In this part a replacement display module and a controller board were built and installed. Since more pins were needed to drive five displays, ATMega164PA was used with the MightyCore library for Arduino IDE to support it. The result is not very good. The displays are not very bright, the brightness differs from display to display, and the viewing angle is quite limited. Suggestions for better displays for a reasonable price are welcome.
One of these Mackie speakers did not power up. The problem was traced to a pair of power diodes in a TO-220 package that had two pins broken off. I am quite puzzled as to how this happened. Perhaps, the speaker was dropped, and the board flexed so much due to relatively heavy transformer. Strange things happen.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkEzjyKNjg
This active speaker did not power up. The problem turned out to be similar to the one we have seen before in the Mackie Thump TH-12A repair video: broken off pins from power diodes in TO-220 packages that are mounted on the back panel (heat sink).
Mackie Thump TH-12A repair: https://youtu.be/5zkEzjyKNjg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTy36zRlHOU
The amp had output stages in both channels shorted. It turned out that 5 out of 16 power transistors failed. Driver transistors on the negative side in each channel failed as well and killed a couple of 6.8 Ohm resistors around them. After unsuccessful attempt to get cheap transistors from China on eBay, the amp was tested with 8 out of 16 output transistors in the output stages. This configuration worked fine, and now the question is about money: if we tolerate mixing old and new transistors, 5 replacement transistors from DigiKey will cost about $40. Replacing all 16 will be (almost) beyond economical repair. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3G79R8Gcrw
The calibrator was picked up in a non-working condition. After replacing a couple of electrolytic capacitors it started working and seems to be in spec. According to date codes on some parts it must have been made around 1983.
Fluke 341A repair: https://youtu.be/mxz3-fGs1Lk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctypYMlTWyc
This unit had a cascading problem: first a burned tantalum capacitor, then a smoked voltage regulator, which killed RF amplifiers.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1nPmt74lM4
Silicon Labs Si7051 was used to build a 0.1 degree C accurate thermometer with a serial port over USB. A small 0.96" OLED display with SPI interface was also used, as well as Atmel ATMEGA328P micro-controller. The software was written using Arduino development environment and Adafruit_SSD1306 library for OLED display.
Si705x data sheet: http://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/TechnicalDocs/Si7050-1-3-4-5-A20.pdf
OLED display library: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306/blob/master/Adafruit_SSD1306.h
Arduino sketch: https://github.com/sandy-s/Si705x/blob/master/m328p-spi-oled.ino
Discussion: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/metrology/precision-thermometer-for-data-logging/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1HOM35vH4
This is a followup to the Fluke 97 Li-ion Battery Upgrade video. A very cheap Fluke 99 was picked up on eBay with some problems. A Lipo pack was built for it. This time the charging voltage was adjusted from 8V to 8.4V, and also the charging current was doubled.
Fluke 97 Li-ion battery upgrade: https://youtu.be/pM8xTWhUnNk
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/using-li-ion-battery-in-fluke-97-scopemeter/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdS9Dot2Ywk
This RF power meter was picked up on eBay as non-working, and indeed it did not start up. The problem seemed to be with the keypad on the front panel. Unfortunately, the exact cause was not found. The keypad just started working after disassembly, which doesn't give much confidence that the problem won't come back one day. Also the lithium battery was found to be completely dead, and was replaced by an equivalent FDK one from DigiKey.
FDK 3V lithium battery: https://www.digikey.com/short/pz429fjt
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV6pEl5kAUw
Repair of Shure PG2 wireless microphone.
The switch on DigiKey (part number 450-1140-ND):
http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/FSMSM/450-1140-ND/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ag9VrgRLg