Huntron Tracker 2000 Unit A2 U2 MPU Dump?

[Chris56000]

Hi!

The price of these Huntron Tracker 2000 instruments is sky-rocketing thro' the roof on fleabay, and it looks like I might have to make one in instalments from the Service manual if I'm ever to own one of my own which I'd like!!!

Has anyone been able to make a copy of the hex. dump from the 87C750 U2 (Huntron P/N 06-5102) or knows if I can get this device as a spare part anywhere?

Chris Williams

[denimdragon]

Did you ever find anything @Chris56000 ?

[kripton2035]

I'm pretty sure it would be easier to reprogram the whole thing with an arduino and a small tft display ...
that huntron device is from the last century ...

[oldway]

Most of Hameg analog oscilloscopes have a usefull component tester.
It is the same principle of working than the Huntron Tracker 2000.

My workhorse is an Hameg HM605 and I am mostly repairing power electronics and vintage audio gears.

[kripton2035]

the huntron has some nice features that are not in the component tester of scopes.
- you can compare two traces on the same display at the same time
- you can adjust the test signal level and frequency (you can test at 200mV to eliminate semiconductors switching)
- on some models you can test up to 64 pins of a circuit at the same time
- you can export the signatures on a connected computer for later examination.
I have an old hameg scope with the component tester, and I want to switch to something better
but I always found the prices of the polar and huntron devices way to expensive for what's is inside.
this should not cost more than $100 to build. why are they selling it $1000 or more ?

[oldway]

I always found the prices of the polar and huntron devices way to expensive for what's is inside.
this should not cost more than $100 to build. why are they selling it $1000 or more ?

§100 ? are you kidding ? 
Perhaps you think that workforce is free in the US and that Huntron was using second hand components.   

[kripton2035]

I don't mean to make and sell it, but to build it myself for my own use.
I don't want to use a crt display
most of the price of the huntron must reside in the patents they have for this kind of devices that prevent anyone to sell identical devices.

[oldway]

Huntron has pushed the principle of the octopus x/y curve tracer very far, but the Hameg component tester is already very useful.
For troubleshooting, I find it essential.
It is not really necessary to have the display of 2 curves, nor to have different frequencies and output levels.

crt display is still a winner for such application as dso is not good for x/y display.

Even the Hameg octopus adapter HZ65 has became hard to find and expensive....