Electronics Forum / Equipment / August 2003

Hi I need to keep a liquid at 66degrees C with only +-1'C, I have a 2kw
heating element and at the moment i am using a strap on tank 'stat but this
is not very accurate at all, any suggestions?
I am in the UK so 240volts is a must and any off the shelf equipment would

I have a problem with my hp333 distortion analyser. It work good on manual
seting but not on automatic. So I have to ajust it all the time I measure
a distortion.
What can be broken inside ?

I'm looking for a function generator to learn general electronics. I don't
really know much about this equipment yet, and I'm considering an Instek
GFG-8216A that's selling soon on eBay (thus the "urgent"). Any comments on
the appropriateness of this model? Any other ...

 A few weeks ago I picked up a Tek 465. When I recieved
it the wonderfull people in BROWN (UPS) had dropped it on it's less
then 300 mile journey to me. The CRT was broken as well as the outer
frame of the front and back pannel had corners broken out of them. I

Can someone please tell me which component to adjust/change to
increase the range of my 40 MHz transmitter in my remote control car?
(Don't tell me to use a signal booster or better antenna at the
receiving end, I don't want to do this - I want to boost the

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I've got an old TEK 475 that belonged to my father and hasn't seen the
light of day for at least ten years. I powered it up recently (after
'baking' it in the attic with a dehumidifier for a few weeks) and it
seems to be basically working, except for a little trouble with

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I'm looking at some of the Tektronix 2465B analog oscilloscopes on eBay and
was wondering...
...do these things have digital capture built-in?  I.e., if I have a single
event I want to trigger on, will it persist on the display as waveforms do

If I have a power supply similar to a computer power supply where it's
rated at 300W, what is the proper way to figure out what my actual power
usage is when I have this system running under its maximum load?
Here's what I've done so far....

I just got this setup and the it seems to work OK except the that the
DISPLAY UNCAL lamp on the 8553B doesn't light when it should.  Is this a
common failure that is an easy fix, any tips appreicated.
tnx

I am looking for a connector that will work like a d-sub (9 pin) but does
not have quite as tight a connection.  I have a rather unique application
for it.  I have a box whose inner temperature and humidity I need to be able
to control.  The temperature and humidity controls funnel ...

I'm trying to save some money and build one of these...
http://www.latticesemi.com/lit/docs/devtools/dlcable.pdf
The cable is used to program Lattice ISP devices...
I built the cable per the document, but for some reason, the software

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I just bought an HP 8560A SA.  I'd like to check the noise floor.  Does
anyone know what test conditions should be used to test noise floor ? ( I
understand noise floor should be between -103 dBm and - 130 dBm)
Also, I am looking for a 8560A Service Manual. Does anyone happen to ...