The aim of this thread is to be like Your latest purchase but with free stuff.
If possible tell us how you got it.
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One Raspberry Pi Pico.
My wife.
Oh wait, that costs me every day.
Oh wait, and I am glad it does…
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electronics tech since the first day of fourth grade. people have given me free things all my life. they know I will do something McGyverish with it.
many instances of parents giving me things in part because they knew son was going to steal it and buy drugs with the proceeds and they would rather have a stranger who would use it right get the thing. son sitting there listening to this, seething in rage
most recent freebies: a Crafstman 10" contractor table saw, the belt drive one that's worth having, and a bizarre giant equalizer for accordions, called a Cordovox, that will be source maaterial for a parametric guitar amp.
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I have started doing that.
So far a broken toy watch and a broken “fan” toy.
Power supplies. I have boxes and boxes of power supplies in the loft, many given to me by friends. Most of them I'll never use, but if I need a power supply for something I can usually find one to do the job.
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Nice!
I’d love to see the collection…..
One day:
Power supplies museum.
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I would guess that they were from random devices that insist on using a not common plug?
Or am I wrong?
~$40,000 worth of FPGAs.
Not that it's possible for me to do anything with them, but I still find it a bit mind-boggling.
Of course, if you're trying to set dollar values to things, it can be difficult to factor in the age and "obsolete" status of things.
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They are from random devices, yes. Either old devices that are end of life or new devices that come with a power supply they don't need, for example because they are PoE powered.
I don't know what you mean about plugs.
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I think he's referring to the vast variety of co-axial low voltage power plugs. It might be the right voltage and amperage, but you're damn lucky if it fits the socket on the equipment you want to power!
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I've got so many power supplies finding one with the right plug isn't usually a problem.
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Yes, best to read what is on the adapter. It usually says those.
Best to read the full sentence for comprehension.
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I got chip samples from Microchip!
Most are shipping in around 16 days!
List of stuff I got:
AVR128DA28-I/SP
ATmega4809-PF
ATmega1248P-PU
ATmega328p-pu
ATtiny85-20PU
ATmega644P-20PU
ATmega8535-16PU Shipping in march
MCP4162-103E/P
24LC512-I/P
MCP23017-E/SP
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I guess it depends if you are an electronics collector or not.
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Didn't know you could get chip samples...
Tell me how I can get some! 
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Only if you promise not to abuse it. 
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I'm sorry if that came across the wrong way, that wasn't my intention.
However, I am a business remember! Legally I cannot use samples in a product as they have to be purchased in order to use in a product. Could be useful for prototyping and testing design ideas though...
Get a Microchip account and fill in all the relevant stuff.
Look for something you want to test, find the sample button, click it and fill in the relevant info.
Note: you can only sample one specific part out of a chip family, at a time.
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