Nice catch, I have a set of far far cheaper ones that do what I what I want just fine. Maybe if I had a lathe, a mill etc then I'd be looking for something with a bit accuracy, so until then... ![Clapping :clap:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/clap.gif.pagespeed.ce.LImJbaO0yv.gif)
I already had a Mitutoyo digital caliper, so it was not exactly pressing, but when I realized that nobody is bidding for the 'old electric measurement clamp' with the blurry picture, I could not pass...
and got a flawless Moore & Wright Micro2000 Mod.2025 digital micrometer with booklet, certificate, box and charger for 50.- incl. anything. It even came with working NiCads. But factually, the Mauser mechanical vernier caliper does most of the work. (that's not recent, just on topic)
Buuuut.....
New Source in the House!
An Analogic Data Precision 2020-100 Polynominal Waveform Synthesizer with 100Ms/s and 12 bit.It can do point entry arb mode as well as standard functions, but the real feature is the possibility to enter your desired signal as a y=f(t) polynomial. Generators of this series are often found in NEMP test gear as they can easily produce the decaying e function specified as envelope.
I already have the 800Ms/s 8bit version, which is the 2030. It will be in good company soon. And I watched this beast on Ebay for several months, seeing it go down from about 500.- to 199.-. And even then, I watched it go through 3 offer cycles. No more!
(Gloating Watershrew with IPA in hand sits and sneers derisively at lesser generators)Also, a Huber&Suhner torque wrench for SMC connectors. And the library did get some attention too:
complete and immaculate 4 volume Lexikon der Hochfrequenz-, Nachrichten- und Elektrotechnik from 1953, which does not only provide very precise definitions, but the terms in English, French and Russian too. And that for a lousy 10.-. So, I have still that twitching in the multimeter nerve. My eyes get drawn to the Fluke 867 more and more. Well, you will hear about. Maybe the twitching will go away by itself.