Re: HP83595A/B (HP 8350) ROM firmware required
Just out of curiosity why dont you upgrade your 8510B to a C ?
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On Mar 18, 2022, at 21:02, Yves Tardif via groups.io <yves_tardif@...> wrote:
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Hi, I have 8350B ver7 with 83595A with version 3, have you found firmware V7 for plugin 83595A ?
Is there a version 7 for this plugin?
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Hello!
Any one has an 83595 plugin (HP 8350) with firmware rev.7 ? I need the U1 U2 ROM contents to make it work with 8510B. At this moment I only found the rev. 4 on KO4BB, and seems only the rev.7 work with 8510B.?
If you got an 83595 with firmware rev.7 please upload the ROM content to KO4BB, and/or let me know.?
Thanks lot !
p.s? to check the plugin firmware revision:? switch 8510B on [ shift ] [ 99 ]. Look the number shows on the plugin display.
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Actually, I don¡¯t use photo resist. I am using the laser toner method of making PCB's still need an etchant but all you need is bare copper, a laser printer (NOT A BROTHER) and a laminator. When I am out of ferric I am thinking about switching to cupric chloride as in theory I should not have much of a waste product.
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Lothar baier Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 10:01 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! There are different reasons for this , first of I use AWR MWO to design and simulate circuits so in order for the simulations to match or come close to the actual build you need to have defined tolerances and you have to be able to do the through holes in a consistent manner , even if I were to set up at home I would not be able to do this effectively defeating the purpose of using simulation tools . The second and probably most important reasoning though is that I have a 5 year old granddaughter who has been my shadow since she arrived in this world spends a lot of time at our house and takes a keen interest in anything opa does a curiosity I intent to foster and encourage so having any nasty chemicals around the lab or fumes is not a good idea -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave McGuire via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:54 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! Just yankin' your chain.. ;) I've done ferric chloride etching too, way back when, and got yelled at by my grandmother about holes in my jeans. Now I send my Gerbers off to OshPark for prototypes, and get production boards made by the big board houses. There are plenty of nasty chemicals in my mostly-electronics lab, but no PCB etchants. -Dave On 3/18/22 21:51, Lothar baier wrote: I still design circuits , I build them and I test them so I am still
doing about 80% of the work
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On 3/18/22 21:04, Lothar baier wrote:
I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly
use ( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating
and if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite
high ,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do
and requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have
the boards made by a board shop Hey wait, weren't you the guy who was just complaining that nobody
does anything anymore? ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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On 3/18/22 21:57, Bryce Schroeder wrote: Yes, it can hold 50 micron / 2 thou trace separation. I am in the
(slow) process of preparing a complete tutorial and open-source tool
chain. (It works, but actually using it at this point is quite an
undertaking for software reasons. I only just last year reverse
engineered the proprietary protocol used by the engraver:
) The calibration process is also
somewhat involved, but it's important (I imagine especially if you are
doing microwave filters and other things where the dimensions are
highly critical to be accurate not just precise.) Nice! I'll look forward to your tutorial. The engraver I'm using is an inexpensive (relatively) Chinese one.
They don't really have a brand name, but the control board is Beijing
Golden Orange (Bejing JCZ) and the laser source is usually JPT or
Raycus. A 20W one will work fine though 30 or 50 W should be faster.
They cost $2-3 grand, though, so this may be cost prohibitive if you
don't do a lot of PCBs. I design probably twenty PCBs per year, so in-house prototypes would be a big deal here. I just try to interleave my tasks so OshPark's two-week delay doesn't impact me too much, but every now and then clients demand faster service. $2-3K would be difficult right now, since production runs have basically stopped due to component availability issues, but hopefully that will clear up before too long. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Re: HP83595A/B (HP 8350) ROM firmware required
Hi, I have 8350B ver7 with 83595A with version 3, have you found firmware V7 for plugin 83595A ? Is there a version 7 for this plugin? ? ? Hello!
Any one has an 83595 plugin (HP 8350) with firmware rev.7 ? I need the U1 U2 ROM contents to make it work with 8510B. At this moment I only found the rev. 4 on KO4BB, and seems only the rev.7 work with 8510B.?
If you got an 83595 with firmware rev.7 please upload the ROM content to KO4BB, and/or let me know.?
