Your latest purchase (August 20th to February 11th)

Something for the long and cold winther nights :slight_smile:



@westfw
Jon Axelson is quite good! - used a prev version of that book in a prev job. Are you going to play with the 8u2 ?

My latest buy (in Arduino domain) is this logic analyzer : - Logic Analyzers from Saleae - #1 with Professional Engineers -

Thansen_DK:
Something for the long and cold winther nights :slight_smile:

I got one of those 4 relay, and 8 relay boards too.

The nano I just ordered are going to be used for the 8 relay board, and when that is working, and I have finished my multitask stuff for the home automation nodes, I am going to get one of those big 16 relay boards... Just because they are made.

I just bought this from Australia. Works with Chipkit32 Uno and Arduino
3.2" Serial LCD-TFT Display Module (with Touch) 100$ shipping to Canada included
http://www.4dsystems.com.au/prod.php?id=113

Very nice display, what you are going to do with it ?

Those displays are pretty cool!
When you have a look at the command set, it kinda leaves you wondering what your Arduino is going to be doing!
They have multiple UARTS, SPI, I2C, GPIO pins.
I think the language has built in support for parsing NMEA sentences.

Very nice.. little pricey for me at the moment. Does everything but the laundry! I wonder how long before cheap knockoffs flood the market or simply mass-production cost savings will be. I think it's out of the price range of most hobbyists, though.. I think things seem to do best below $50 US. More of a mental limit than a financial one at times, I think. $20 is usually the limits of "pocket cash", You can talk yourelf into spending $50, but it's exponentially harder to talk yourself into $100. The thing looks far too fun to play with.. I hope the market price comes down on them....

However, I can't stop myself from posting this. It's far too classic not to post. Was cruising ebay, just surfing around.. and I found this:

![](http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Get-any-Girl-System-/00/$(KGrHqIOKiwE4qGshn4(BOTPgn6Wig~~48_12.JPG)

I think it's actually real.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Get-any-Girl-System-/270816265301?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item3f0de84455

It's just so darn funny, especially the Jersey Shore Dude. I just can't stop loving this ad.

robtillaart:
Very nice display, what you are going to do with it ?

GPS related project.

cyberteque:
Those displays are pretty cool!
When you have a look at the command set, it kinda leaves you wondering what your Arduino is going to be doing!
They have multiple UARTS, SPI, I2C, GPIO pins.
I think the language has built in support for parsing NMEA sentences.

Wow! didnt know that. Really cool device indeed.

From Pololu: Couple of on-sale servos, bags of crimp connectors, right angle headers, some 1x6 aand 1x8 female headers, 4 x AA battery pack with switch - and some light reading material from Pololu's free supply of older Elektor magazines XD Scooped a couple from 2010 that I didn't have, and Jan-Sep 2011. Looking forward to some interestng articles...

Ever run across an item on eBay that is utterly impractical but just too darn cool not to share?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120590510842?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

The hard part is trying to figure out how to mount it to the shark's head... :stuck_out_tongue:

WD TV Live Hub

And a bunch of connectors and cables, and stuffs so I can make a new custom cable between the Live Hub and my projector...

3 Zablets. That is a TV-B-Gone clone, done by the OSAA (Hackerspace in Århus). A friend wanted one, so I bought 3, soldered one for her. I think I will give one of the kits as Xmas gift to some nephews.

sync:

robtillaart:
Very nice display, what you are going to do with it ?

GPS related project.

I own the same display. My projects are:
Stepper touch controller

IMU panel

The full library with plain-English functions, touch, buttons and dialog boxes management, sound, data logger, is available here.

Enjoy :wink:

Bought 25 atmega328p-pu from digikey. Used westfw's optiloader to load optiboot bootloaders while chatting online. The optiloader is lightning fast!!

Bought myself two Pro Minis off ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arduino-Pro-Mini-168-5V-16MHz-/280601525492?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4155277cf4

And some headers for them:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x-Male-40-Pin-Single-Row-2-54-mm-Pitch-Strip-Header-/250583482161?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a57f07f31

As I have a pile of RTCs and crystals for them, I thought I should make a clock project. Maybe a talking clock using the speakJet shield, or a binary clock using shift registers, or even just repair the clock project I broke earlier... I bought the proMini so I can do all this, and more.

Onions.

Rockwell GPS-RX Module, 5v, RS-232 interface.

Used module.. but got it off ebay for.. ready? $2.26 including shipping :grin:

Also picked up eight (odd number to package, but whatever...) 1 watt LEDs in Red, Green, and Blue. Seven dollars and change for what amounts to eight three-watt RGB LED's.... I love ebay...

Those came from other vendors, but a vendor I've gotten a couple of things from (stepper motors, a relay module, and I'm soon getting a bluetooth module from) is worth mentioning. There's a bit of a language barrier, but if you want to buy multiples of things they even will negotiate on the price (I got eight of the stepper motors for $2.10 each I think it was, shipped free).

http://stores.ebay.com/happylirong

3 ultra-sonic sensors for 11€, in eBay, really good pricing.
Will be probably used in my project if they interact with each one, if they do I will need to spend more than 50€ in 3 sharp IR distance sensors.

I just got $60 of misc. stuff from Digikey. Mainly, I was picking up some 7-segment 4-digit displays, and 7221 drivers, but I always grab other useful stuff while I'm paying for shipping anyway. Trying not to buy much in the way of passive components for a bit, waiting to do 1 big collection of "grab bag" buys.

:grin: :grin: :grin:

Dig it. I just got this for $1 at a garage sale up the street. PRISTINE condition, looking for batteries at the moment...

I know I'm not the only one that considers this a stunning find.....