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Seconded.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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KiCad looks interesting, I personally use Eagle as it's also free.
Also have TeraTerm[^] and PuTTY[^].
I don't know what equipment you have but Saleae[^] just came out with a new line of logic analyzers that look pretty cool. I've got an older model and I don't know what I would do without it, especially doing communications; SPI, I2C, etc..
Also if doing anything with Atmel chips I recommend Atmel Studio 6.2[^] is the latest.
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I don't have much equipment yet. I have a cheap soldering iron from Radio Shack, a breadboard, and a number of basic components. I am trying to save money to get more equipment and components.
My favorite site to look for things is All Electronics[^].
EDIT: tupid 's' key.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Another good place for surplus parts is B G Micro[^], I've got a few things there and quite a bit on eBay.
Good luck it took me a long time to amass my supply. Used/Broken equipment is another good place for parts. My neighbor had an office next to my apartment and used to throw away a lot of printers, etc. and I used to scrounge parts.
If I can be of any help let me know.
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Interesting. I've had my eye on things like this for a while: http://www.hantek.com.cn/en/ProductDetail_3_10.html[^]
Never used a logic analyser before but there is more I2C in my life these days. Do you think it beneficial to keep oscilloscope/logic analyser separate?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Nice unit!
Rob Philpott wrote: Do you think it beneficial to keep oscilloscope/logic analyser separate?
Not necessarily I just happened to do it that way because it was cheaper.
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Real electronics design is done with a pencil, but for wimps (and rich people) there's SPICE[^]. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I cannot draw at all. My artistic talent is nonexistent.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The drawing isn't as important as the math and physics; you can always hire a draftsman. 
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Thanks, Peter - Great link!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Arduino IDE, SVN (or GIT or both), SDCC (for 8051), Oracle Virtual Box, Eclipse IDE for C, HxD (Hex Editor), Notepad++, Wireshark,...
Some already mentioned: PuTTY, Python,...
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In a different decade century millennia life I was designing PCB in OrCad. I doubt it's worth the money if you're not a professional.
Otherwise I can really recommend a proper soldering station.
I'm quite partial to the old fashioned Weller WTCP series, because the magnastat temperaturesensor is the actual tip.
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Great soldering stations! Does Weller still make them?
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Can still buy them at least
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Still avaiable here, anyway. I still have the one I bought in 1969, and a bucketload of assorted tips. The iron plating means the tips last for ages. Used it on everything from tiny surface mount chips to stained glass panels. Didn't manage the car radiator unassisted, though. In all that time, had to buy one replacement sleeve.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Clickety[^]
Sadly, this comes from the state that I currently live in... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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The people behind that need to be fired. Now! How stupid are these people? I first learned about the Korean War in 5th grade!
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Doing it right?
[whiney voice]
but that requires effort.
[/whiney voice]
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Either this has happened before with something very similar or this is an old article.
Surely this isn't the second time this happened? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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"The monolith—made by some Egyptian company for $21,550"
To be fair, if an Egyptian Company made it then it obviously went out for tender and the cheapest offer was accepted. If you wanted something sentimental then you should have given the contract to an American Company.
If my daughter(who is 4 years old) had heard of this tender, she would have won, and it would only have cost a box of Smarties. She would have drawn you a sh*t picture of what looks like a demented cat.
You get what you pay for.
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It was a disgrace they out sourced it to "made by some Egyptian company"
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Mike Hankey wrote: It was a disgrace they out sourced it to "made by some Egyptian company"
Thus the result! 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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That was exactly my point! You get what you pay for.
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Mike Hankey wrote: You get what you pay for.
In this case they didn't get what they paid for. They paid $21,550 for that, how should I say, "piece of work". 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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