Will it Fix - Tektronix Oscilloscope
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2022
- In this episode Kay try to fix his Tektronix TDS 210, 60 MHz Oscilloscope.
Will it fix, or will it dispose?
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My TDS 210 has exactly the same fault. Now I know how to take it apart, thank you!
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And now I have fixed it!
But one of the solder pins was broken so I secured the connector with a U-shaped clamp made from 1.2 mm copper wire for which I drilled two holes in the PCB.
The intact pin was resoldered.
The clamp was soldered onto the back side of the board.
Finally, in order to immobilize the connector, the clamp was glued to the connector with epoxy.
Putting the scope back together I had to grind off som plastic to make space for the clamp.
The operation was successful!
Happy that you were able to fix. It’s way too good scope to dispose. And.. good ideas and alternative ways to fix is always welcome
Actually, I think the two point attachment of the connectors is a weakness in the design.
If the center lead of the connector had not been so flimsy it could have served as a well needed third fixation point.
fantastic. Its interesting that I just posed on my channel the same repair on the same model of scope. Its great to find another tinkerer on here doing this.
As I wrote below, I fixed channel 1 on my nice little TDS 210 that had the same fault as the one in this video and now it works like a charm.
I just want to add that a few years ago it stopped working, quite visibly since the screen image faded away. To fix this it was sufficient to replace the electrolytic capacitor C12.
Thank you very much for useful information. It will be written down.
Had the same problem with my TDS 210. I found a replacement and soldered in two new ones (Ch 1 and Ch 2). Also the knobs started to crack. Fixed with CA.
I gave it to my brother in law since I bought a Rigol MSO 5000.
Yes, I liked the scope and it helped me a lot. I had the FFT option too. But nowadays, it is quite outdated.
I noticed a chip near the input. It was a filter that maybe limited the bandwidth to 60 MHz. It had an SPI/I2C interface. My idea was to catch the signal the sets the bandwidth to 60 MHz and replace it with 100 MHz limit with a microcontroller. Well, I didn't do it, as I had no scope to analyze the commands. :-) Maybe this inspires you? ;-)
Thank you very much for the comments and the inspiration to see if possible to expand the bandwidth. As you so far have seen, most of the things I do, is a lot older than my scope. So my work here doesn’t require more bandwidth, but maybe I do it just because of that.. to do it 😎
@@anatticinnorway2883 You do what you do!
I just wanted to tell you the possible hack. Don't feel obliged to do it, I didn't do it too. :-) But often, it is just a nice time spent pondering ideas like these. Even without realizing them.
I liked the calm style of your video. No hype. The Norwegian way!
Again thank you. Comments like this is the motivation I need to continue making these videos.
Yes I totally agree. Ideas needs to be shared. I welcome every possible ideas and also ideas for new videos, but of course not all get realised, from different reasons.
Again thank you.