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Keysight website only has operator manuals and similarly BAMA has operator/programming manuals like 03488-90002 or 3 etc.
The manual numbered? 03488-90009 is supposed to be the repair manual. But I could not find a free download.??
From the title it sounds more like a block level repair manual. But it does have some sort of schematics.?
I am only really interested in schematics particularly the power supplies.
Any help appreciated.
Tim Hughes
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I did some more searching and found this website which has a bit of information on the switch mode power supply and lots of pictures:
On Thursday, April 18, 2019, 7:28:10 PM PDT, Tim hughes <timhughes@...> wrote:
Keysight website only has operator manuals and similarly BAMA has operator/programming manuals like 03488-90002 or 3 etc.
The manual numbered? 03488-90009 is supposed to be the repair manual. But I could not find a free download.??
From the title it sounds more like a block level repair manual. But it does have some sort of schematics.?
I am only really interested in schematics particularly the power supplies.
Any help appreciated.
Tim Hughes
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Hi Tim, I've the service manual, send me your private mail and I send this to you.
Dario IU3ARP
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Hi Tim,
I have this document ; HP-3488A-90012 3488A Service manual
I downloaded that from the Agilent website .
I do not know if it is still available there.
Look for it and if you do not find it I am happy to upload it to KO4BB.
Regards,
Jos Raven PA0AMX
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A number of now have people sent me copies of 90012nservice manual,? thanks for? all replies on and off list!
The manual is actually on the Agilent keysight website, but it does no come up if you do an official search on the sight. It appears they took the link down, but it is still on the site and the link can be found via a general google seach.
This was from Nigel GM8PZR :
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Keysight
does have the service manual, the one you need is 03488-90012, but for
some reason it doesn't seem to show in their document list for the
product, although a google search on "HP3488A service manual" does find
it. Another link :
https://elektrotanya.com/hp_agilent-technologies_3488a_switch_control_unit.pdf/download.htm
<<<<<
Thanks again.
Tim
On Friday, April 19, 2019, 2:20:23 AM PDT, Jos Raven <jos.raven@...> wrote:
Hi Tim,
I have this document ; HP-3488A-90012 3488A Service manual
I downloaded that from the Agilent website .
I do not know if it is still available there.
Look for it and if you do not find it I am happy to upload it to KO4BB.
Regards,
Jos Raven PA0AMX
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I have two of these units and downloaded the manuals direct from the Keysight site.
This includes the schematics for the main unit and the various switch cards.
These are useful bits of kit
Good luck with yours.
Regards
Nigel
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Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit?
Hi Tim,
I have this document ; HP-3488A-90012 3488A Service manual
I downloaded that from the Agilent website .
I do not know if it is still available there.
Look for it and if you do not find it I am happy to upload it to KO4BB.
Regards,
Jos Raven PA0AMX
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The psu is a module which is likely to have been a 3rd party module so schematics?
may not be available.
Regards
Nigel
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From: Tim hughes
Date:19/04/2019 03:28 (GMT+00:00)
To: HP Agilent Equipment
Subject: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit?
Keysight website only has operator manuals and similarly BAMA has operator/programming manuals like 03488-90002 or 3 etc.
The manual numbered? 03488-90009 is supposed to be the repair manual. But I could not find a free download.??
From the title it sounds more like a block level repair manual. But it does have some sort of schematics.?
I am only really interested in schematics particularly the power supplies.
Any help appreciated.
Tim Hughes
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George,
Nice work. I still have a few, one of my sons used a couple for a High School project with a 3456A to plot the discharge curves of several different types of cells.? These are a great bargain right now.?
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On Apr 19, 2019, at 9:32 AM, " ghnatiuk@..." < ghnatiuk@...> wrote: Tim,
Tell me what it is you are looking for and I can help you.? I was the analog design engineer on the HP3488A.
I designed the 444XX series of I/O cards and have a large supply of all the parts for the mainframe and 444XX series of cards.