Thanks lot !
p.s? to check the plugin firmware revision:? switch 8510B on [ shift ] [ 99 ]. Look the number shows on the plugin display.
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
There are different reasons for this , first of I use AWR MWO to design and simulate circuits so in order for the simulations to match or come close to the actual build you need to have defined tolerances and you have to be able to do the through holes in a consistent manner , even if I were to set up at home I would not be able to do this effectively defeating the purpose of using simulation tools .
The second and probably most important reasoning though is that I have a 5 year old granddaughter who has been my shadow since she arrived in this world spends a lot of time at our house and takes a keen interest in anything opa does a curiosity I intent to foster and encourage so having any nasty chemicals around the lab or fumes is not a good idea
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave McGuire via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:54 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! Just yankin' your chain.. ;) I've done ferric chloride etching too, way back when, and got yelled at by my grandmother about holes in my jeans. Now I send my Gerbers off to OshPark for prototypes, and get production boards made by the big board houses. There are plenty of nasty chemicals in my mostly-electronics lab, but no PCB etchants. -Dave On 3/18/22 21:51, Lothar baier wrote: I still design circuits , I build them and I test them so I am still
doing about 80% of the work
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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:41 PM
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Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
On 3/18/22 21:04, Lothar baier wrote:
I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly
use ( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating
and if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite
high ,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do
and requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have
the boards made by a board shop Hey wait, weren't you the guy who was just complaining that nobody
does anything anymore? ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
Yes, it can hold 50 micron / 2 thou trace separation. I am in the
(slow) process of preparing a complete tutorial and open-source tool
chain. (It works, but actually using it at this point is quite an
undertaking for software reasons. I only just last year reverse
engineered the proprietary protocol used by the engraver:
) The calibration process is also
somewhat involved, but it's important (I imagine especially if you are
doing microwave filters and other things where the dimensions are
highly critical to be accurate not just precise.)
The engraver I'm using is an inexpensive (relatively) Chinese one.
They don't really have a brand name, but the control board is Beijing
Golden Orange (Bejing JCZ) and the laser source is usually JPT or
Raycus. A 20W one will work fine though 30 or 50 W should be faster.
They cost $2-3 grand, though, so this may be cost prohibitive if you
don't do a lot of PCBs.
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 21:42, Dave McGuire <mcguire@...> wrote:
On 3/18/22 20:59, Bryce Schroeder wrote:
I've started "etching" PCBs with a fiber laser engraver. The bog
standard 1064 nm ones can do it, which somewhat surprised me. Glad to
not have to coat PCBs in photosensitive goo anymore since the laser
can remove copper and solder mask selectively. (Well, I still need goo
for silk screen, but that is much less critical.) Sounds interesting for prototyping. Most of my designs make use of
TQFP and LQFP packages with 0.5mm pin pitch; can the process and
equipment you're using handle those? Which engraver are you using?
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
Just yankin' your chain.. ;) I've done ferric chloride etching too, way back when, and got yelled at by my grandmother about holes in my jeans. Now I send my Gerbers off to OshPark for prototypes, and get production boards made by the big board houses. There are plenty of nasty chemicals in my mostly-electronics lab, but no PCB etchants.
-Dave
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On 3/18/22 21:51, Lothar baier wrote: I still design circuits , I build them and I test them so I am still doing about 80% of the work
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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
On 3/18/22 21:04, Lothar baier wrote:
I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly use
( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating and
if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite high
,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do and
requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have the
boards made by a board shop Hey wait, weren't you the guy who was just complaining that nobody does anything anymore? ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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I still design circuits , I build them and I test them so I am still doing about 80% of the work
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Dave McGuire via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:41 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! On 3/18/22 21:04, Lothar baier wrote: I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly use
( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating and
if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite high
,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do and
requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have the
boards made by a board shop Hey wait, weren't you the guy who was just complaining that nobody does anything anymore? ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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On 3/18/22 20:20, William Ray via groups.io wrote: I wonder if it would make any sense to try to get some of these kids
onto this list.
