Re: TDS5xx pimpery
Well yes, a "one stop shop" for all the old early/CRT based TDS would be just awesome. When I was fixing my TDS 544A a year ago, I was surprised that such a thing didn't exist, given how popular and
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Vince
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#149354
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Re: TDS5xx pimpery
How is that a problem? Thank your luck for sparing you that nonsense! I can probably count the number of times I wanted to use DPO (analog persistence) on one hand. Maybe it is just the kind of work
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stefan_trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
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#149353
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TDS5xx upgrades/mods
I just purchased a TDS520 non letter scope. I am still waiting for it to be delivered, and I will need to recap it as it has a few errors. But, I have been looking without much success for any
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Miles Paulson
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#149352
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Re: TDS5xx pimpery
For the TDS62/4x, AFAIK the only sensible modification is to drop them on the head of an annoying colleague, thereby improving company morale. They are based on the CCD bucket principle, which means
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Tam Hanna
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Re: Tek 465 no display
There is something going on with the +55V what I can't understand. After repair by Russ of (only) the +15V rail: Previously: I suppose that since 55.66 V is OK the low reading 46.9 V can only be due
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Albert Otten
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#149350
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Re: CRT to fit 2215
Drats.. I'm in Arizona. Thank you for responding.
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Brendan
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Re: CRT to fit 2215
Where are you based? If in the UK I have a couple of 2215s that are free to a good home. One works but I suspect the focus resistor chain is off, the other has a PSU fault that someone (not me!) has
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Adrian Nicol
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#149348
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Re: Kludging together a TDR or similar?
It would be interesting to take a look at the 1502C and see how it generates its pulse.
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Pete Lancashire
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Re: TDS5xx pimpery
Actually,? it would be good to add that stuff at a central repository somewhere,? like TekWiki. I've noticed that the are already some references to some of the possible modifications on the TDS754
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EricJ
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#149346
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Re: Kludging together a TDR or similar?
Thanks. I do have both, had to do a lot of swapping to get them running, mostly the HV boards and a horizontal amplifier. The 1503 puts out a half sine pulse generated by a transistor, it is much less
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Harvey White
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#149345
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Re: TDS5xx pimpery
What would be nice is a summary and collection of all the mods for the TDS 5 6 and 7. Which ones can be upgraded easily xcetera
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Pete Lancashire
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#149344
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CRT to fit 2215
I'm on the prowl for a CRT to fit a 2215. I picked up two 2215's one had a broken CRT the tube was filled with glass (makes a pretty sound) the other has a very dim CRT. I was able to make a pretty
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Brendan
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Re: If you had $1, 000 to buy a 100 MHz scope...
What about the somewhat newer TSD2000 and TDS3000 series? We had a lot of them at my previous job. They are not quite as fancy, but much smaller, lighter and responsive. They can have at least RS232
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Mark Goldberg
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#149342
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TDS5xx pimpery
Hello Folks, need to advise on some things related to the TDS5xx series for buyers. First of all, only the D models can do GRADIENTED DPO - on classic InstaVu scopes, frequency information is
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Tam Hanna
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#149341
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Re: Kludging together a TDR or similar?
Good info Harvey! And the truth of it is that it's really good to have both a 1502 and a 1503. The 1503 was intended for looking at much longer distances and it quite useful for stuff like long runs
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fiftythreebuick <ae5i@...>
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Re: 2710 GPIB / RS232
Jim, Did you manage to extract the GPIB card from the faulty SA? Thanks, Martin
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Martin Whybrow
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#149339
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Re: Laptop control of CSA803 using USB to Serial (RS-232) adapter
To be fair, Joel Koltner has been dead, for years. He was a regular on news:sci.electronics.design and other electronics newsgroup for years prior to his death. Michael A. Terrell
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Michael A. Terrell
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#149338
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Re: If you had $1, 000 to buy a 100 MHz scope...
If you don't mind outsourcing the repair, let me recommend Jay Walling: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkpHaVJgsZr/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1jpdh3tjkxm3v His display works perfectly in my
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Tam Hanna
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#149337
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Re: 575 restoration
Many thanks George. I did wonder if the pattern might actually be due to velocity mod on the X-deflection, which is tantamount to the same thing. I'll investigate and report back. John
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John Sykes
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#149336
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Re: If you had $1, 000 to buy a 100 MHz scope...
Yea I noticed that too. If you have to ask, it's too much. I'm not even prepared to put $230 into the TDS544A at this point, but thanks for the suggestion. ST <wyzkydd2358@...> wrote:
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stefan_trethan <stefan_trethan@...>
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#149335
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