I got it to sweep again but I was not happy because of the inflexibility of the whole unit
So I started to consider rolling my own circuit to get more out of it.
But is this really worth the effort? And how much effort do I want to put in there? Am I chasing some autistic obsession of the day down a rabbit hole with little to no gain?
As much as I was tempted to go full autismo on that and put a microcontroller in to control the sweep...
I want to eventually get a modern AWG, making this whole box obsolete
But is this really worth the effort? And how much effort do I want to put in there? Am I chasing some autistic obsession of the day down a rabbit hole with little to no gain?
As much as I was tempted to go full autismo on that and put a microcontroller in to control the sweep...
I want to eventually get a modern AWG, making this whole box obsolete
Little side project: messing with the TBA120 IF amplifier and FM demodulator, introduced in the 60s
Blue is the modulation signal, yellow the demodulated output.
This thing does 60dB amplification and the perfboard is not being kind to it
Blue is the modulation signal, yellow the demodulated output.
This thing does 60dB amplification and the perfboard is not being kind to it
Bun's Lab
So I started to consider rolling my own circuit to get more out of it. But is this really worth the effort? And how much effort do I want to put in there? Am I chasing some autistic obsession of the day down a rabbit hole with little to no gain? As much…
What do? Not that I have the time for that until next year
Anonymous Poll
28%
Fix it up as it was intended. Leave it be
12%
Add a simple op amp based sweep generator circuit
24%
Computerize the thing, go full autismo
36%
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