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Electronics projects, vintæg computing, programming and repairs. A minimalist blog of sorts.
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It provides two 0-30V regulated and current limited rails, as well as an extra 5V rail. The variable rails are controlled by a SG4501J voltage regulator and an MC1458CPI dual op amp each. The pass elements are all TIP142 npn power transistors. The datasheet…
Despite having ten turn pots in the front, the rail only have single turn pots for adjusting the voltage and current when in current limiting mode.
The voltage control pots have a factor of three to them. The current limit pot on the left channel is 1x, but somehow the right one is 2x. The heck? I won't bother correcting this though without the schematics on hand.
The displays are self contained modules hera must have used in a number of their products. A local 7805 regulator - they run on 16V AC - a 741 op amp, a CA3161 BCD to 7 segment decoding driver and at the heart of it a CA3162 analog to digital converter for 3-digit multiplexed and BCD encoded output.
If you ever need to adjust one of these, there's no need to take the whole module apart. You can just pop the front off.
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The voltages the modules measure can be adjusted with those single turn pots on the front PCB. Luckily the PCB has holes in it, so you can access the pots from the back.
Everything tracks and displays correctly now. The old filter caps are still fine enough. I will still replace them though, once I get around to ordering them.
Quick look at this little puppy. Fluke 8050A 4 1/2 digit multimeter. I'm not going to calibrate it now. The power button just broke.
I picked it up many eons ago for 20 bucks on ebay. Now somehow it goes for 90-100?? With some people even asking outrageous 200 for it. The specs certainly haven't gotten any better. What is it with this inflation of retro gear prices lately?
Specs are printed on the bottom. Handy!
Luckily, as a vintage tech nerd I have plenty of replacement switches on hand. Probably could've even found the same exact type, if I had went on a little digging tour through my basement. But eh, I won't bother
The operation manual dates to October '79. It's already driven by a microcontroller, a MOSTEK MK3870 with 64 bytes of scratch RAM, 64 bytes of executable RAM and up to 4k of mask ROM.