[sdiy] Re: A little bit of clearing (items for cheap in UK)

[Tom Bugs]

A quick update to say that several items have been snaffled:
Gone: Paia Drums // Soundgin // LogicTrainer // Solderpot
Still for grabs: PicAxe & PIC bits.
Cheers all (I'll write back individually to people who've contacted me)

Tom Bugs wrote:
> A little bit of a tidy up generated some items to pass on...
> Must be realistic that I'll never get around to any of these things!
> Cheapish with most things at £10 a-pop, mainly to cover postage & packing
> All prices are for UK only and include basic shipping.
> (I'll only offer outside UK if these don't go within 24hours or so..)
> If you happen to want several bits then I'm sure we can arrange a 
> bonus deal or something.
> Help me clear! (really it barely scratches the surface...)
> Please reply off-list to me --- thanks!
>
> Here we go:
>
> 1) PicAxe Micro test system - £10 - 
> http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/PicAxe.jpg
> -- these are a fun micro system using PIC chips but with their own 
> special bootloader.
> www.picaxe.co.uk --- chips are still available from them and from 
> Rapid and MUTR in the UK.
> Includes : Experimenters Board (listed £25) with cable (serial to 
> minijack) basic docs (can email more pdfs) and a few chips (type 8 // 
> 8M // 18X)
>
> 2) PIC stuff - £10 - 
> http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/PIC_VellemanK8048.jpg
> Ready built Velleman K8048 PIC programmer / experiment board
> -- for 8 // 14 // 18 // 28 pin FLASH Pics ( a few chips included - 
> 16F76 x 14 /// 16f819 x 3 /// 12F675 x 10)
> Serial programming - more details & downloads here: 
> http://www.velleman.eu/be/en/product/view/?id=350903
> Also I'll chuck in a couple of other things: a pair that I'd used 
> before for 16F877 work - an experiment board (with schematic) and 
> serial programmer
>
> 3)Paia DrumTone Board (assembled) - £10 - 
> http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/Paia_Drums.jpg
> Assembled from their kit (listed c.$50) - briefly tested this evening 
> & seems ok though I'm not quite sure about the Snare triggering - the 
> white noise sounds fine, but triggers bizarrely..
> No original docs, but much is online: 
> http://paia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=9302K
>
> 4) Soundgin chip (in test board that I never got to work) - free - 
> http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/Soundgin.jpg
> Free with anything else... I never got the circuit right to drive it - 
> presume the actual IC is still ok, but no real way to know for sure. 
> Hence free.
> http://oopic.com/soundgin/
>
> 5)'PencilBox' logic trainer - £10 - 
> http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/LogicTrainer.jpg
> Plastic cased test system for logic investigations.
> A DC power socket was fitted on the side - open it up to check polarity!
> A bit dusty on the outside, but nice on the inside with lots of features.
>
> 6) Solder pot - £10 - http://bugbrand.co.uk/images/forsale/SolderPot.jpg
> I got this off Ebay within the last year to try out an idea - didn't 
> work out for me and so no longer needed.
> Can't remember what I paid but certainly £20+ (similarish ones seem to 
> be listed at £50)
> Anyways, LeadFree, variable temp, get a solderbar from Rapid and fire 
> it up.
>
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