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Title: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 17, 2015, 03:46:44 pm
Hi everyone!

These days I've been working in this little project. I hope you enjoy it.

http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8 (http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8)

Thank you & merry christmas!

EDITED
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Macbeth on December 17, 2015, 04:21:56 pm
Link doesn't work. (Please don't tell me some disgusting media corp. somehow owns the rights to Silent Night and has automatically issued a takedown!?)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 17, 2015, 04:38:54 pm
Quote from: Macbeth on December 17, 2015, 04:21:56 pm
Link doesn't work. (Please don't tell me some disgusting media corp. somehow owns the rights to Silent Night and has automatically issued a takedown!?)

Thank you for the notice. Fixed!
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: KJDS on December 17, 2015, 04:44:13 pm
I prefer "we are the champions"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 17, 2015, 04:51:38 pm
Quote from: KJDS on December 17, 2015, 04:44:13 pm
I prefer "we are the champions"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aArSn4IhHI)

haha... Now I've got a new year's proposal.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Rick Law on December 17, 2015, 05:39:53 pm
Awsome.  I enjoyed it!

(Mine can't sing!   I think I need a DMM upgrade now...)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: free_electron on December 17, 2015, 05:55:36 pm
BRILLIANT !
Title: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: timb on December 17, 2015, 09:31:35 pm
Very nice!

I'll leave my all time favorite here. An amazing version of Bohemian Rap CD, err, Bohemian Rhapsody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4

Seriously watch the whole thing, it's not just the scanner. It's a whole orchestra!
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Macbeth on December 17, 2015, 09:48:32 pm
@timb, thanks for that! amazing. RIP Freddie and I will now apologise for being a little twat who used to nick the bottles of milk and juice the milkman left outside his mansion on my way to school back in the '80s  :( Yes, I didn't just make bombs, clocks and detonators when I was Ahmeds age... I actually stole milk too  :palm:
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: tautech on December 17, 2015, 10:00:56 pm
joeqsmith's UNI-T UT90A DMM Continuity test....Van Halen's Eruption

https://youtu.be/svJXiMMZzcQ
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Macbeth on December 17, 2015, 10:04:00 pm
I can tell you now, that would never work with my UNI-T UT71D  >:(
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Macbeth on December 17, 2015, 10:14:26 pm
I like the DJ's personal little corner Faraday cage on this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQ2bJ9xO3A&ab_channel=highvoltagefeathers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQ2bJ9xO3A&ab_channel=highvoltagefeathers)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: KJDS on December 17, 2015, 10:41:26 pm
Cruise ship plays seven nation army

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlTxFio6DY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlTxFio6DY)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: tautech on December 18, 2015, 12:17:45 am
Quote from: timb on December 17, 2015, 09:31:35 pm
I'll leave my all time favorite here. An amazing version of Bohemian Rap CD, err, Bohemian Rhapsody:

Seriously watch the whole thing, it's not just the scanner. It's a whole orchestra!
:-+
Cool, really comes alive ~1/2 way through.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: cimmo on December 18, 2015, 12:32:58 am
Doom theme via floppy drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7-5WYOKxE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7-5WYOKxE)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: nctnico on December 18, 2015, 01:25:00 am
That Tesla coil is cool too. Just wondering how that would work in the garden instead of fireworks  >:D
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: German_EE on December 18, 2015, 09:22:23 am
Star Trek TNG theme on eight floppy drives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_acDrLnhOL0&list=UURa1raJXF22KpZ8IknQpGEw&index=6&feature=plcp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_acDrLnhOL0&list=UURa1raJXF22KpZ8IknQpGEw&index=6&feature=plcp)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 18, 2015, 10:39:00 am
Quote from: joeqsmith on December 18, 2015, 10:15:18 am

Merry Christmas to you as well.   Nice job!  I like the animation.   

Enjoy my homemade Suzuki Hayabusa HIL simulator playing some festive tunes as well. 

I love it!  ;D


Thank you for all greetings, I see this subject is a very nice spin off of our passions. (The musician side of us).
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: rsjsouza on December 18, 2015, 12:41:50 pm
That is very good, jmsc_02! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: macboy on December 18, 2015, 04:03:33 pm
Quote from: jmsc_02 on December 17, 2015, 03:46:44 pm
Hi everyone!

These days I've been working in this little project. I hope you enjoy it.

http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8 (http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8)

Thank you & merry christmas!

EDITED
Very nice.  Are you using GPIB or RS232 for control?
Consider using AM modulation to get multi-tone output, you could make a nice chorus sound.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 18, 2015, 05:12:29 pm
Quote from: macboy on December 18, 2015, 04:03:33 pm
Very nice.  Are you using GPIB or RS232 for control?
Consider using AM modulation to get multi-tone output, you could make a nice chorus sound.

Thank you. For the control i used an FTDI rs232, simple & cheap.

The manual of the 33120a claims that the comms should have a DTR/DSR control to perform 9600bps but my cable only had RTS/CTS control. The solution was putting the RTS terminal on the DSR terminal and hold on (positive voltage) all the transmission time.

I thought the AM modulation, but my musician habilities has their limits ;) (Thank you for the suggestion, I'll take in account for next thibgs to do)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: Ysjoelfir on December 21, 2015, 06:54:59 pm
Quote from: jmsc_02 on December 17, 2015, 03:46:44 pm
Hi everyone!

These days I've been working in this little project. I hope you enjoy it.

http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8 (http://youtu.be/vSKXLUbkfw8)


That is soooo damn cute! Thank you so much for sharing, after showing this to le girlfriend I got the permission to buy myself an 33120! Now I have to save some money...  :box:
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: TheSteve on December 21, 2015, 07:54:21 pm
Thanks for sharing this - sounds great.

btw, the front rubber boot on your 33120A is on upside down.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 30, 2015, 01:37:49 pm
Quote from: Ysjoelfir
That is soooo damn cute! Thank you so much for sharing, after showing this to le girlfriend I got the permission to buy myself an 33120! Now I have to save some money...  :box:

Thanks! Interesting new applications of functions gen. A new door is being opened! :D

Quote from: TheSteve on December 21, 2015, 07:54:21 pm
Thanks for sharing this - sounds great.

btw, the front rubber boot on your 33120A is on upside down.

Thanks for the note :)
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: HighVoltage on December 30, 2015, 02:24:30 pm
I did not know that the 33120A could show custom signs on the display.
Really cool!
Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: TiN on December 30, 2015, 05:40:10 pm
Love it.
I'd wish to try same on 3245A :D
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: jmsc_02 on December 30, 2015, 05:57:12 pm
Quote from: HighVoltage on December 30, 2015, 02:24:30 pm
I did not know that the 33120A could show custom signs on the display.
Really cool!
Thanks for sharing

Thanks! Not only can display custom sign, even it does very good with high refresh frequency.

Quote from: TiN
Love it.
I'd wish to try same on 3245A :D

Thank you. If the 3245A has capacity to execute SCPI commands, it can do it.
Title: Re: Silent night being sung by an Agilent 33120A
Post by: TiN on December 31, 2015, 04:15:24 am
No, 3245A ain't SCPI-friendly guy. It's using older GPIB protocol.