That project began in 1981 and completed in 1983.? It was one of the highest selling products the HP Loveland Division ever produced.? ?Tons of them out there these days for very little money.??
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George? Hnatiuk? ?April 19, 2019? 8:32am
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Tim,
Tell me what it is you are looking for and I can help you.? I was the analog design engineer on the HP3488A.
I designed the 444XX series of I/O cards and have a large supply of all the parts for the mainframe and 444XX series of cards.
That project began in 1981 and completed in 1983.? It was one of the highest selling products the HP Loveland Division ever produced.? ?Tons of them out there these days for very little money.??
I see there is interest in the power supply.? It was not an OEM supply.? The power supply was designed in-house by one of the other engineers on the team by the name of Tom Rodine.? There were 6 of us all together on this project:
Project manager
Analog Design I/O and main frame interface
Firmware / software design
Digital design
Mechanical design
Power supply design
George? Hnatiuk? ?April 19, 2019? 8:32am
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Hi George,
Congratulations on a nicely executed design. I love it... simple to use and straightforward to fix.
As i said,i have two chassis with various switch or i/o cards in each.
What i don't have for 3 of the relay cards is the rear plate and connector plus its associated cable clamp. Do you have any of these? Mainly required for the 44470A relay cards. If you have any to spare and can ship to UK for not too expensive the i could
be interested.
Great bits of kit though, well done.
Regards
Nigel
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Date:19/04/2019 14:44 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit?
Tim,
Tell me what it is you are looking for and I can help you.? I was the analog design engineer on the HP3488A.
I designed the 444XX series of I/O cards and have a large supply of all the parts for the mainframe and 444XX series of cards.
That project began in 1981 and completed in 1983.? It was one of the highest selling products the HP Loveland Division ever produced.? ?Tons of them out there these days for very little money.??
I see there is interest in the power supply.? It was not an OEM supply.? The power supply was designed in-house by one of the other engineers on the team by the name of Tom Rodine.? There were 6 of us all together on this project:
Project manager
Analog Design I/O and main frame interface
Firmware / software design
Digital design
Mechanical design
Power supply design
George? Hnatiuk? ?April 19, 2019? 8:32am
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Seconded! I have two, and love 'em. They are wonderful units, damn
handy. Nice work George and team.
-Dave
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On 4/19/19 12:47 PM, nigel adams via Groups.Io wrote: Hi George,
Congratulations on a nicely executed design. I love it... simple to use
and straightforward to fix.
As i said,i have two chassis with various switch or i/o cards in each.
What i don't have for 3 of the relay cards is the rear plate and
connector plus its associated cable clamp. Do you have any of these?
Mainly required for the 44470A relay cards. If you have any to spare and
can ship to UK for not too expensive the i could be interested.
Great bits of kit though, well done.
Regards
Nigel
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From: ghnatiuk@...
Date:19/04/2019 14:44 (GMT+00:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or
link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit?
Tim,
Tell me what it is you are looking for and I can help you.? I was the
analog design engineer on the HP3488A.
I designed the 444XX series of I/O cards and have a large supply of all
the parts for the mainframe and 444XX series of cards.
That project began in 1981 and completed in 1983.? It was one of the
highest selling products the HP Loveland Division ever produced.? ?Tons
of them out there these days for very little money.??
I see there is interest in the power supply.? It was not an OEM supply.?
The power supply was designed in-house by one of the other engineers on
the team by the name of Tom Rodine.? There were 6 of us all together on
this project:
Project manager
Analog Design I/O and main frame interface
Firmware / software design
Digital design
Mechanical design
Power supply design
George? Hnatiuk? ?April 19, 2019? 8:32am
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Nigel,
I will see what I can do.? The same connector blocks were used on the HP3421A portable data acquisition unit so look out for those.? Unfortunately when you purchase cards, the connector blocks and housing are missing.? Best to look for completed units with cards stuffed into them that have the external cables cut at the blocks.
There is a chance I will be in the UK within the next 20 days on business.? If that goes thru and I find spares I will bring them along.? Will be flying into Heathrow.
Some people earlier were looking for floppy drives for the 9122/9133 series of disc drives.? If there is a need in the UK, I could drag some of those along with me.? ?Let me know and we can work out a price for the units.
George
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Brilliant George,
Sounds good and if you have a small amount of time during the visit we can potentially meet up. I am only in Stevenage/Luton area (approx 30 miles north of London... simples.
Understood about the back connectors as any unit taken from a rack either had the rear panel plate removed or the cable cut...
Useful to know about the 3421A... i didn't know that.
Regards
Nigel
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Date:19/04/2019 19:01 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit?
Nigel,
I will see what I can do.? The same connector blocks were used on the HP3421A portable data acquisition unit so look out for those.? Unfortunately when you purchase cards, the connector blocks and housing are missing.? Best to look for completed units with
cards stuffed into them that have the external cables cut at the blocks.
There is a chance I will be in the UK within the next 20 days on business.? If that goes thru and I find spares I will bring them along.? Will be flying into Heathrow.
Some people earlier were looking for floppy drives for the 9122/9133 series of disc drives.? If there is a need in the UK, I could drag some of those along with me.? ?Let me know and we can work out a price for the units.
George
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Hi Tim, ? ??????????????? I used two 3488A units for several years, this was a very reliable instrument and very useful. You and your colleagues did an great job with this 3488A. Congratulations ! ? Regards Yves De?: [email protected] <[email protected]> De la part de ghnatiuk@...
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Objet?: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Anybody have schematics or link for schematics of HP 3488A switch control unit? ? Tim,
Tell me what it is you are looking for and I can help you.? I was the analog design engineer on the HP3488A.
I designed the 444XX series of I/O cards and have a large supply of all the parts for the mainframe and 444XX series of cards.
That project began in 1981 and completed in 1983.? It was one of the highest selling products the HP Loveland Division ever produced.? ?Tons of them out there these days for very little money.??
I see there is interest in the power supply.? It was not an OEM supply.? The power supply was designed in-house by one of the other engineers on the team by the name of Tom Rodine.? There were 6 of us all together on this project:
Project manager
Analog Design I/O and main frame interface
Firmware / software design
Digital design
Mechanical design
Power supply design
George? Hnatiuk? ?April 19, 2019? 8:32am
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Yes and thanks guys, the 3488A is a very robust instrument - virtually indestructible.? Never was an I/O card ever sent back for warranty repair or for out of specification replacement.? Those Aromat relays were well qualified and life tested with plenty of margin.? Nothing in the specs was ever cut close -- everything I speced was for 3-sigma uncertainty and guaranteed to work in a class B environment.? Never did a card ever fail final test for being out of spec.---? the design of the circuits will work with components at the extreme ends of the selection bin of typical manufacturing variations.
Not sure how many main frames were finally produced but probably in the 50K range.? They were very popular for use in manufacturing test systems.? We were told the big users like Motorola would describe their test systems by how many 3488a frames would be required.? We talked about making an expander to give users more I/O slots but told by the users it was not necessary because the units were cheap enough as is and they would just purchase multiple units if needing more slots so an expander was never seriously considered.? It is indeed amusing the industry rated test systems by how many 3488As would be required.
It has now been replaced by the 3499 and 34970A data acquisition unit.
George? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? April 19. 2019? 11:33pm
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I have 3 of these 3488A's for sale in the UK if anyone needs them.
All pass self tested ok.
Steve
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I had one of these from Steve and it was perfect condition.
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Nigel
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I have 3 of these 3488A's for sale in the UK if anyone needs them.
All pass self tested ok.
Steve
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Dario
Jos Raven PA0AMX
Dave McGuire