That's something I had never considered, but, so long as the list doesn't mind some occasional naive questions, part of the role of their HS capstones is professional development, and introducing them to this world would certainly count. This list has many purposes, but one of them is to serve as a forum through which people can learn from each other. I submit that anyone who finds newbies asking questions about HP test equipment on this mailing list to be annoying probably shouldn't be here. The next time I have one or more of them interested in the device-engineering part of the lab, I'll introduce them to the group. Great! Some time I'll tell you about the patent we have for the world's stupidest MP3 player.? Sydney 1.0 developed and built the prototypes for that one too.? Far fewer fires in that story though! Wow ok, that should probably be shared off-list, but it sounds like a doozy. ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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On 3/18/22 20:59, Bryce Schroeder wrote: I've started "etching" PCBs with a fiber laser engraver. The bog
standard 1064 nm ones can do it, which somewhat surprised me. Glad to
not have to coat PCBs in photosensitive goo anymore since the laser
can remove copper and solder mask selectively. (Well, I still need goo
for silk screen, but that is much less critical.) Sounds interesting for prototyping. Most of my designs make use of TQFP and LQFP packages with 0.5mm pin pitch; can the process and equipment you're using handle those? Which engraver are you using? -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
On 3/18/22 21:04, Lothar baier wrote: I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly use ( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating and if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite high ,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do and requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have the boards made by a board shop Hey wait, weren't you the guy who was just complaining that nobody does anything anymore? ;) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
I stopped doing it years ago mainly because the materials I mostly use ( Rogers 4350,6010) are not available with photo resist coating and if you send them out for coating than the lot charge is quite high ,also the process for plating through at home is not easy to do and requires quite nasty chemicals so I resort nowadays to just have the boards made by a board shop
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Bryce Schroeder via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 7:59 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! I've started "etching" PCBs with a fiber laser engraver. The bog standard 1064 nm ones can do it, which somewhat surprised me. Glad to not have to coat PCBs in photosensitive goo anymore since the laser can remove copper and solder mask selectively. (Well, I still need goo for silk screen, but that is much less critical.)
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I've started "etching" PCBs with a fiber laser engraver. The bog
standard 1064 nm ones can do it, which somewhat surprised me. Glad to
not have to coat PCBs in photosensitive goo anymore since the laser
can remove copper and solder mask selectively. (Well, I still need goo
for silk screen, but that is much less critical.)
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Eventually dad bought a etch tank from isel , it used a different cchemical (ammonia persulphate ) and the agitation was done by the means of air bubbles generated by a airpump !
The problem with ferric chloride was that while it worked great for most boards dad did I had issues with under etching on my microwave boards
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Zentronics42 via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 6:27 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! I still etch with ferric chloride here at the house. But I do use an earth sciences Hot shaker table with a water bath rather than food prep area. So at least some improvement. Zen -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Lothar baier Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 6:55 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! Oh lord , I remember me and dad etching circuit boards using ferric chloride solution on the kitchen stove On Mar 18, 2022, at 17:22, Dave McGuire via groups.io <mcguire@...> wrote:
?On 3/18/22 18:00, Zentronics42@... wrote:
Zen is one of my names I guess. Living in the digital age you seem to collect things like names.
I have gone by Zenwizard on line for going on 25 years now. For off line use I am an Eric, however there are also some that know me as Adain (there is a LONG off topic story there). Ah, sorta. I've been living in that same digital age, but never did the nickname thing. We don't have rigid rules here, but this is a mailing list of mostly professional types, so we do prefer the use of given names. I'm by no means bossing you around on that, but just consider it a light suggestion from a list moderator.
Either way, welcome!
I am honestly looking to push the lab in to the RF space. But even now the gear is cost prohibitive to acquire at a rapid pace. I have recently (with in the last year) been able to acquire proper spectrum analyzers for the lab. HP E4411B and HP 8596E. I have my 10 Mhz reference sorted this year as well. So lab building is going well but it is slow. I am targeting some VNA and some microwave equipment as well as precision DC and calibration standards. I am in to the expensive toys it seems. RF is great fun, and a wonderful thing to sink your teeth into. But yes, it does get expensive. The "good/fast/cheap (pick any two)" rule applies here; amazing deals can be had if you're patient, but personally I think patience isn't all it's cracked up to be. If we keep waiting, by the time we're dead, we'll have great stuff...No thanks! But really good deals do come along from time to time, if you're lucky.
