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Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
That 108 is the pre-regulator voltage. I don't think that ripple is of great concern. There's not a lot of bulk capacitance on the 108 because it is the feedback to the inverter controller (A12U75),
By Dave Casey · #171320 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Alright I've checked all the power supply test points I knew the location of (A12,A22,A17) Except I didn't get that digital supply David mentioned, which I'm not sure where the test points are, how to
By Nick Corvid · #171319 ·
Re: DEC PDP11/05 on a 202D cart - did one survive?
But don't the Tek part numbers sequences typically start at x100001?? To me, that means 772 were sold before the update, and I doubt they sold many P7001s after 1980; they were getting fairly old at
By Dave Seiter · #171318 ·
Re: 7854 front panel locking up
Martin - I'm no 7854 expert, but I've been poking around in a few lately, and the manual has been my bedtime reading material, so I know just enough to be dangerous. That being said, a few thoughts:
By Paul · #171317 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Right - I don't think it knows if it's good data or bad data, only that it got filled up. I'm haven't figured out how yet, still making my way through the manual. I know it's also counting sweeps, but
By Paul · #171316 ·
Re: DEC PDP11/05 on a 202D cart - did one survive?
Hi Tim, I have a P7001 Manual with dated MCI (06-17-80) for SN B100773 and above. Thus it seems thousands are sold. Greetings, Egge Siert
By Egge Siert · #171315 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Hi Albert, That's when the 'scope is healthy. In the video, it seems that acquisition proceeds to a certain stage, then sort of repeats, as can be seen in the periodicity of the pseudo-random garbling
By Raymond Domp Frank · #171314 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Hi Raymond, The Op manual p 9-43 only considers "premature termination" by the STOP command. After normal termination missing data are filled by linear interpolation. (Though I think I also read
By Albert Otten · #171313 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
It is best to give this step some time, doing it deliberately, since any accidental shorting out with probes can cost you lots of repair time. Each of the places just downstream of rectifiers and
By John Griessen <john@...> · #171312 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Hi Nick, It's more than just a recommendation to check power supply (PSU) values first and make sure they are OK: You can expect virtually anything with bad power supplies, including intermittently
By Raymond Domp Frank · #171311 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Thanks for that, Paul. Moving what I wrote earlier into this criterion: What if the comparison is corrupted, IOW the acquisition thinks it's >= 99% done but in reality, it isn't? Raymond
By Raymond Domp Frank · #171310 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Nick - The alignment pattern working would seem to indicate the CPU can read & write RAM just fine, nor are their issues from the CPU to the DACs. I'm pretty sure the digitizer writes directly to RAM,
By Paul · #171309 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Be aware that there is a secondary power supply for the digital stuff which lurks at the front of the scope. It's quite likely if there is a PSU problem that this is the one that is the culprit given
By David C. Partridge · #171308 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Raymond: You are correct, I have not gotten to check the power supply yet. For one I've so far had some issues finding what exact values I'm looking for (ie. acceptable ripple value) in my service
By Nick Corvid · #171307 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
I never saw confirmed that you followed Dave Casey's, Chuck's and my suggestion that you may have a power supply issue. Check with DVM *and* with a 'scope. Raymond
By Raymond Domp Frank · #171306 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
@Albert - No big (or any?) changes to the sampling system between 'old' and 'new', so I am genuinely flummoxed about why I'm getting different results in terms of how fast a complete acquisition can
By Paul · #171305 ·
7854 front panel locking up
I'm slowly going through the issues with my 7854, at the moemnt I'm chasing a problem where, after being on for some time, the mode selection switches stop working, all I get is a beep from the
By Martin Whybrow · #171304 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
Sounds like you have a power supply ripple issue. -Chuck Harris Raymond Domp Frank wrote:
By Chuck Harris <cfharris@...> · #171303 ·
Re: TWD 120's FREE
There¡¯s kind of a good write-up at: http://www.chichak.ca/file/Tek_TWD120.html Picked one of these units up new in the box about 12 or so years ago to play with. Didn¡¯t have a laptop with an
By Greg Muir · #171302 ·
Re: Tek 7854 intermittent issues
... meant to say digital logic world, or digital logic, or digital electronics, anything you like, just pick at random. Raymond
By Raymond Domp Frank · #171301 ·