You know what you have to do......
Get some wax and give yourself a brazillian! It's the only way to properly test that it's working right. haha
You know what you have to do......
Get some wax and give yourself a brazillian! It's the only way to properly test that it's working right. haha
As long as he does not post those pictures
You know what you have to do......
Get some wax and give yourself a brazillian! It's the only way to properly test that it's working right. haha
As long as he does not post those pictures
You know what you have to do......
Get some wax and give yourself a brazillian! It's the only way to properly test that it's working right. haha
As long as he does not post those pictures
Are you a naturalist?
Vince, is that piece of junk using the X2 capacitor as a capacitive dropper? If it is, check it's not dropped in value and causing low voltage problems with the power supply. It's very hard to tell from the mess of wiring inside.
This type of circuit is very common these days, to avoid using expensive copper/iron lumps for the power supply.
Also check the electrolytic cap, could be dried out from being stuck underneath a heat source.
David
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I've prepared a little experiment:
Some time ago I've built a little gadget to reform capacitors and measure the leakage current.
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.Is that a HERMETIC 700µF capacitor?
If so, whoa!
I've bought them as military grade wet tantalum capacitors.
Here is my little collection. The ERO ones are multipack tantalum capacitors, they just share the same storage box as the others.
Do you have a candle to check the calibration?What about this hackable candle simulator:
https://youtu.be/LocrjlooIT4
Not cheap. Friend of mine has one.
At garden parties, in the evening kids up to 15 try to put a hand or finger into the flame. It's that well made. Live better than in this video.
(The PCB is not covered by any casing, so it is easily accessible for TE probes.)
They cost 510 Euro for one candle.
Can be bought here: https://shop.ingo-maurer.com/en/My-New-Flame-USB/3331131
I've bought them as military grade wet tantalum capacitors.
Here is my little collection. The ERO ones are multipack tantalum capacitors, they just share the same storage box as the others.Are they still available or was it an one-off?
Yeah that is the downside of knowing electronics. All your friends come to you to get things fixed
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1) " SWIM "... might be why it's all corroded !
2) " UART " AH !!!!! I want to revive this thing just to see if the MCU spits something out on the UART, and what it is !
I'm going on a TE road trip tomorrow.
Telford hamfest in the morning, a stop near Manchester to drop of a test lead then up to Otley in Yorkshire to pick up a coule of R&S "collection only" ebay purchases. Over 400 miles round trip
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1) " SWIM "... might be why it's all corroded !
2) " UART " AH !!!!! I want to revive this thing just to see if the MCU spits something out on the UART, and what it is !
SWIM is the debug port of STM8 MCUs. You can see one of these on the board.
But what I don't get, this thing is just a laser putting out crossed lines - why in heck do they need an MCU?
Apparently it does some kind of self-leveling, but this feature looks mechanical, not electronic. So is it just an overcomplicated ON/OFF switch?
Oh boy these old HP handles really just kept breaking, they made them out of glass FFS !
Oh boy these old HP handles really just kept breaking, they made them out of glass FFS !
Thin cross section of die cast zinc/alu alloy versus crap packaging (I blame people copying amazon) and/or shipping gorilla(s) unfortunately.
See this almost three year old post for the replacement sideframe. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg2719034/#msg2719034
A lot has happened since then....
The milling machine & another lathe that were at my Grandads place, are now in my Dads workshop, unfortunately some of my TE & other stuff, is all around both machine tools & we can't get to either to actually use them. I see no end to this problem yet, as the storeroom is pretty much full (they have no larger rooms available) and I'm struggling to find an affordable property, with enough space for the TE.
David
Oh boy these old HP handles really just kept breaking, they made them out of glass FFS !
Thin cross section of die cast zinc/alu alloy versus crap packaging (I blame people copying amazon) and/or shipping gorilla(s) unfortunately.
See this almost three year old post for the replacement sideframe. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread/msg2719034/#msg2719034
A lot has happened since then....
The milling machine & another lathe that were at my Grandads place, are now in my Dads workshop, unfortunately some of my TE & other stuff, is all around both machine tools & we can't get to either to actually use them. I see no end to this problem yet, as the storeroom is pretty much full (they have no larger rooms available) and I'm struggling to find an affordable property, with enough space for the TE.
David
Thanks, I understand now.... was not familiar with the HP way of doing things, didn't know the handles were an integral part of the sides
Lucky you could find spare sides with that seller.
As for milling, Robert just got his fancy shiny new mini milling machine. Might be good enough for what you have to do ?
Maybe you can subcontract the job to him, maybe he can give you a TEA discount on his usual 200 quid hourly labour rate ?!