Your E4411B and 8596E are a great start. You'll need some good signal sources too, and a good microwave counter. Next would probably be a power meter. Fortunately these are all pretty easy to come by, with the possible exception of a sensor for the power meter.
As for background it is extremely wide and varied. But most of it has been electronics based, computer based, or getting the two to talk to each other in some way.
I'll also be taking two students to their first swap meet in a few months... their first one will be the Dayton Hamvention. So we are going to start small? Hahaaa yes, trial by fire indeed. ;) If their minds aren't totally blown by that, they might survive! B-)
I'm about 4.5hrs East of Dayton; I may have some gear for you, but you'd need some car space. That may be a challenge after Dayton. ;) I also run the Large Scale Systems Museum (google it) which you might find interesting, if it would be convenient for you to extend that Hamvention road trip.
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
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>?Oh lord , I remember me and dad etching circuit boards using ferric chloride solution on the kitchen stove
Truly dangerous.
Get a stain on the stove and you're toast!
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Actually eventually I switched to ammonia persulphate , cheaper no smell and less stress with mom over holes in shirts ?
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Harvey White via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 7:29 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! If you can get it, I'd suggest the CuCl method, about 4 parts Hydrogen peroxide (drugstore strength) and 1 part of Hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.? It'll need air bubbling through it as the hydrogen peroxide turns to water. Lots cheaper.? Ferric chloride eventually turns up being CuCl, anyway. Harvey On 3/18/2022 7:26 PM, Zentronics42@... wrote: I still etch with ferric chloride here at the house. But I do use an earth sciences Hot shaker table with a water bath rather than food prep area. So at least some improvement.
Zen
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Oh lord , I remember me and dad etching circuit boards using ferric
chloride solution on the kitchen stove
On Mar 18, 2022, at 17:22, Dave McGuire via groups.io <mcguire@...> wrote:
?On 3/18/22 18:00, Zentronics42@... wrote:
Zen is one of my names I guess. Living in the digital age you seem to collect things like names.
I have gone by Zenwizard on line for going on 25 years now. For off line use I am an Eric, however there are also some that know me as Adain (there is a LONG off topic story there). Ah, sorta. I've been living in that same digital age, but never did the nickname thing. We don't have rigid rules here, but this is a mailing list of mostly professional types, so we do prefer the use of given names. I'm by no means bossing you around on that, but just consider it a light suggestion from a list moderator.
Either way, welcome!
I am honestly looking to push the lab in to the RF space. But even now the gear is cost prohibitive to acquire at a rapid pace. I have recently (with in the last year) been able to acquire proper spectrum analyzers for the lab. HP E4411B and HP 8596E. I have my 10 Mhz reference sorted this year as well. So lab building is going well but it is slow. I am targeting some VNA and some microwave equipment as well as precision DC and calibration standards. I am in to the expensive toys it seems. RF is great fun, and a wonderful thing to sink your teeth into. But yes, it does get expensive. The "good/fast/cheap (pick any two)" rule applies here; amazing deals can be had if you're patient, but personally I think patience isn't all it's cracked up to be. If we keep waiting, by the time we're dead, we'll have great stuff...No thanks! But really good deals do come along from time to time, if you're lucky.
Your E4411B and 8596E are a great start. You'll need some good signal sources too, and a good microwave counter. Next would probably be a power meter. Fortunately these are all pretty easy to come by, with the possible exception of a sensor for the power meter.
As for background it is extremely wide and varied. But most of it has been electronics based, computer based, or getting the two to talk to each other in some way.
I'll also be taking two students to their first swap meet in a few months... their first one will be the Dayton Hamvention. So we are going to start small? Hahaaa yes, trial by fire indeed. ;) If their minds aren't totally
blown by that, they might survive! B-)
I'm about 4.5hrs East of Dayton; I may have some gear for you, but you'd need some car space. That may be a challenge after Dayton. ;) I also run the Large Scale Systems Museum (google it) which you might find interesting, if it would be convenient for you to extend that Hamvention road trip.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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If you can get it, I'd suggest the CuCl method, about 4 parts Hydrogen peroxide (drugstore strength) and 1 part of Hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.? It'll need air bubbling through it as the hydrogen peroxide turns to water.
Lots cheaper.? Ferric chloride eventually turns up being CuCl, anyway.
