Not exactly microcontrollers, but...shipment from Electronics Goldmine!

[x88x]

Like it says, not exactly microcontrollers, but we don't have an electronics section. ;)

I didn't think to take a shot before I opened the giant, heavy box, but here's what was inside:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/boxed.jpg

And opened:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/opened.jpg

Here's the stuff I actually ordered on purpose... :P
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/specificItems.jpg

Mostly self explanatory, but what are those shiny things? Are they military grade gyroscopes? For only $16 each (http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G17270)? I think they are. :D I've got a few ideas for these... :twisted:

Now, to the..."surprises" :P

I got one of each of their 'surprise' boxes, a normal one, a 'super', and a 'ginormous'. They say that they have the different sizes so that they can put bigger stuff in the bigger stuff in it, and that was definitely true for the 'ginormous', but..not so much for the 'super' (at least in my case). Yeah yeah, I know, enough with the talking, time for pictures! :P

Ginormous: (no, the screwdriver sets weren't part of it...)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/ginormous.jpg
Some interesting stuff here. A couple keypads, an IR sensor, a window sensor, a random wall wart, the guts of a slimline ODD...ummm...some sort of handheld UV lamp?...some stuff that I have no clue what it is..or was...and a bunch of assorted parts, mostly caps, screws, and header pins.

Now, the normal and 'super': (super is above the thinning, normal is below..I was running out of table space, ok? :P )
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/normalANDsuper.jpg

Sure are a lot of those orange caps...hmmm...heheheheheh... :twisted:

I'll post a better rundown once I finish sorting it, but I'm already seeing some stuff that could be useful. I guess this kinda thing really is hit or miss..."surprise"! :D

[Oneslowz28]

WOW your score was much larger than mine.

Make a Coil gun with those orange flash caps. You can use the circuit in a disposable camera to charge the cap bank! See link in my sig.

Looks like we need to make a grab bag / surprise box sticky lol.

[x88x]

After sorting, I actually got a pretty nice assortment of stuff. I did take a picture, but...my camera's at home...and I'm not... >_> I had a LOT of capacitors, enough to fill the 'super' box just a little over the top...and that was just the big ones! There's also a pretty nice little pile of little ones. Also got a crapton of RCA jacks, a bunch of RJ11 jacks and splitters, a small pile or resistors, a pretty decent assortment of buttons, about 10 or so switches or various types, a few potentiometers..including several tiny ones that will be perfect for an idea I have.. :twisted: There was even a random little IC, a small greyscale LCD, and some surface mount transistors. ...I really need to swing by Harbor Freight and pick up some more drawer..things..whatever they're called...



Make a Coil gun with those orange flash caps.
Heheheh, you read my mind. :twisted:



Looks like we need to make a grab bag / surprise box sticky lol.

Not a bad idea, that. I know there are a bunch of businesses that do grab bag type deals, it'd be good to have a central comparison of them. One drawback about this stuff though...because the surprise boxes weighed so much, I ended up spending almost $30 in shipping for this order.

[Airbozo]

Looks like some expensive computer barfed on your desk...

[x88x]

Ok, here we go.

SORTED (picture that in the announcer's voice from UT2004)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/sorted.jpg
Full size link if anyone wants to see it in more detail:
http://www.imgboot.com/image.php?u=x88x&i=sorted.jpg

...and yes, I realize just now that the focus is on the table leg....stupid camera... :rolleyes:

EDIT:
...aaaanndd there are three fire trucks outside my apartment building....that's....odd...I think I'm going to surreptitiously take a walk and see if I can tell if I should be worried or not.... :eek:

EDIT2:
Ok, they're going into the building across the parking lot and I can't see any flames or smell any smoke. Plus, they're not telling anyone to get out of the buildings (even the one they're going into), so I'm just not gonna worry about it.

[BuzzKillington]

whats a "precision rate gyros"?

[x88x]

Ok, now that the fire trucks are taken care of... -_^ ...on to the contents of the boxes!


Some buttons (representative sample):
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_001.jpg

fuses (representative sample):
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_002.jpg

switches and transistors:
Those big ones are interesting. They're rotary DPTT switches.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_003.jpg

some DIP switches:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_004.jpg

LOTS of RCA jacks (representative sample):
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_005.jpg

Big pile of RJ11 jacks:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_006.jpg

Some LEDs, IC sockets, ..inductors?:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_007.jpg

Potentiometers and transformers:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_008.jpg

Craptons of capacitors :D :
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_009.jpg

Some small caps and other random assorted stuff:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_010.jpg

And last but not least, a little pile of resistors:
Interesting range, this..I've got everything from some giant 120 Ohm ones to a little 15GigaOhm one.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100430_011.jpg

[x88x]

whats a "precision rate gyros"?

Precision gyroscopes. Apparently these specific ones were put in use during the Cold War, and were used in several different fighters and missiles.
http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/articleview.php?item=902

EDIT:
These two are both stamped 'May 1983'.

[nevermind1534]

Those "Inductors?" could also be caps. Too hard to tell without being able to look at/read them, though.

[x88x]

Finally got all the big caps sorted last night. I'll post a better, labeled picture tonight, but I snapped this on the way out the door this morning:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/20100503_002.jpg

And before anyone sits there counting them (hopefully caught you before you started :P ), yes, that center group is 100 identical caps. Actually, the orange ones above the block are also identical, and the blue ones around those as the same ratings, but they would have messed up the perfect 100 square. :D

For the coil gun idea, I'm debating between a bunch of those orange guys, at 330uF 35V each, or the two giants in the bottom left corner, 220uF 450V each. Ah well, I've got plenty to test with at least. :D I gotta say, assuming all these work, I got more than my money's worth just in caps. Heck, just those two giants alone are probably worth about what I paid for the 'super' box.

[Oneslowz28]

If you need help with the coilgun hit me up.

[x88x]

Yay for excessive labeling! :P

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/sortedCaps_labeled.jpg

[nevermind1534]

I'll buy some of your 22uf and 33 mfd capacitors to use in my radios if you don't have any use for them. Are they ok brands?

[x88x]

The 160V ones are ic, the 250V are nichicon. I might take you up on that. I'll let you know once I get a better idea of what exactly I'll need for a couple projects I have in mind. I have a feeling some more of these surprise boxes are in my future as well...so we'll see what they hold. :twisted: