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Offline EverbraveTopic starter

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Adapting Metcal SP-200 SP-HC1 hand piece to MFR-PS-1100
« on: September 01, 2024, 11:04:24 am »
I have a Metcal SP-200 with two cartridges SSC-638A and SSC-738A; both work well.
In addition, I have a spare SP-HC1 handle.

I ordered a MFR-1110 to check whether an upgrade together with the SFP cartridges is worth the additional costs.
Now, I thought , if I know the pin-out of the power supply MFR-PS-1100, it shouldn’t be difficult to build an adapter for my spare SP-HC1 handle-piece to work with the MFR-1110 instead of buying a third SSC compatible hand-piece to be able to use both types of cartridges SSC and SFP.

Does anyone know the pin-out of the MFR-PS-1100 plug?

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Re: Adapting Metcal SP-200 SP-HC1 hand piece to MFR-PS-1100
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2024, 09:01:11 pm »
You can see the SP200 pinout here: https://elektrotanya.com/metcal_sp200_sch.pdf/download.html https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/311671
1, 3 = output
5 = return
6 = earth

You should be able to figure out the pinout by probing, or worst case, opening up the unit.
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Re: Adapting Metcal SP-200 SP-HC1 hand piece to MFR-PS-1100
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2024, 10:42:20 am »
You can see the SP200 pinout here: https://elektrotanya.com/metcal_sp200_sch.pdf/download.html https://www.mikrocontroller.net/topic/311671
1, 3 = output
5 = return
6 = earth

You should be able to figure out the pinout by probing, or worst case, opening up the unit.
Thanks a lot:)
I have the schematic of SP-200; I need two things …
1) pin-out of MRF-PS
2) a place to get the appropriate female plug of SP-200 and the male plug (types?)
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Re: Adapting Metcal SP-200 SP-HC1 hand piece to MFR-PS-1100
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2024, 10:08:10 pm »
If its ~13mm diameter it should be 8-pin DIN
If its ~9mm diameter mini-DIN

DIN connectors are commonly available from many online distributors, but, the exact model they are using is probably a custom part. You can compare the dimensions to confirm.

You can figure out the pinout and then post it here.
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