Harvey
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On 3/18/2022 7:26 PM, Zentronics42@... wrote: I still etch with ferric chloride here at the house. But I do use an earth sciences Hot shaker table with a water bath rather than food prep area. So at least some improvement.
Zen
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Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
Oh lord , I remember me and dad etching circuit boards using ferric chloride solution on the kitchen stove
On Mar 18, 2022, at 17:22, Dave McGuire via groups.io <mcguire@...> wrote:
?On 3/18/22 18:00, Zentronics42@... wrote:
Zen is one of my names I guess. Living in the digital age you seem to collect things like names.
I have gone by Zenwizard on line for going on 25 years now. For off line use I am an Eric, however there are also some that know me as Adain (there is a LONG off topic story there). Ah, sorta. I've been living in that same digital age, but never did the nickname thing. We don't have rigid rules here, but this is a mailing list of mostly professional types, so we do prefer the use of given names. I'm by no means bossing you around on that, but just consider it a light suggestion from a list moderator.
Either way, welcome!
I am honestly looking to push the lab in to the RF space. But even now the gear is cost prohibitive to acquire at a rapid pace. I have recently (with in the last year) been able to acquire proper spectrum analyzers for the lab. HP E4411B and HP 8596E. I have my 10 Mhz reference sorted this year as well. So lab building is going well but it is slow. I am targeting some VNA and some microwave equipment as well as precision DC and calibration standards. I am in to the expensive toys it seems. RF is great fun, and a wonderful thing to sink your teeth into. But yes, it does get expensive. The "good/fast/cheap (pick any two)" rule applies here; amazing deals can be had if you're patient, but personally I think patience isn't all it's cracked up to be. If we keep waiting, by the time we're dead, we'll have great stuff...No thanks! But really good deals do come along from time to time, if you're lucky.
Your E4411B and 8596E are a great start. You'll need some good signal sources too, and a good microwave counter. Next would probably be a power meter. Fortunately these are all pretty easy to come by, with the possible exception of a sensor for the power meter.
As for background it is extremely wide and varied. But most of it has been electronics based, computer based, or getting the two to talk to each other in some way.
I'll also be taking two students to their first swap meet in a few months... their first one will be the Dayton Hamvention. So we are going to start small? Hahaaa yes, trial by fire indeed. ;) If their minds aren't totally blown by that, they might survive! B-)
I'm about 4.5hrs East of Dayton; I may have some gear for you, but you'd need some car space. That may be a challenge after Dayton. ;) I also run the Large Scale Systems Museum (google it) which you might find interesting, if it would be convenient for you to extend that Hamvention road trip.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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If there is general consensus from members I could put a video out about it. Also the EEVblog is a good place and very active. But Will is correct there will be lots of power supply repair questions. Which is one of the reasons I started making videos. If I answered the same question more than twice it is worth the time to make a video. Especially when It comes to calibration and alignments. ? Zen ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of William Ray via groups.io Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:20 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns! ? I wonder if it would make any sense to try to get some of these kids onto this list.
That's something I had never considered, but, so long as the list doesn't mind some occasional naive questions, part of the role of their HS capstones is professional development, and introducing them to this world would certainly count.
The next time I have one or more of them interested in the device-engineering part of the lab, I'll introduce them to the group.
Some time I'll tell you about the patent we have for the world's stupidest MP3 player.? Sydney 1.0 developed and built the prototypes for that one too.? Far fewer fires in that story though!
Will
Turns out I'm not too far away from Dave - near Athens Ohio here.
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
I wonder if it would make any sense to try to get some of these kids onto this list.
That's something I had never considered, but, so long as the list doesn't mind some occasional naive questions, part of the role of their HS capstones is professional development, and introducing them to this world would certainly count. The next time I have one or more of them interested in the device-engineering part of the lab, I'll introduce them to the group. Some time I'll tell you about the patent we have for the world's stupidest MP3 player.? Sydney 1.0 developed and built the prototypes for that one too.? Far fewer fires in that story though! Will Turns out I'm not too far away from Dave - near Athens Ohio here.
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Re: BS, was Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Spread the word -- Swap Meet Returns!
>?Oh lord , I remember me and dad etching circuit boards using ferric chloride solution on the kitchen stove
Truly dangerous.
Get a stain on the stove and you're toast!
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Dave McGuire