Just received a package from China (Aliexpress) with thirty 4x6 cm blank PCB's
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Just received a package from China (Aliexpress) with thirty 4x6 cm blank PCB's
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Beware of shorts between pads in those boards, barely visible. Can ruin a prototype and make you lose hours, happened to me.
I find a box cutter very useful for those shorts.
As for my latest purchase i bit an almost literal bullet and bought this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-8200A-Digital-Voltimeter/301847051330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 with two hopes.
A) That the burn isn't bad and is just a solder burn.
B) That it doesn't have some odd glitch like the ones that i seem to attract.
I find a box cutter very useful for those shorts.
As for my latest purchase i bit an almost literal bullet and bought this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-8200A-Digital-Voltimeter/301847051330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 with two hopes.
A) That the burn isn't bad and is just a solder burn.
B) That it doesn't have some odd glitch like the ones that i seem to attract.
I hope that it is a solder burn but I really have my doubts, I would not expect a soldering iron if it came into contact with the plastic button to leave the plastic as clean and shiny as it is or to cause burn marks on the fascia like that, especially over the top of an apparently untouched button. It bears the resemblance of a building that has had flames / extreme heat escaping from the top of window frames and scorching the building fabric above the windows.
Please keep us all updated with the outcome once you receive it?
I find a box cutter very useful for those shorts.
As for my latest purchase i bit an almost literal bullet and bought this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-8200A-Digital-Voltimeter/301847051330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 with two hopes.
A) That the burn isn't bad and is just a solder burn.
B) That it doesn't have some odd glitch like the ones that i seem to attract.I hope that it is a solder burn but I really have my doubts, I would not expect a soldering iron if it came into contact with the plastic button to leave the plastic as clean and shiny as it is or to cause burn marks on the fascia like that, especially over the top of an apparently untouched button. It bears the resemblance of a building that has had flames / extreme heat escaping from the top of window frames and scorching the building fabric above the windows.
Please keep us all updated with the outcome once you receive it?
Just received a package from China (Aliexpress) with thirty 4x6 cm blank PCB's
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Beware of shorts between pads in those boards, barely visible. Can ruin a prototype and make you lose hours, happened to me.
I find a box cutter very useful for those shorts.
As for my latest purchase i bit an almost literal bullet and bought this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-8200A-Digital-Voltimeter/301847051330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 with two hopes.
A) That the burn isn't bad and is just a solder burn.
B) That it doesn't have some odd glitch like the ones that i seem to attract.I hope that it is a solder burn but I really have my doubts, I would not expect a soldering iron if it came into contact with the plastic button to leave the plastic as clean and shiny as it is or to cause burn marks on the fascia like that, especially over the top of an apparently untouched button. It bears the resemblance of a building that has had flames / extreme heat escaping from the top of window frames and scorching the building fabric above the windows.
Please keep us all updated with the outcome once you receive it?
If i get it and it don't work there will be a repair thread thoroughly stunted by lack of manual.
If i get it and it does work there will be another post here and/or on TEA.
I find a box cutter very useful for those shorts.
As for my latest purchase i bit an almost literal bullet and bought this, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-8200A-Digital-Voltimeter/301847051330?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 with two hopes.
A) That the burn isn't bad and is just a solder burn.
B) That it doesn't have some odd glitch like the ones that i seem to attract.I hope that it is a solder burn but I really have my doubts, I would not expect a soldering iron if it came into contact with the plastic button to leave the plastic as clean and shiny as it is or to cause burn marks on the fascia like that, especially over the top of an apparently untouched button. It bears the resemblance of a building that has had flames / extreme heat escaping from the top of window frames and scorching the building fabric above the windows.
Please keep us all updated with the outcome once you receive it?
If i get it and it don't work there will be a repair thread thoroughly stunted by lack of manual.
If i get it and it does work there will be another post here and/or on TEA.
Here are some links to service manual for a Fluke 8200A as promised.
http://www.parts-recycling.com/Metal-Working-Machine-/Stamping-Press-/Out-of-Area-/Fluke-8200A-op-service-manual-5-shipping.htm
https://www.surplussales.com/Manuals/man_fluke.html
http://artekmanuals.com/manuals/other-manuals/
Hope these help.
12. 1x 50m 3M Double Sided Tape
I know, I need help but I just bought another 2nd hand bench meter on Ebay, is was a Buy it Now or offer, so I made an offer and again I was surprisingly accepted. I figured that the price I offered, the leads that came with it would cost that much on their own to buy so was worthwhile gamble.
That's OK. At least two bench meters is a good thing to have. The curved "bar" graph is interesting. I haven't seen that before. Otherwise, it looks like the innards of a handheld living in a bench enclosure. When you get it, have a look inside to see if that's what they did.
I'm new to the eevblog forum as a poster.
voltmeters seem to be a little addictive to me, I was a little undetermined in which board to place my first post.
The TEA board (I'm reading regularly) could have been the right board as well -because I also own a HP 3325B, a Philips PM 6680 and a PM 6685 Counter together with GPSDO, Rubidium Oscillator and several OXCOs (time-nuttery ahead? )
I decided against the TEA board because I've already sold a classic & cool testgear without really regretting it (ok, because a HP 3456A succeeded it ) :
Perhaps I am not completely lost to TEA..
Does anybody know anything about HP 3456A's with a blue front?: