15:16 pm

Quote from: AF6LJ on May 31, 2016, 04:58:29 pm
Okay so I have to ask.........
What is that stuff??
It's an inert, fluorinated fluid used for vapor phase soldering (digits in the P/N is the boiling point).

There's an entire thread on it here if you're curious.

Thanks Very Cool.

japasetelagoas · « **Reply #1534 on:** June 02, 2016, 01:49:54 am »

My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.

I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.

plazma · « **Reply #1535 on:** June 02, 2016, 05:33:16 am »

Quote from: EdoNork on May 31, 2016, 04:55:59 pm

Quote from: plazma on May 26, 2016, 19:11:28
200ml of Galden LS-230. 90€ with shipping.
I'm going to try it with an induction hot plate and an asparagus pot.
>

Where did you buy it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100mL-Galden-LS-230-fur-Dampfphasenloten-/301970961644?

The price went down to 29€ for 100ml!
I paid 90€ for 200ml including shipping to Finland.

DTJ · « **Reply #1536 on:** June 02, 2016, 06:45:41 am »

Quote from: japasetelagoas on June 02, 2016, 01:49:54 am

My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.

I can barely buy two tweezer with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.

They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?

Are they magnetic at all?

Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!

japasetelagoas · « **Reply #1537 on:** June 02, 2016, 10:33:00 am »

Quote from: DTJ on June 02, 2016, 06:45:41 am

Quote from: japasetelagoas on June 02, 2016, 01:49:54 am
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.

I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.

They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?

Are they magnetic at all?

Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!

Hey DTJ,
There you have it:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/6pcs-set-high-quality-china-hand-tools-Antistatic-ESD-high-precision-eyelash-extension-Stainless-steel-tweezers/32334677641.html

I still haven't taken them to my lab so I can't really state how magnetic they are. I do have some magnets laying around, I'll let you know about it as soon as I check.

plazma · « **Reply #1538 on:** June 02, 2016, 11:19:40 am »

How is the quality? All Chinese tweezers I have are quite bad. No use for 0201.

antonc · « **Reply #1539 on:** June 02, 2016, 11:33:16 am »

Off topic, but related - I've been using Aramex Global Shopper for Itead and Seeed PCB orders. Averages about R150.00 for shipping, takes (at most) a week.

Quote from: kolbep on May 17, 2015, 08:34:35 pm

On Friday, I received orders for 2 of my Generator Autostart ATS Control Panels.
Spent some time on Saturday, and most of this afternoon completing the board layout.

then this evening I Just spent over ZAR700 (about a tank of petrol) with ITEADSTUDIO
for 10 off 10x10cm Prototype PCB's
Most of the cost was for the DHL shipping.

I just couldn't wait 4 months for the standard shipping.

Now I have my fingers crossed that they will arrive in 2 weeks!

P

Falkra · « **Reply #1540 on:** June 02, 2016, 05:30:51 pm »

I just bought this air compressor.

8 bar, 2L tank (no oil), 1100W, 1,5 hp, 195 l/min.
It is really loud, but useful when I need to remove dust from some old dirty, dusty and sometimes crusty boards, fans, computer cases.
I paid around 120 euros, it may be a lot, but now I don't need all tiny - and too expensive - air dusters (aerosol sprays).

McBryce · « **Reply #1541 on:** June 02, 2016, 07:05:34 pm »

Quote from: Falkra on June 02, 2016, 05:30:51 pm

I just bought this air compressor.

8 bar, 2L tank (no oil), 1100W, 1,5 hp, 195 l/min.
It is really loud, but useful when I need to remove dust from some old dirty, dusty and sometimes crusty boards, fans, computer cases.
I paid around 120 euros, it may be a lot, but now I don't need all tiny - and too expensive - air dusters (aerosol sprays).

It's not that expensive if you consider that a can of Air-duster will cost about €10, so 12 cans (a years worth in my world) costs the same. So after 12 months you're saving money.

McBryce.

BFX · « **Reply #1542 on:** June 02, 2016, 08:01:57 pm »

Some HF staff

vinicius.jlantunes · « **Reply #1543 on:** June 02, 2016, 11:19:45 pm »

Bought one of these DDS modules:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-SET-DDS-Function-Signal-Generator-Sine-Square-Sawtooth-Triangle-Wave-NEW-/331616581310?hash=item4d35e376be

I didn't have high expectations of course, but it's much worst then I thought... the software in particular. The actual frequency is half of what you choose, the menu system is really stupid, it's reaaaaaly slow, etc etc...
I wonder if anyone ever wrote better firmware for it? I tried to find it here in the forum with no success, but I didn't have many ideas on how to search for such thing.

japasetelagoas · « **Reply #1544 on:** June 03, 2016, 12:44:12 am »

My SMD rework station arrived !

It used to be made by a company called Toyo here in Brazil but for some reason they transitioned to this new brand. Even when I bought it at the webstore it was still named as Toyo. It pretty much pairs up with Hakko from what I've read on Brazilian forums.

Took this PIC24F and a few other components off just to get a hold on it. Need to be confident before attempting to swap a capacitor inside my old Macbook Pro, watched a bunch of Louis Rossmann's videos but still unsure on how much flux to use.

On the equipment side:

japasetelagoas · « **Reply #1545 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:01:35 am »

Quote from: DTJ on June 02, 2016, 06:45:41 am

Quote from: japasetelagoas on June 02, 2016, 01:49:54 am
My tweezers from Aliexpress finally arrived. A decent shipping time for such a complicated customs department as Brazil has. 9 bucks for the entire kit including shipping.

I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.

They look great - do you have a link you could share to the vendor?

Are they magnetic at all?

Nothing worse than small SMD passives sticking to your tweezers!

Just tried them on some SMD resistors and caps, they only got stuck due to some solder residue I believe. After it cooled down I picked them up several times and they always dropped down once I let it loose. For that little money, a good deal IMHO.

DTJ · « **Reply #1546 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:56:35 am »

Quote from: japasetelagoas on June 03, 2016, 01:01:35 am

I can barely buy two tweezers with that much money on some Brazilian electronics online stores, 23 more electronics orders to arrive from Ali.

Do you have a link to the aliexpress vendor you could share? Thanks!

nowlan · « **Reply #1547 on:** June 03, 2016, 07:53:04 am »

He gave this link a few posts up.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/6pcs-set-high-quality-china-hand-tools-Antistatic-ESD-high-precision-eyelash-extension-Stainless-steel-tweezers/32334677641.html

DTJ · « **Reply #1548 on:** June 03, 2016, 08:30:34 am »

Quote from: nowlan on June 03, 2016, 07:53:04 am

He gave this link a few posts up.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/6pcs-set-high-quality-china-hand-tools-Antistatic-ESD-high-precision-eyelash-extension-Stainless-steel-tweezers/32334677641.html

Awesome - I can't see for looking. Thanks for that!

Edit - I've just ordered, looks like a good deal.

nowlan · « **Reply #1549 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:01:01 pm »

My friend poo poo'd the ESD claim, need to be black coated not stainless steel. I guess wrist strap required.


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