Electronics Forum / Equipment / September 2006

I have just repaired an HP 8753A vector network analyzer which was
reporting ROM 1L Fail at power up.  As more equipment which is
otherwise perfectly good is failing because of eprom corruption, I
thought it might be of interest to know that such faults can sometimes

Does any one knows the difference between the HP Lan-HPIB server model
E2050A and the model E2050B ?
Is it the same hardware with just an improved software? It seems but I'm not
sure...

I need to tin the ends of about 2000 pieces of 24ga stranded wire (so, about
4000 ends).  This is for the wiring harness of an item I manufacture, so
I'll need to do this again every few months.
This seems tedious to do with soldering pencil.  Is a solder pot the

Am looking for one that can do the following:
Analyse RS232 comms, logic gates etc
Freeze trace would be nice (storage scope), but probably pushes the
price up.

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We are trying to read trace data to GPIB from our Advantest R3265
spectrum analyzer,
but it seems to ignore the GPIB command strings that request data
output.

I'm looking for a pdf manual for the Philips PM3585 logic analyzer.
Can anyone help?
Anders J

im in need of some clip attachments and spare ground leads for P6106
(standard/3.5mm) and P6136 (submini/2.5mm) probes since i got mine
without these parts (for about 15$ each which i consider to be a good price)
I was not sucessful in finding a source of these (Tek or other brand ...

I am looking at buying this multimeter for $50,
Fluke MOD 77-III (Auto-Range), is this unit good, bad, looking for any
onions either way. thanks

My HP 3325A suddenly went black, and will not respond to pressed keys.
The cpu seems to be running but the only clock on the front panel interface
I can see
is the LWKD that clocks 7-segment data. The other two clocks are permanently

I'm not a spy ;)
I just want to design a message box to equip shop window.
The microphone is fixed inside the shop to the glass of the window and
a customer can record a message from the other side of the window.

I'm trying to find a copy of the HP Inverse Assembler Development kit.
Apparently it was downloadable from agilent's ftp site once upon a
time, but now Agilent lists this product as 'obsolete' and there's
no sign of it anywhere.

Can anyone please email to me a copy of the AM503 current amplifier
manual.
It is not on the TEK website.
Many thanks

Been looking at a Tek 475 on eBay with no display.
I know this can be a hundred a one things, but does anyone know if this
is a common fault with the 475 and if so, what it may be. I vaguely
remember seeing something on Gooogle a few months back, but I can't

RV backup camera and 7 inch lcd screen
I am looking for a source for a rv backup camera, and lcd screen. plus the
various connectors and such. any ideas. thanks