WHATAYAGETTIN FOR XMAS_2018 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: spec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2018, 08:50:09 pm
content: I'm getting £100UK to spend at DigiKey, so there.

author: RobK_NL
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2018, 10:22:33 pm
content: I got myself a :MOVE mini to build with my son. It'll be his first steps into coding; curious to see how he likes it!

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2018, 11:14:44 pm
content: Holy crap, how many MLCCs you can get for $140?

author: spec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2018, 11:15:39 pm
content: Quote from: blueskull on December 24, 2018, 10:27:24 pmand I thought I was doing well.

author: spec
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2018, 11:18:15 pm
content: Quote from: RobK_NL on December 24, 2018, 10:22:33 pmHow old is your son? My Dad was into electronics and he taught me a lot.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2018, 05:43:53 am
content: I got myself a Pace ADS 200 soldering station with some tips and so far loving it

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2018, 02:18:35 pm
content: Socks and chocolate, plus a couple of shirts. When it comes to presents my partner is somewhat lacking in imagination and she's also not very technically minded.So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I also bought some parts from Mouser that will upgrade the timing oscillator in my counter and add five 10 MHz outputs to lock other pieces of equipment. With my GPSDO plugged in it will sync to that but even without GPS the OCXO will keep things nice and stable. The PCB to do all of this fits in place of the GPIB card which I don't use.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2018, 02:49:19 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on December 24, 2018, 11:14:44 pmi don't know... 12?Me nothing about electronics, a new snowboard backpackwill have to wait until saturday to try it out though

author: timgiles
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2018, 02:57:27 pm
content: Me and the Mrs bought a house - so in March moving from 45m2 to around 300m2!My son got.... 7 or 8 lego kits covering trains, stations and houses (I include his because I get to help if I am lucky)Second hand 34401A :-) working greatA chance to design my perfect home lab/electronics desk/fume cupboard etc..... (for the new house) rather than our dining room tableLooking forward in 2019 to the buy/sell part of the forum :-) and getting 10 ish projects finished I have not had the space or time to complete

author: Edison
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2018, 09:36:31 pm
content: This year we have gifts before Christmas.The son needed a school notebook to get the HP Spektre + SSD disk backups. My wife has some sporting equipment and because I've been very good all year long, so I've got the new Ford Kuga STline.The main gifts were soft gifts (socks, hats, towels), hard gifts (professional literature, perfumes, ceramics) and edible gifts (chocolate, salami and alcohol filled glass - interesting to disappear first, probably blame climate warming)