Replace Floppy drive on HP5462x HP5464x Oscilloscope with USB or memory card bay

[euzer]

Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement for the floppy drive on a  HP5462x HP5464x oscilloscope, specifically HP54622D that supports a USB host of memory card slot to support saving of images and data to?

The current drive in the scope is a TEAC FD-05HF-5630U Micro Floppy Disk Drive.

[pascal_sweden]

You have to look for a floppy emulator.

There are several options:

Consumer options:

http://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-gotek-floppy-emulator.html?initiative_id=SB_20150611050713&site=glo&groupsort=1&SortType=price_asc&shipCountry=no&SearchText=gotek+floppy+emulator

http://www.benl.ebay.be/sch/i.html?_odkw=floppy+emulator&LH_PrefLoc=2&_sop=2&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=floppy+emulator+1.44&_sacat=0

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=floppy+emulator

Professional options:

http://embeddedsw.net/EMUFDD_Floppy_Hardware_Emulator_Home.html

http://www.ipcas.com/products/usb-floppy-emulator-fdd-to-udd.html

http://www.floppyemulator.com/?gclid=CJTelJDXh8YCFWIDcwoddLQALA

[Fraser]

You need to do your homework on such floppy emulators as I have been told many cheap ones are less than great to use. I was considering fitting one in my Advantest R3132 spectrum analysers but was put off by several members of this forum warning against them. I ended up buying some spare TEAC drives for the SA's and USB floppy disk drives for my PC's.

Jean-François Del Nerohas has a good reputation for his floppy disk emulators, but they are more expensive than Chinese offerings. Yer pays yer money, and takes yer choice 

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=7

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=25

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=24

If I was buying one, it would be one of the Lotharek models that best suited my needs.

Aurora

[wreeve]

Double check it's a floppy interface. My inffinium scope has it's floppy on the IDE bus.

[IanJ]

I've used the Lotharek floppy emulators on both a PhilIps PM3585 logic analyzer and a Sinclair QL, works a treat.
The versions with the lcd do make it easier to switch images etc etc.

Ian.

[nAyPDJ]

Probably won't be helpful to OP, since it's been a few years, but I ran into this thread while trying to figure out if I could mod my Agilent 54622A with a USB floppy.

Turns out the answer is YES. The Gotek SFR1M44-DU26 specifically works great with a little modification. Full details here, but in short:

• Buy the Gotek SFR1M44-DU26 (I got it for $35)
• Remove the RA, RB & RC jumper resistors
• Remove JD and JE jumpers from the back
• hack together a USB-A to USB-A cable and follow the instructions to install the latest version of the FlashFloppy firmware
• download and copy a base floppy image onto the flash drive

Edit: Someone asked PM'd me asking where I got the drive:

No clue about counterfeits, but I bought https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800271921017.html in the 1.44MB size.

[CzarAlex]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have this exact unit and looked a couple years ago on how to do this mod but there wasn't anything concrete. This guide looks very promising especially given the fact that you did it and posted about it! I think I will go ahead and grab the parts and give it a go.