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.
A Textronix TDS 2002C oscilloscope
An small and cute entry range oscilloscope, with 70 MHz bandwith, for everyday measurements.