Just wanted to list some interesting hardware I've some across over time in case its randomly of interest or use to someone.
http://www.glassmanhv.com/products.shtml
High voltage supplies. Used for electrostatic separation of mineral sands by a company we do engineering for.
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/boa ... ct=TS-7550
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/arm ... on-modules
http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/pc1 ... herals.php - check out the 16 bit ADC.
Very afforable controller - not that I've used one - but I'd like to. However the prevailing philosophy where I work is that clients are best served with a widely used industry standard PLC like Schneider Modicon or Allen Bradley - so that in ten years time they will be able to find "someone" who can support their automation system. The philosophy for an in-house experimental system may be different.