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How To: Make a new boot disk for your HP 4145B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer.
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picburner:

--- Quote from: RikV on August 12, 2024, 04:09:36 pm --- I gues it is not possible to replace it by an old PC-drive (apart from the separate power supply)?

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The 4145B drive spins at 600 rpm, a normal PC drive spins at 300 rpm. So no, you cannot replace it.
TERRA Operative:

--- Quote from: picburner on August 12, 2024, 04:34:02 pm ---If the file already exists (and in this case it already exists), you can copy it and read it normally from the SD card with any PC.
To create it from scratch, however, you need a software.
It's all explained on the manufacturer's website.

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What I would love is a solution that allows me to just drop a program etc that I write on my PC to an SD card or USB stick etc and then plug into the adapter on the instrument to read like a floppy disk.

I could just control the instrument via GPIB, but that's a whole other thing, which may or may not end up the right way to go, I'll have to get my instrument all set up first. Once I clear enough bench space.....
the Chris:
If you consider operating via GPIB, there is a tool called SweepMe which offers support for the HP 4145 out of the box (https://sweep-me.net/device/71/HP_4145). I am using it already for some while now and thanks to its sequencer, it is quite powerful for creating test setups which include multiple instruments.
TERRA Operative:
Oh nice, I'll check it out.

I saw this one, but the 'request quote' is a bit unnerving when thinking about how much it will cost......
https://www.metricstech.com/product/metrics-win4145/
picburner:
We're going slightly OT but there is also this software made for the 4145A, but it also works with the 4145B. It is written in Python and is a bit basic, but if you are comfortable with Python language, it is open to improvement.
The website page I downloaded it from no longer exists but judging by the language it looked like a Polish site.
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