On Sunday 13 August 2017 07:55:22 Mark wrote: > On 08/13/2017 05:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 13 August 2017 04:38:43 Chris Albertson wrote: > >> Get the version with the bigger graphic screen. The firmware > >> supports both screens but the graphic one is nicer. Also make sure > >> it is assembled, not a kit. Unless you like soldering. > > > > I think I got the kit. And I've had a hot soldering iron on the > > bench in front of me for quite close to 70 years. So I know which > > end is hot. :-) > > > > I bought 2 of the ones with the clear case. Figured I would probably > > blow one or both with the dielectric absorbtion of the typical aged > > 'lytic cap. One doesn't always remember to short circuit them before > > hooking up the probes, then remove the short. Its very good > > practice. > > I'm with Gene. Been soldering for the better part of 50 years. I > built my kit PDQ. Now I have to figure how to shoehorn this in the > case Banggood sent me. Standoffs don't quite line up with the board. > Wonder if they sent me the wrong one. > > I needed this like I needed a hole in the head with all the other gear > I have. A full blown Tek 577 curve tracer that does more than I've > learned to do yet on it, more scopes, storage and regular, along with > waveform analyzers, counters, signal and function generators and so > on. > > But this little kit caught my eye a while back and it was cheap enough > for a "what the hell." > Precisely Mark. As in at 82, my curiosity bump is not yet worn flat from scratching it like this. :p) > > Mark > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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