March 30, 2019, 1:03 pm
Monochromator is one of those things that has always fascinated me. Over the years, I have done quite a few experiments (I, II, III) with an EP200Mmd monochromator and it was a lot of fun. Because monochromators are such highly specialized equipment, decent ones are hard to come by at reasonable prices second hand. So my strategy has been to scour eBay once a while and pick up bit and pieces whenever I can.
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8051,
Controller,
FPGA,
HandScan,
HORIBA,
HS1000,
Jobin Yvon,
KeyLink,
MAX232,
Monochromator,
Spectrometer,
SPEX,
XC2064,
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September 17, 2018, 9:47 pm
Typically, a lab power supply can only operate within a single quadrant. Take a positive voltage power supply for example, it can only output or source current. If any attempt is made trying to sink current into the power supply by connecting a voltage source with a higher voltage than the output voltage of the power supply, the power supply would lose regulation since it cannot sink any current and thus is unable to bring down and regulate the voltage at its output terminals. Continue reading ‘Inside an Agilent 66312A Two-Quadrant Power Supply’ »
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AD586,
AD677,
AD7524,
Agilent 6612C,
Agilent 66312A,
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DSP,
Dynamic Measurement DC Source,
Electronic Load,
FPGA,
HP,
Null Modem,
OP27,
Power Supply,
Programmable,
SMU,
Source Measure Unit,
TL16C552,
TLC5620,
Two Quadrant,
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September 9, 2018, 12:45 pm
Have you ever wondered what is inside of a 15 year old commercial color projector? Well we will find out in this post today. As usual, a video of this teardown is included towards the end of the post. Continue reading ‘Extreme Teardown of a Panasonic PT-L780U 3LCD Projector’ »
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3LCD,
AD9888,
CPLD,
Dichroic,
DSP,
FPGA,
Fresnel Lens,
Panasonic,
Prism,
Projector,
PT-L780U,
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May 22, 2016, 12:59 pm
My workplace was throwing away an old SMART UF-55 DLP projector. The projector had many stuck mirrors and the lamp had already surpassed the rated useful life span. I had always wanted to take a look at a DMD chip so I decided to take it home and do a detailed teardown. You can find my video of this teardown towards the end of the post. Continue reading ‘Teardown of a SMART UF-55 Projector’ »
July 18, 2015, 4:24 pm
This old Cisco switch was on its way to the dumpster at my work place, so I thought I would rescue it. After all, while there are plenty of teardowns of consumer grade networking gear on the internet, teardowns of enterprise level network equipment have been hard to come by. So at the very least it would be a good opportunity to take a good peek inside. Continue reading ‘Teardown of a Cisco CSS 11503 Content Services Switch’ »