Dayton Hamvention Enrico OE1EQW . -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- = Von: "Brian Kraut" An: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. Juni 2008 16:13 Betreff: RE: Equipment acquisition for homebrewers > I got a lot of my stuff going to hamfests (ham radio swap meet for those > that don't know). I have not been to one in several years, but really us= ed > to love them. I have never been into ham radio, but there are usually a > bunch of people selling just regular electronics junk and test equipment > there. > = > Anyone know of a good online hamfest schedule? > = > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > = > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu]On Behalf > Of Bryan Bishop > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:06 AM > To: piclist@mit.edu > Subject: Equipment acquisition for homebrewers > = > = > Hey all, > = > I'm wondering about methodologies for acquiring interesting, unique, > useful, or 'maybe it will one day be useful' equipment (junk). > Obviously going through the normal routines of Radio Shack and > electronic shops isn't really going to get you much these days. > Digikey, Mouser, etc., can do some electronic componentry, but I'm > thinking more in terms of shop/lab equipment, and for cheap. > = > So here's the question. How do you, particularly, go about acquiring > hardware that you work with ? The materials? The tools? I know that > many of you have very, very interesting toys that you play with, and my > collection is iffy at the moment. I've seen various suggestions around > the web to just keep trolling ebay, craigslist and the newspaper, but > this results only in so much. There's also been that occasional > suggestion to go dumpster diving. > = > I'm interested in constructing a few general programs that facilitate > the acquisition of this sort of equipment. For instance, I could spend > my time clicking around on ebay and craigslist waiting for something > interesting to pop up and catch my attention, or I could even more > easily write a program that monitors for certain items (even though I > don't entirely know what I am looking for) and various prices, > locations, whatever. This would be fine if I knew the locations to > monitor. I just don't know how people with very massive accumulations > of 'junk' actually get that way without paying a fortune for each and > every item. Is there some sort of secret club for cool equipment? I'm > doubting it -- but there certainly should be, yes. > = > So the program that I am writing would go search the databases on a > periodic basis, and then return results that may or may not be > interesting. The routines for this are pretty simple to construct, but > I'm not entirely sure of where to start searching. Where could I get a > full list of shops and suppliers and so on for any city in the world, > for instance? And what about websites and such listings? Does anybody > have that sort of information besides a printed (text-only) phone book? > I'd like to avoid print publications, but if I have to I'll look into > some. > = > I'd like to hear any stories that you might have. Electronics, > metalworking, biotech equipment, anything. It looks like the main issue > is that you have to actually need a component for some project, and > this eventually results in finding something locally available, but at > the same time I'm sure there are other ways to creatively enhance your > set of tools and stuffs, yes? > = > I'm sending this off to a handful of different mailing lists, so there's > a reason why the context may seem a little odd for anybody listening. > = > - Bryan > ________________________________________ > http://heybryan.org/ > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > = > = > = > -- = > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > = > = > -- = > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. = > Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1524 - Release Date: 28.06.200= 8 19:42 > = > = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist