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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
If its intended as a Mercury battery replacement in the 7S14 the output impedance is important, if its more than a few hundred ohms it will have a significant effect on the preamp dynamics.
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The output voltage is also important. Bruce On 25 December 2019 at 10:19 Miguel Work <harrimansat@...> wrote: |
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Re: Tek 485 short sweep
If low deflection (short sweep) was caused by a HV problem it would mean
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that the HV was too high, not too low. Could be a problem in the HV feedback loop but to get only a 1/2 scale trace you would need twice the HV, seems hard to do. On 12/24/2019 3:07 PM, stephen white wrote:
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:31 AM, Reed Dickinson wrote:VM176You would think that the multiplier either works or it doesn't.. Since I have a trace but it is not wide enough to cover the entire screen that the multiplier is working not well enough I guess, must be some big loss in there. --
Bruce Atwood PhD Department of Astronomy The Ohio State University 100 West 18th Ave., Room 4055 Columbus, OH 43210 Phone 614.314.0189 FAX 614.292.2928 |
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Re: 1502 TDR project - using bench supply
Be very careful with the amp hour ratings on the C size cells. Some manufacturers put an AA sized cell in a big wrapper for the C form factor.? You might be just as happy with AA, depending.? You may find that *real* C sized batteries have a significantly larger rating then the fakes.? We're talking name brands here.
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Harvey On 12/24/2019 1:17 PM, Mark Pilant wrote:
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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
Thanks, I know, but the question was If ired is more efficient than visible light diodes. This is my configuration with ir, 6 digits stable
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Thank you
Just a quick thank you to Menahem from Condor Audio. I bought Menahem¡¯s 2465 capacitor replacement kit about 7 months ago and finally got time to do the replacement.
Even though it had been quite a while, Menahem was extremely helpful, courteous and responsive, especially with my nuisance ¡°newbie¡± Tektronix repair questions. Thank you Menahem. And, a shout out to John C for his recommendation to join this group and for his sage TekScope advice. Now on to a 2465 fan replacement, calibration and some unusual screen behavior that I'll post in a separate topic. Happy holidays to all, Jeff |
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Re: Tek 485 short sweep
Siggi,
That is an excellent book. One of the most useful for the older analog scopes. I have read through this in the past, but am reviewing this yet again. I just found a nice (and very cheap) 485 and a 465 that have nice bright traces, but need some TLC in other areas. I always get something from this book. Should be required reading for any novice scope tech or hobbyist. You old pros in the group probably have this memorized. Superb information. Thanks for reminding us about this.. -- Michael Lynch Dardanelle, AR |
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Re: Tek 485 short sweep
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:31 AM, Reed Dickinson wrote:
You would think that the multiplier either works or it doesn't.. Since I have a trace but it is not wide enough to cover the entire screen that the multiplier is working not well enough I guess, must be some big loss in there. steve |
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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
That's not efficiency, as its not the ratio of power out to power in.
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The efficiency is actually significantly less than your calculation indicates. Your "efficiency" is irrelevant if you are attempting to replace a 1.35V Mercury cell with a LED operating in the photovoltaic mode. Output noise, impedance and tempco etc are more important in such an application. Bruce On 25 December 2019 at 05:48 Miguel Work <harrimansat@...> wrote: |
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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
Efficiency as measured by voltage transfer, it would be interesting to compare power transfer efficiency. With 20mA on the driven LED is it possible to get even a few microamps of output current?
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- Bob W7OV -----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Miguel Work Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 8:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TekScopes] tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question IR wins! :) Efficiency IR 1,16 0,85 73,28% RED 1,9 1,3 68,42% YELLOW 2 1,2 60,00% BLUE 3,2 2,3 71,88% |
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Re: Tek 485 short sweep
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 12:16 AM Harvey White <madyn@...>
wrote: The horizontal input has a calibrated deflection factor. Adjust theI like this method - put the scope in X/Y mode and input a sine or triangle wave. Also, if you haven't seen this document before, give it a read: . Because oscilloscopes are a measurement instrument with calibrated sweeps and triggers and stuff, they can often be coaxed to diagnose their own faults by milking the front panel. |
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Re: 1502 TDR project - using bench supply
Sounds like a good plan; nothing original is destroyed.
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I think I would use a standard IEC C14 "kettle lead" panel mounted male plug, simply so I can reuse the many kettle leads I already have. Happy holidays. On 24/12/19 18:17, Mark Pilant wrote:
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Re: 1502 TDR project - using bench supply
Just to wrap this up....
Since I have been only having marginal success with the cap/resistor NiCd substitute, I have decided on my alternative. My plan is to cut some aluminum blanks the same size as the finned end plate of the original battery pack. From there, I'll drill the necessary holes to allow the new plate to be screwed to the TDR (with the original thumb screws) as well as the original plastic battery frame. I'll then drill a hole in the new plate for a standard coaxial power connector to allow an external wall supply to be connected to the banana plugs of the original. The original end plate will just be kept in the cover; so it doesn't get separated from the unit. I was thinking of making up one battery pack, but so far, all the "C" side NiCd flat top batteries are too long by about 0.1". In looking around, the "shorter" ones appear to have all been flat top batteries, while the "longer" ones were the button top batteries. However, now even the flat top batteries seem to have the same length at the button top batteries. Sigh. - Mark N1VQW |
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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
Chuck Harris
I guess it depends on what race you are running.
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If the race is to get to 1.3V with the fewest parts, not so much of a win for IR... IR LED's, in general were more efficient than the others... or at least originally, I think blue may have that win for power today. I haven't paid much attention to the Frankenstonian mixes that are the LED's of today. Today, if it is really bright, it is probably a blue LED pumping a fluorescent bit to generate the desired color. Note that he is using like to like combinations. I would be most interested in mixing things up a bit. Perhaps IR driving, or a blue driving one of the others? -Chuck Harris Miguel Work wrote: IR wins! :) |
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Re: tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question
IR wins! :)
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Efficiency IR 1,16 0,85 73,28% RED 1,9 1,3 68,42% YELLOW 2 1,2 60,00% BLUE 3,2 2,3 71,88% -----Mensaje original----- De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Carl Hallberg via Groups.Io Enviado el: martes, 24 de diciembre de 2019 3:39 Para: [email protected] Asunto: Re: [TekScopes] tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question Hi Dennis, I don't have a problem gluing ground down LEDs together.? Don't know if the glue will turn translucent with age.? As far as what color to use, I'll give some examples: Input voltage across LED at 20mA ????? to ?????? Output voltage using 10Megohm input voltmeter INFRARED?? 1.16V???????????????????????????????????????????????? INFRARED? 0.85V RED?? 1.9V??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? RED?? 1.3V YELLOW? 2.0V????????????????????????????????????????????????????? YELLOW? 1.2V BLUE??? 3.2V????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? BLUE??? 2.3V When I used wide angle LEDs, (manufactured with flat tops) the close proximity provides enough coupling to give good results. Changing the drive current on the input side doesn't change the output side very much.? Voltages given are not exact.? Do we care about efficiency?? When I use to design digital circuit using transistors, Beta was selected for worse case of 10.? Very inefficient, but wouldn't fail over Military temperature range.? I don't know where we can get die upon die selected color LEDs. Carl Hallberg On Monday, December 23, 2019, 5:34:55 PM CST, Dennis Tillman W7PF <dennis@...> wrote:
Hi Chuck and John I was surprised that several people ground the LED ends flat and glued them together. This seems counter intuitive to me for several reasons. These are the reasons I think that grinding down the LED ends is not a good idea. I would appreciate it if you could explain the flaws in my thinking. 1) The polished surface of the LED lets the most light out. Wouldn¡¯t a ground down (rough) surface scatter and block a portion of the emitted light. 2) The LED's dome shape focuses the light into a fairly narrow angle which increases the likelihood that the majority of the emitted light can be aimed right at the die of the LED that will convert the light to electricity. 3) Crazy Glue may appear clear to humans but what are its optical absorption characteristics? Does it absorb any of the wavelengths generated by the LED emitter? On the other hand I think there are advantages to grinding the ends flat: 1) The ground end combination takes up a fraction of the volume of two unground LEDs. 2) Mating the two LEDs flat against each makes it easier to align them to each other. It seems to me that the greatest conversion efficiency will come when you can place a bare emitting LED die on top of the die of the receiving LED. At that point every emitted photon can kick out an electron in the receiving PN junction. IR light is another issue I'm confused about. I think I must have misunderstood but it sounded like some people think IR LEDs would make a good choice for emitters. Wouldn't just the opposite be true since a photon's energy, E, is proportional to its frequency, v, as in E = hv.? Do IR LEDs emit more photons (greater brightness) and that is why they are a good choice? If so does the same thing apply for the receiving LED - which would have a high conversion efficiency resulting in the largest number of electrons being produced? Dennis Tillman W7PF -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Harris Sent: Monday, December 23, 2019 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [TekScopes] tektronix 7S14 batteries and time base question Hi John, That has been my experience as well.? I did a long stint in a lab where we were doing IR spectroscopy, using lasers. When I tried to make such a bias device, I ground both LED's ends flat, and welded them together with crazy glue.? I figured that it would reduce reflections at the red I was using. I couldn't get spit out of them... measured with a 200M input impedance meter...? I guessed the older LED's just weren't bright enough. Or, maybe the mechanism is not reciprocal? -Chuck John Griessen wrote: On 12/22/19 11:30 PM, Chuck Harris wrote:If I have been following correctly (always suspect), aren't we usingOne thing for sure from back when I worked with near IR LEDs and laser -- Dennis Tillman W7PF TekScopes Moderator |
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Re: OT: measuring tiny distances
Chuck Harris
The easiest way is to make the core in halves, and to
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create the gap with a known thickness spacer where the gap should be. Another way is to make the core "V" shaped where the gap should be, and carefully grind/lap away the core material until the gap presents itself. These were methods used in the early tape recorders... I would imagine that similar methods were used in the disk heads. -Chuck Harris snapdiode via Groups.Io wrote: Ahhh, the units in my reference are microINCHES. I see. 80 microninches is two microns. And they are talking about "future" media from the perspective of 1980. |
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Re: OT: measuring tiny distances
Ahhh, the units in my reference are microINCHES. I see. 80 microninches is two microns. And they are talking about "future" media from the perspective of 1980.
OK, so 10 microns gives .39 mils. This makes sense! Thanks! You wouldn't happen to know how these things were built, do you? :) Happy Holidays everyone! |
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Re: OT: measuring tiny distances
On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 04:50 AM, snapdiode wrote:
As a very crude guide the gap width is something like the bit length in the tracks. Now (total track length)/(total bit capacity) is in the order of 10 um for an 8 inch floppy. I wouldn't thrust that 80 um. |
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Re: Tektronix ORS2488/ORS622 SDH/SONET Reference Receiver
Great! Many Thanks!
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of zenith5106 Sent: Dienstag, 24. Dezember 2019 12:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Tektronix ORS2488/ORS622 SDH/SONET Reference Receiver On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 05:18 PM, Melvin Gleep wrote: so I am hoping someone can provide me with access to a user guide, service manual, or anything related. /H?kan |
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