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Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
yup... can't view the schematic with anything but your link (doesn't load anything in Altium 365, or directly on the Kicanvas Webpage.)
By Roy Thistle · #1821 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
There is no mouse.? There is only a touchpad.? Yes, you can zoom in, but it's a bit tricky. I did look.? I'm not sure about the power supply, I'd be tempted to perhaps do it differently.? You can
By Harvey White · #1820 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
Are you using Kicanvas? then... CTRL down... and use the wheel (on your mouse) to zoom in out. wheel to scroll up and down SHIFT down... and use the wheel to scroll left and right
By Roy Thistle · #1819 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Hello again, I have made good progress on the "drastic change" option, i.e. replacing the original PCB with a homebrew version which is immune to the flaws we discussed in previous messages. In the
By Joel Setton · #1818 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
Interesting project. For this function, I would use a Tek 7000 series mainframe withe 7A13 OR 7A22, although neither would go to 100 MHz. Seems to me that if the Offset pot is towards either extreme
By John Kolb · #1817 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
Hi, Harvey, try pressing CTRL and use the mouse wheel to zoom. The offset pot needs to be in this position to be able to adjust the input to the first op-amp close to 0V. Patrick, I'm no expert in low
By Askild · #1816 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
Hi, this is a pretty neato thing, if you commercialize your design I'd be interested in buying one! tx! J Patrick Coleman wrote:
By Jesse Lackey · #1815 ·
Re: Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
Well, I tried looking at the schematic you supplied, and I can't zoom in on it.? I did look at the original design, and I have at least one question.? The offset voltage is applied to the gain
By Harvey White · #1814 ·
Open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe
I've spent the last couple of weekends working on an open-hardware power rail oscilloscope probe: connect it to a low-impedance source via a 50¦¸ cable/termination and it applies an adjustable offset,
By Patrick Coleman · #1813 ·
Re: Marconi Q meter exciter
Hi PeterS, That's a terrific solution and I'm most impressed. I don't want to modify my TF1245A so won't go down that path, at least not yet! You mentioned in a previous post that you were not able to
By Morris Odell · #1812 ·
Re: Marconi Q meter exciter
TF1245A injection transformer update The wet weather of the last few weeks persuaded me to bring forward my transformer injection experiments mentioned in post #1703. The FT50-43 and 15mm copper pipe
By [email protected] · #1811 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Be aware that using any switch or relay contacts in a ¡°dry¡± circuit (one with vanishingly small current) has a certain risk. Namely, there¡¯s insufficient wetting current to break through any
By Gary Johnson · #1810 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
I just looked at a Bourns cermet trimpot list, and it looks like they are all around +/-100 ppm/C, which is pretty decent - not as good as WW, but probably OK for this in reasonable lab environment.
By Ed Breya · #1809 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Joel, it seems weird that the 200 ohm pots are not wirewound - the parts list says R113-R119 are all 200R, 10%, 5W, "WWVar." Maybe they changed them in the later years of product life, but I'd find it
By Ed Breya · #1808 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Folks, Thank you for your responses. I am, at the same time, grateful and impressed after seeing additional expertise ! Your various messages helped me better understand the weaknesses in the original
By Joel Setton · #1807 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Unfortunately, you're kind of stuck with it, without doing drastic changes. The range switch contacts should not be too much trouble (you should treat them with Deoxit if not already done). The real
By Ed Breya · #1806 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
What kind of switches and wafers on the switches? What kind of pots? Multi turn Bourns or Clarostat?For this vintage of instruments I would expect open wafer switches with silver plated contacts -
By Don Bitters · #1805 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Maybe some newer tighter tolerance high ohm resistors and make the pots an even smaller change in the total resistance? Tight tolerance low PPM resistors won't be cheap, of course. Steve Greenfield
By Steven Greenfield AE7HD <alienrelics@...> · #1804 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Try shorting the arm of the pot to the unused end.? That way, if the arm bounces, it only bounces to the maximum resistance and not a? complete open. Harvey
By Harvey White · #1803 ·
Re: Keithley 261 Picoampere source improvement
Hi Gary, Quite a good point. Actually, the adjustment range of the pot is quite large (approximately +/- 15% of nominal output), because it has to match the wide tolerance of the high-megohm
By Joel Setton · #1802 ·