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Vgkid:
That looks nice. I had plans for a similar idea.
Pics of the internals.
Njk:
Another related things from my museum.

1. A combo device that integrates the three functions in the welded aluminum housing:
- 6V AC PS for soldering iron;
- curve tracer for testing the integrity of a 74xx logic I/Os without having to de-solder the chips from the PCB;
- 5V 1A general purpose trimmable DC PS (LM317).
Proved very useful for field troubleshooting of a PDP-8/PDP-11 mini-computers at the component level.

2. Metal is not the only construction material. Plywood is more eco-friendly one. A wooden PSU of the bench type (left). Don't show it to a firefigther but eventually it made a contribution to public safety. First OnStar automotive boxes were powered from this unit during the development time. Tor trafo + minimalistic design = space saving (convenience). Compare it with a full-blown commercial PCU on the background.

3. Sensor board signal simulator. Generates a project-specific pulse patterns from an input sine wave. Lot of 54xx chips. A golden heritage...
cgroen:
Rotorcontroller (Az/El) control for my satellite system (and soon EME system)
All done from the bottom, hardware and software (except the power drivers, these are plugin modules as I had expected they could at some point go "puff", so far they have not :) )
(more pics etc: https://www.moonbounce.dk/hamradio/ham-radio-current-systems/rotorcontroller.html)
Njk:

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I like the antenna motor drive you're using. How frequently you have to service it?
cgroen:

--- Quote from: Njk on January 26, 2023, 03:56:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: cgroen on January 26, 2023, 02:57:06 pm ---Rotorcontroller (Az/El) control for my satellite system (and soon EME system)

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I like the antenna motor drive you're using. How frequently you have to service it?

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Thanks,
so far it is running flawlessly! Current draw was a bit higher when we had -11 degC, but that was to be expected (approx 1000 mA compared to approx 400 mA).
Have had it in use for 5 months now (heavy use, every day)
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