Let’s talk about some cool gear I bought!
The Fluke 117 multimeter
You can find perfectly fine multimeters for 10 or 20 bucks, yes. But for its reliability, precision, and crystal clear beep in continuity mode, I ended up buying the genuine Fluke.
Saleae Logic 8
This one too is a top brand choice logic analyzer, rather than cheap copy. I found a pretty good pre-loved deal, I had a discount on delivery, and I never regretted it one second. You could object that 48 MHz as a maximum frequency is a bit low if you want to spy on very fast busses, but my cables are always too long anyway, so I guess I’ll just slow down my frequencies when I need some heavy debugging.
A treasure chest with eval kits
I have got some Nucleo, nRF52DK, de l’ESP32, and other wonders.
Pine64 Pinecil soldering iron
A small pencil-like soldering iron, for non-intensive use. I do not have heavy rework tools, but I can solder my own cables at will.
iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit
Every small screwdriver tip I will ever need, plus tweezers, plus a magnet board to stop loosing the tiny screws.
An oscilloscope… but an analog one
It actually still works, and it had proven useful when both multimeter and logic analyzer do not work, for instance, audio signals. It is also a cool vintage decoration.
