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What’s inside a 1964 vintage Power Design 2005 Precision Power Supply? Schematic HERE Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Mailbag Monday Dave opens his mail, outback Australian style… Franky’s Ebay Store Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers WiFi Digital Radio teardown 1970 vintage Magnetic Core Memory! Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Dave upgrades his HP/Agilent 53131A frequency counter with an ovenised oscillator module from ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121330209846 http://www.thinksrs.com/downloads/PDFs/Catalog/PRS10c.pdf http://www.2917.com/EBAY-images/NOX012166/STP2145A.pdf http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5967-6039EN.pdf Forum HERE Podcast: Download

Did you know you can use your frequency counter to detect gravity? You’ve likely done it before and you didn’t even know it! Dave demonstrates the phenomenon of 2g-tipover on quartz crystal oscillators in an Agilent 53131A frequency counter. Related videos: How a rubidium frequency standard works FE-5680A Rubidium Standard …

Dave looks inside the most popular microcomputer of the 1970’s, the Radio Shack / Tandy TRS-80 Model I And also a look at the TRS-80 Model 102. Bonus EMI testing for fun. Bonus rant on how slow the Tektronix MDO3000 is in RF mode. TMS4116 16Kb DRAM Level II BASIC …